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Mezzo-Soprano
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Canadian mezzo soprano, Hillary Tufford is a versatile and engaging performer, noted for a sound that is “lush and suave throughout,” (Opera Canada, Forner). A 2017 Graduate of Western University, (Masters in Literature and Performance), Hillary was invited to join the Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program at Vancouver Opera where she sang Hebe in their 2022 production of HMS Pinafore, and “almost stole the show” as Lola in their concert performance of Cavalleria Rusticana.

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This season, Hillary made her debut with The Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra in Messiah, as well as her Soundstreams debut in The Garden of Vanished Pleasures with music by Cecilia Livingston and Donna McKevitt. This season, Hillary also triumphantly jumped-in for the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra, singing Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. In past seasons, Hillary has performed with the Elmer Eisler Singers, Victoria Philharmonic Choir, Vancouver Bach Choir and the Kingston Symphony.

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Hillary was “warm and fun as Hermia” in Vancouver Opera’s 2023 production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and she sang Flora in Brott Opera’s 2023 production of La Traviata, Alain Trudel conducting. At Highlands Opera Studio’s production of Eugene Onegin, Opera Canada’s Dawn Martens wrote “Hillary Tufford was an engaging Olga, perfectly embodying the flirtatious innocence of the character, while also showcasing a rich, velvety tone”.

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Hillary was a District Winner in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, a Finalist for the Mozart Project Competition, and a semi-finalist for the Nuits Lyriques de Marmande. She has received grants from the Canadian Council for the Arts, The Jaqueline Desmarais Foundation, RBC Emerging Artist Project, and The Hazel Crydermann-Wees Foundation.

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Dawn Martens, Opera Canada

"Hillary Tufford was an engaging Olga, perfectly embodying the flirtatious innocence of the character, while also showcasing a rich, velvety tone; hers will be a voice to listen for in the future."
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An Evening with Karim Al-Zand

Banff Centre for the Arts

Margaret Greenham Theatre

July 25, 2025

Bach's St Matthew Passion

Banff Centre for the Arts

Margaret Greenham Theatre

July 11, 2025

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Mahler

 Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra

Salvation Army Citadel, Scarborough

May 3, 2025

The Garden of Vanished Pleasures

Soundstreams

The Canadian Stage

26 Berkeley St, Toronto, ON

April 25-27, 2025

The Cross of Christ, Delgado

St Lawrence Martyr Parish

Scarborough, ON

April 12, 2025

Handel's Messiah

Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra

 and Bach-Elgar Choir

St. Catherine of Siena Cathedral

December 13, 15, 2024

Holiday Cheer!

Windrush Estate Winery

3100 Concession Rd., Palgrave, ON

December 1, 2024

Music Feeds the Soul

Southern Ontario Lyric Opera

Westdale United, Hamilton, ON

November 2, 2024

A Very Weill Night of Verdi

Opera Revue

Redwood Theatre, Toronto

September 8, 2024

Bewitching Beauty

Regeneration Concert: Art Song

Toronto Summer Music Festival

July 20, 2024

Veiled Devotion

Regeneration Concert: Art Song

Toronto Summer Music Festival

July 13, 2024

Carmen, Bizet

Carmen

Toronto City Opera

June 19-23, 2024

Duruflé Requiem

Alto soloist

Victoria Philharmonic Choir

March 9, 2024

Jessica Osber Photography

Berthe, in Blond Eckbert (Judith Weir), Vancouver Opera

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Carmen, Toronto City Opera

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