Iain MacNeil

He was a member of the studio of the Canadian Opera Company where he performed the title role of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro in his last year.

[1] Other roles there included Fiorello in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, Marquis d’Obigny in Verdi's La traviata and Dancaïro in Bizet's Carmen.

[2] In 2022, he appeared in the title role in a new production of Dallapiccola's Ulisse in Frankfurt, directed by Tatjana Gürbaca and conducted by Francesco Lanzillotta.

[2] His voice in the role was described by a reviewer from Süddeutsche Zeitung as "gloriously bronze-saturated baritone that exudes an almost tenor warmth in the high register" (mit einem herrlich bronzen gesättigten Bariton, der in der Höhe eine fast tenorale Wärme verströmt"), who portrayed the "character's self-exegeses" with excellent diction and "immaculate legato".

[5] He appeared as the Duke in Tchaikovsky's The Enchantress in 2022 when the opera was first performed in Frankfurt, directed by Vasily Barkhatov, alongside Asmik Grigorian and Elena Manistina as the Duchess.