Voice 2022 – Aria Division and ART SONG DIVISION
Semifinalist (Aria DIvision) | Semifinalist (Art Song DIvision)
André Bourbeau Award for the Best Canadian Artist Prize
ICI Musique People’s Choice Award – Art Song
Mezzo-soprano
2022: Canadian and Omanian mezzo-soprano Deepa Johnny is set to bring her agile instrument to the Montréal stage.
Fresh off her Carnegie Hall debut with Renée Fleming’s SongStudio, Johnny is a recent winner of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont National Council Auditions’ Western Canada District.
Born in Muscat, Oman, Johnny is a recent graduate of the prestigious Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where she performed roles including Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, and Handel’s Serse. She took on the title role of La tragédie de Carmen with Arden Opera in 2017.
Johnny has used her position as a rising young artist to partner with A Better World Canada, and help raise money for education reform.
Training
2019-present: Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Master’s Degree
Principal Teachers
- Dr. Wendolin Pazitka Munroe, 2015-2019
- Carlos Montane, 2019-present
Prizes and Awards
- 2020: Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition Western Canada District
Programme – Aria*
FIRST ROUND (with piano)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Parto, Parto
(La clemenza di Tito)
GUSTAV MAHLER Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft
(Rückert Lieder)
GIAOCHINO ROSSINI Di tanti palpiti
(Tancredi)
SEMIFINAL
GEORGES BIZET Seguidilla
(Carmen)
MAURICE RAVEL Asie
(Sheherazade)
GIACHINO ROSSINI Tanti affetti in tal momento
(The Lady of the Lake)
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Programme – Art Song*
* Deepa Johnny also participates in the Aria division of Voice 2022
FIRST ROUND
GEORGES BIZET Adieu de l’hôtesse arabe
(20 Mélodies, Op. 21)
FRANZ SCHUBERT Gretchen am Spinnrade, Op. 2, D. 118
IVOR GURNEY Sleep
(5 Elizabethan Songs)
OTTORINI RESPIGHI Sopra un’aria antica
(4 Liriche, P. 125)
SEMIFINAL
GEORGY SVIRIDOV Russkaja pesnya
PYOTR ILLYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Ja li v pole da ne travushka
(Seven Romances, Op. 47)
JOHN GREER On Children
GUSTAV MAHLER Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder! • Liebst du um Schönheit
(Rückert Lieder, Op. 44)
HECTOR BERLIOZ Le spectre de la rose
(Les nuits d’été, Op. 7)
Deepa Johnny is generously sponsored by Marie-Josée & Maurice Pinsonnault
