Signa Love is a Lyric Mezzo Soprano

SIGNA LOVE has received acclaim for her touching musicality, pleasing use of expression, rich and lyric mezzo voice, and tremendous range and power. She is in her final year of a Mus. M. in Opera Performance 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). In Toronto, Signa performed with the Concert Opera Group directed by Darryl Edwards in 2007 and is the alto soloist with the Kingsway Lambton Church Choir under the direction of Ruth Watson Henderson.

Signa is thrilled to make her professional operatic debut with Opera NB. Upcoming engagements include Hansel in Hansel und Gretel at the University of Toronto and alto soloist in Messiah at Trinity Church in Saint John. This summer, Signa performed the title role in La Périchole at the Franco American Vocal Academy in France. At the University of Toronto she has appeared as Polinesso in Handel’s Ariodante, and Third Lady in The Magic Flute. Other credits include Mae Jones in Street Scene (Opera Nuova, Edmonton), Novizie in La Suor Angelica (Operafestival di Roma, Italy), Dinah in Trouble in Tahiti and the Announcer in Gallantry (Acadia University, NS). 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. Signa has had master classes with artists such as Wendy Nielsen, Measha Breugergosman, Stuart Hamilton and Rosemarie Landry.