Calgarian-born tenor Tim Carter currently resides in Victoria BC and recently completed his Master of Music at the University of Victoria, studying under Benjamin Butterfield. Recent performances include Ruiz in Il Trovatore (Pacific Opera Victoria, 2026)Charlie in Remembering Mary’s Wedding (Pacific Opera Victoria, 2025), and Torero in Ainadamar (Pacific Opera Victoria, 2024). You can find him singing on street corners around Victoria (Pop-up Opera) and singing with Luminous Voices on the JUNO-nominated choral album Ispiciwin. Tim is thrilled to be reprising his role of Charlie in the upcoming POV remount of Remembering Mary’s Wedding.
Tim began his singing journey at the age of 21 while studying Psychology at the University of Calgary. Having played saxophone through high school, a new interest in the study of languages sparked the idea to combine the two passions into singing opera. After an unsuccessful audition attempt and a year of solo voice lessons, he eventually began studying with Dr. Laura Hynes and completed his Bachelor of Music at the University of Calgary.
Tim has sung with numerous choirs in Calgary and Victoria (Spiritus Chamber Choir, Luminous Voices, UVic Chamber Choir, Vox Humana, Victoria Philharmonic Choir), was a member of the Calgary Opera Chorus (2018-2019), and is a continuing member of the Pacific Opera Victoria chorus (2020-present). Tim has performed several operatic and musical theatre roles such as Ewart Dunlop in The Music Man (UCalgary Operetta, 2015), Archibald Grosvenor in Patience (Opera Nuova, 2017), Heinrich in The Double Hook, a world premiere opera by William Jordan (University of Calgary, 2017), Dickon in The Secret Garden (Opera Nuova, 2019), Ernesto in Don Pasquale (Grande Prairie Opera, 2019), Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore (Grande Prairie Opera, 2021), and Actéon in Actéon(University of Victoria, 2022).
When not singing, you can find him either out enjoying the beautiful nature of this land or picking up a new hobby. Tim has forayed into embroidery, ceramics and most recently he has tried his hand at woodworking.