Danielle MacMillan, Opera Singer Opera Singer from Toronto, ON

Canadian-Italian Mezzo Soprano, Danielle MacMillan was a member of the Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble Studio and Palm Beach Opera’s Benenson Young Artist Program where she performed and covered many roles in operas such as: Peter Grimes, Cosi fan tutte, Carmen, Ariadne auf Naxos, Madama Butterfly, Rigoletto, Pirates of Penzance, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, among others. Ms. MacMillan has also performed with Opera Atelier in Toronto since 2020 in various productions such as Dido and Aeneas, including a filmed production of “Something Rich and Strange” during the pandemic. She has also worked with Manitoba Opera, Opera Nashville and is looking forward to an upcoming debut with Edmonton Opera. Ms. MacMillan holds a BFA, with honours, from York University, and ADV from The Glenn Gould School. Her awards include: IRCPA Maureen Forrester Scholarship, St. Andrews Arts Council Aria Competition, Regional Finalist prize winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Clifford Poole Vocal Competition (CBSO) as well as a Dora Mavor Moore award for Best Ensemble in Against the Grain Theatre’s production of Kopernikus (Claude Vivier). Ms. MacMillan has performed in many concerts including: Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the NYCO; NAC’s chamber festival; eleven seasons with the Toronto Classical Singers; Handel’s Messiah with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra. She also curates her own concerts yearly collaborating with other artists in venues across the GTA. In addition to her operatic career, Ms. MacMillan has been teaching private voice lessons to people of all ages and skill levels for over ten years. Ms. MacMillan continues to sing regularly at private events, religious services such a memorial masses, funerals and weddings, she also plays the piano and sings at weekly Catholic masses and has performed at many corporate functions such as the St. John Ambulance Investiture ceremonies.