Julia Morgan
Biography
Julia Morgan attended the University of Victoria and studied voice with Alexandra Browning until 2005. She then moved on to the University of Toronto Post Graduate Opera Diploma Program where she studied voice with Lorna MacDonald, Lois Marshall Chair and Head of Pedagogy. She performed many roles including Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro; Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, and Bianca in The Rape of Lucretia. She has been selected for many prestigious summer programs including the Franz Schubert-Institut (2003) in Baden bei Wein, Austria; Opera Nuova (2004) in Edmonton, Alberta, and TrypTych (2007) in Toronto, Ontario. In 2003, Julia won the Johann Strauss Scholarship to assist her studies in Austria. In 2007 she was supported by the Canadian Aldeburgh Foundation to study Mahler and Strauss with Dame Anne Evans at the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme in England. In November 2007 Ms. Morgan was a semi-finalist at the Jette Parker Covent Garden Auditions. In 2008 Ms. Morgan was selected to perform the role of Rosine in Signor Deluso at the Highlands Opera Studio. Prior to the Highlands Opera Studio Julia was performing the roles of Second Woman in Dido and Aeneas and Mustardseed in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts. Ms. Morgan has recently performed with the Toronto Choral Society as the alto soloist in Elgar’s The Music Makers and Opera York as Greek Chorus in the North American premiere of And the Rat Laughed, a Hebrew opera about the Holocaust. Ms. Morgan’s future endeavors include the role of Hansel in Saskatoon Opera’s School Tour production of Hansel and Gretel, a CD release in the fall of 2010, and a recital tour with Amanda Johnston in January 2011.