ABOUT SHARLEEN

Chinese-Canadian coloratura soprano Sharleen Joynt has been praised for her "silvery, sparkling, substantial and resonant soprano" [Die Deutsche Bühne] and her "scintillating high range, reminiscent of the most beautiful moments of Mady Mesplé" [Opernwelt].

upcoming

Upcoming engagements include Sharleen’s Irish debut with Wexford Festival Opera, as Prima Donna Daria Garbinati in Donizetti’s Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali. She will also return to Seattle Opera to sing Queen Of The Night in the Barry Kosky production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute.

recent

Recent engagements have included Sharleen’s French debut as Cunegonde in Candide with Opéra National de Lyon, Morgana in Alcina with Seattle Opera, and Gilda in Rigoletto with Colorado Opera, Florida Grand Opera, and Edmonton Opera.

  • The Controller in Jonathan Dove’s Flight with Seattle Opera and Pacific Opera Victoria;

  • Cunegonde in Candide at with Tanglewood Music Festival, Ravinia Music Festival, Anchorage Opera and Orlando Philharmonic;

  • Musetta in La Bohème with Vancouver Opera and Pacific Opera Victoria; Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos with Theater St. Gallen, Theater und Orchester Heidelberg, and in the Chinese premiere of the opera, produced by Oper Leipzig;

  • Winnie in Lembit Beecher’s Sky on Swings, a new opera about Alzheimers starring Frederica von Stade, with Opera Philadelphia;

  • Marie in La Fille du Régiment with Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe; A Viennese New Year Concerts with Hong Kong Philharmonic.

Other Career Highlights

  • Adele – Die Fledermaus
    Amore – Orfeo ed Euridice
    Blonde – Die Entführung aus dem Serail
    Christine – Julie (Boesmans)
    Cleopatra – Giulio Cesare in Egitto
    Controller – Flight
    Cunegonde – Candide
    Despina – Cosi Fan Tutte
    Amore – Orfeo ed Euridice
    Euridice – Orfeo ed Euridice
    Fausta – Orfeo ed Euridice
    La Fée – Cendrillon
    Fiakermilli – Arabella
    Fire, Princess, Rossignol – L'enfant et les sortilèges
    Frasquita – Carmen
    Galatea - Acis and Galatea
    Gilda – Rigoletto
    Héro – Béatrice et Bénédict
    Königin der Nacht – Der Zauberflöte
    Madame Herz – Der Schauspieldirektor
    Marie – La fille du Régiment
    Morgana – Alcina
    Musetta – La bohème
    Olympia – Les contes d'Hoffmann
    Oscar – Un Ballo in Maschera
    Sopran. 1/Ariadne – Dionysos (Rihm)
    Winnie – Sky on Wings (Beecher)
    Zerbinetta – Ariadne auf Naxos
    Zerlina – Don Giovanni

  • Amina – La Sonnambula
    Chiang Ch'ing – Nixon in China
    Golden Cockerel – The Golden Cockerel
    Konstanze - Die Entführung aus dem Serail
    Lucia – Lucia di Lammermoor
    Lulu - Lulu
    Maid - Powder Her Face (Adès)
    Marguerite - Les Huguenots
    Nachtigall – Die Vögel (Braunfels)
    Philine – Mignon
    Sandman/Dew Fairy – Hansel und Gretel

  • Bach - O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit, BWV 210
    Glière - Concerto for Coloratura, Op. 82
    Goodall - Eternal Light Requiem
    Handel - Messiah
    Mahler - Symphony No. 4
    Mozart - Exsultate Jubilate
    Mozart - Mass in C minor
    Orff - Carmina Burana
    Pergolesi - Stabat Mater
    R. Strauss - Brentano Lieder, Op. 68

  • "A scintillating high range, reminiscent of the most beautiful moments of Mady Mesplé"

    [Opernwelt]

  • “Show-stopper.”

    [The Berkshire Edge]

  • “A silvery-voiced standout.”

    [Gramophone]

  • "A glittering tour de force"

    [Musical America]