Signa Love is a Lyric Mezzo Soprano

SIGNA LOVE has received acclaim for her pleasing use of expression, rich and lyric mezzo voice, and her engaging stage presence. She is in her final year of a Mus. M. in Opera, at the University of Toronto, and she currently studies voice with Jean MacPhail. She was the recipient of a scholarship from the Canadian Trust Fund 2007, she holds a fellowship guarantee from the University of Toronto and for 4 consecutive years has received awards from artsnb (The New Brunswick Arts Board).

A native of Rothesay, New Brunswick, Signa has been heard as a soloist on Atlantic television, on CBC radio, with the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra and in several recital series. Las fall, Signa was pleased to make her professional operatic debut in The Magic Flute with Opera New Brunswick. In December, she was invited to be the alto soloist in the Messiah at Trinity Church in Saint John.

The singing actress recently performed title roles in L’Enfant et les sortilèges and Hansel and Gretel at the University of Toronto. She has also appeared as Polinesso in Handel’s Ariodante, and Third Lady in The Magic Flute with the direction of Stephen Ralls. Last summer, Signa performed the title role in La Périchole at the Franco American Vocal Academy in France, under the baton of Clinton Smith. Other highlights include Mae Jones in Street Scene (Opera Nuova, Edmonton), Novizie in La Suor Angelica (Operafestival di Roma, Italy), Dinah in Trouble in Tahiti (Acadia University, NS).

She is currently the alto soloist with the Kingsway-Lambton Church Choir under the direction of Ruth Watson Henderson, and in 2007 she performed with the Concert Opera Group, directed by Darryl Edwards. Across North America and Europe, Signa has had the opportunity to work with renowned artists such as Suzanne Mentzer, Wendy Nielsen, Mark Oswald, William Lewis, Stuart Hamilton and Rosemarie Landry.