One of today’s most sought-after lyric baritones on the international stage, Canadian-Italian Brett Polegato has earned the highest praise from audiences and critics for his artistic sensibility: “his is a serious and seductive voice” says the Globe and Mail, while the New York Times has praised him for his “burnished, well-focused voice”, which he uses with “considerable intelligence and nuance”. His career has encompassed over fifty operatic roles at the world’s most prestigious venues including La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, l’Opéra National de Paris, the Glyndebourne Festival, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, the Teatro Real, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Carnegie Hall.

Highlights in the 2025/2026 season include Scarpia Tosca with Pacific Opera Victoria and a return to Grange Park Opera in the world premiere of John Tavener’s The Play of Krishna. In concert he performs a recital with pianist Stephen Hargreaves at the Salle Bourgie Montréal and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Grand Philharmonic Choir and Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.