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Voice 2022<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 2022: British baritone Michael Lafferty is set to make his Montr\u00e9al debut at Voice 2022. Based in London, UK, he is currently a student of opera at the renowned Guildhall School of Music and Drama.<\/p>\n He made his operatic debut as Tarquinius in The Rape of Lucretia<\/em>, and soon added to his repertoire enviable baritone roles like Figaro in The Barber of Seville<\/em> and Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus<\/em>. In 2021 Lafferty sang under Sir John Eliot Gardiner at the Salzburg Festival, and joined the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields for Handel\u2019s Messiah<\/em>.<\/p>\n He recently took first prize in the Freda Parry Foundation Competition, the Patricia Routledge National English Song Competition, and the Guildhall English Song Prize.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Training<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n 2020: Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Master’s Degree<\/p>\n 2018-2020: Hanns Eisler Hochschule<\/em>, Bachelor’s Degree<\/p>\n Principal Teachers<\/strong><\/p>\n Prizes and Awards<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n FIRST ROUND<\/u><\/p>\n GERALD FINZI <\/strong>The Phantom RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS <\/strong>Love bade me welcome FRANZ SCHUBERT <\/strong>Der Einsame, Op. 41, D. 800<\/p>\n GODFREY RIDOUT <\/strong>(arr.) Ah! Si mon moine voulait danser<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n SEMIFINAL<\/u><\/p>\n EDVARD GRIEG <\/strong>Gru\u00df SERGEI RACHMANINOV <\/strong>Chera m\u00ef vstretilis HEALEY WILLAN <\/strong>Ae Fond Kiss MALCOLM FORSYTH <\/strong>Chanson du petit cordonnier \u2022 Chanson de la grenouill\u00e8re GABRIEL FAUR\u00c9 <\/strong>La lune blanche luit dans les bois FRANCIS POULENC <\/strong>L\u2019Anguille \u2022 Carte postale \u2022 Avant le cin\u00e9ma \u2022 1904 <\/p>\n Website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pianist<\/strong>: Cole Knutson<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Michael Lafferty is generously sponsored by Nicole Poliquin<\/em><\/p>\nBaritone<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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(Earth and Air and Rain, Op. 15)<\/em><\/p>\n
(Five Mystical Songs)<\/em><\/p>\n
(Sechs Lieder, Op. 48)<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
(15 Romances, Op. 26<\/em>)<\/p>\n
(Songs of the British Isles<\/em>)<\/p>\n
(Three M\u00e9tis Folk Songs from Saskatchewan)<\/em><\/p>\n
(La bonne chanson, Op. 61<\/em>)<\/p>\n
(Quatre po\u00e8mes de Guillaume Apollinaire, FP. 58<\/em>)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Piano_icon-2022.png\"){kind=icon}
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