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For Canadian mezzo-soprano Ariana Maubach, pursuing an opera career felt organic. “I’ve been fortunate to have phenomenal teachers and parents who have supported me unconditionally from the very beginning,” she says. Maubach is also motivated by her younger self who, she says, could only dream of expressing herself with the vocal freedom Maubach has today.
Last year, Maubach competed in Canadian Opera Company’s Centre Stage Competition. She sang “Seguidilla” from Bizet’s Carmen in the closed round and “Cruda sorte!” from Rossini’s L’taliana in Algeri for the public performance. “I love both of these characters—they’re clever, bold and incredibly fun to embody,” Maubach says. Her passionate performances paid off as she took home the $7,500 First Prize and the $1,000 Audience Choice Award.
The Toronto-born singer acknowledges that embodying characters—especially those who are vastly different from oneself—can be a challenge. “Performing is a constant balancing act,” she says, referring to the emotional and physical demands of operatic performance. “It helps that the biggest challenges of performing are also the reasons why I love it.”
One of Maubach’s favourite moments from the last season was performing in the world premiere of Derrick Wang’s Fearless with Opera Delaware, portraying trailblazing aviator Hazel Ying Lee. She also spent her summer in San Francisco at the Merola Opera Program and sang Ragonde in Le comte Ory.
In the coming year, Maubach looks forward to singing Rosina alongside her fellow COC ensemble members in their special performance of The Barber of Seville. However, her dreams don’t end with next season. Maubach hopes to one day have an international career and a family, determined to make space for both of these immense life goals.
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