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Alexander Dobson

Part-time Lecturer 鈥 Voice
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Biography

British-Canadian baritone Alexander Dobson has been praised for his musical and dramatic artistry on both opera and concert stages. He was lauded for his 鈥済ripping embodiment of Wozzeck鈥(Journal Voir) in a production of the Berg opera with Th茅芒tre du Nouveau Monde and Orchestre M茅tropolitain, conducted by Yannick N茅zet-S茅guin. Other roles of note include the title role in Don Giovanni, the Count/Le Nozze di Figaro and Thomas Betterton/Prince of Players, all with Florentine Opera, and Guglielmo/Cos矛 Fan Tutte, Belcor茅/L鈥檈lisir d'amore and Ned Keene/Peter Grimes, all with L鈥橭pera de Montr茅al.

Acclaimed for his accomplished blend of stagecraft and vocal ability, Mr. Dobson is particularly in demand for contemporary stagings. His recent performance as 鈥淭he Master鈥 in Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie鈥檚 production of Against Nature was praised for its 鈥渃larity and sustained feeling鈥 (The Globe and Mail )November 2021 will see Dobson return to Citadel for the premiere of The Machine Stops with Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie, the final project in a trilogy directed by James Kudelka and composed by John Gzowski). Dobson was also acclaimed as 鈥淭he Pilot鈥 in Soundstreams鈥 production of Airline Icarus, a new opera by Brian Current. The recording of Airline Icarus was the winner of the JUNO for Classical Composition of the Year in 2015. The recording of Carlisle Floyd鈥檚 Prince of Players, with Florentine Opera and the Milwaukee Symphony, was released in April 2020 on the Reference Recordings label and received two GRAMMY(r) nominations. Alexander made his London debut at the Linbury Theatre with Royal Opera House Covent Garden in the premiere of The Midnight Court by Ana Sokolovic. He also was acclaimed for his appearances in a staged performance of Zemlinsky鈥檚 Lyric Symphony directed by Atom Egoyan at Spoleto Festival USA, and as King Karl in Schubert鈥檚 Fierrabras with Toronto鈥檚 VOICEBOX:Opera in Concert. 

Other opera engagements include Raimbaud/Le Comte Ory for Edmonton Opera, Maximilian/Candide with Calgary Opera; 鈥淕uillaume鈥 in the French version of Cos矛 fan tutte with Opera Lafayette; Count Almaviva/The Marriage of Figaro with Against the Grain; Marcello/La Boh猫me with Saskatoon Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria, and on television in BRAVO鈥檚 StreetScenes version of the work; Silvio/Pagliacci for L'Op茅ra de Qu茅bec; Mercutio/Rom茅o et Juliette for L鈥橭pera de Montr茅al and also for Opera Ontario; Harlequin/Ariadne auf Naxos for Calgary Opera,  Sonora/La fanciulla del West with L'Opera de Montreal; and Aeneas/Dido and Aeneas with The Theatre of Early Music. He has sung Escamillo/Carmen in concert with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.

Concert performances of note include Walton鈥檚 Belshazzar's Feast with Toronto Symphony and Sir Andrew Davis, Mahler鈥檚 Songs of a Wayfayer with Orchestre M茅tropolitain, Faure Requiem with the Windsor Symphony, and Mahler鈥檚 Symphony No. 8 with Yannick N茅zet-S茅guin conducting the combined National Arts Centre Orchestra and Orchestre M茅tropolitain. He has sung Mozart鈥檚 Requiem with the Milwaukee Symphony and San Antonio Symphony; Haydn鈥檚 Seasons with Cleveland Orchestra; and Mozart鈥檚 Mass in C Minor with the St. Lawrence Choir, Toronto鈥檚 Aldeburgh Connection, the Vancouver New Music Festival, and with Montr茅al鈥檚 Theatre of Early Music. Alexander has sung Handel鈥檚 Messiah with Philadelphia Orchestra (Cristian Macelaru, conductor), Calgary Philharmonic (Nicholas McGegan), Kansas City Symphony (Julian Wachner) Orchestra London, National Arts Centre Orchestra (Paul Goodwin), St. Thomas Church in New York, Edmonton Symphony, Grand Philharmonic Choir, Elmer Isler Singers, Boris Brott Festival, and Spiritus Chamber Choir, Brahms Requiem with Pacific Chorale, and Bach鈥檚 St. John Passion with Bach Society of St. Louis. Among his many Canadian engagements this past season were Bruckner鈥檚 Te Deum and Beethoven鈥檚 Symphony No. 9 with the Hamilton Philharmonic. Abroad, he performs in Stravinsky鈥檚 Pulcinella with the Warsaw Philharmonic, a piece he previously performed with the Naples Philharrmonic. 

Mr. Dobson is also a dedicated recital artist. Composer Derek Holman wrote the song cycle Daybreak and a Candle End especially for Alexander and the Talisker Players. Mr. Dobson has also performed Dichterliebe with Talisker Players Chamber Music and Coleman Lemieux Dance Company, and Schubert鈥檚 Winterreise to great acclaim in Montr茅al, Victoria, England, Paris, and, with Yannick N茅zet-S茅guin at the piano, in Toronto. Alexander has also been heard frequently on CBC Radio Canada in recital and concert. 

Alexander graduated from the University of Toronto Opera Division and the Faculty of Music at the University of Western Ontario with Honours.  He is also an alumnus of the Music Theatre Program at the Banff Centre, Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, the Steans Institute for Young Artists at Ravinia, and L鈥橝telier Lyrique de L鈥橭pera de Montreal.  Alexander is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes including those from the International Voice Competition of Paris (including the Edward Marshall Association Award for Outstanding Baritone), the Jeunesses Musicales National Competition, the Marilyn Horne Competition (Music Academy of the West), and the Jacqueline Desmarais Competition.

An ardent singer since childhood, Alexander's solo d茅but was at twelve years old, as a treble soloist in the Canadian premiere of Lloyd Webber's Requiem under conductor Elmer Iseler.