Barbara Fris

Barbara Fris is a Canadian soprano and actress who performs as an opera singer, concert artist, and recitalist. She specializes in opera and classical symphonic works for voice, having performed across Canada, in Europe and the United States where she also has sung a wide range of works that include operettas, musical theatre, light classics, lieder, French mlodie, and art songs.

Fris was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and began her musical studies at the Nova Scotia Teachers College , where she obtained an Associate of Education Diploma and Licentiate as an Early Childhood Music Specialist . She later graduated from Dalhousie University, Faculty of Music with a Bachelor of Music in Performance and the University of Toronto Opera Division , where she obtained a Diploma in Opera Performance as a scholarship student of the noted Dutch baritone, Bernard Diamant and with the support of the Nova Scotia Talent Trust and Canada Council. Ms. Fris completed further postgraduate work at the Accademia dei Rozzi, under Maestro Walter Baracchi, former principal coach and conductor at Teatro alla Scala di Milano. Subsequent musical studies led her to New York City where she studied privately with Rita Patan of the Manhattan and Juilliard Schools of Music in Patans Carnegie Hall studio. Fris later worked with Fderico Dvia of the Metropolitan Opera and Donna Brunsma, Assist

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