Charlene Santoni

Hailed as “a young vocalist to watch… with a rich and penetrating operatic voice,” Canadian soprano Charlene Santoni’s career has included appearances with Edmonton Opera, Opera New Brunswick, Saskatoon Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria, The Center for Opera Studies in Italy, The University of Toronto Opera Division, Tapestry New Opera, Highlands Opera Studio and The Tanglewood Music Centre. Concert and recital performance credits include work with Soundstreams Canada, Queen of Puddings Music Theatre, Off Centre Music Salon, Masterworks of Oakville, The Highlands Festival Singers, The Bach Elgar Choir, The Canadian Sinfonietta, The Mountain View International Festival of Song and Chamber Music, Symphony Hamilton, The McMaster University Choir, The Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra and The National Arts Centre Orchestra. Charlene also sang in a production of Sondheim’s A Little Night Music with The Boston Pops in 2008, under the baton of Keith Lockhart. Academically, Charlene holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from The University of Western Ontario as well as a Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Voice Performance from The University of Manitoba, wherein she concurrently completed an Opera Apprenticeship program with Manitoba Opera. She went on to receive a Masters Degree in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy from The University of Toronto under the tutelage of Mary Morrison. Charlene recently completed a PhD in Music and Health Sciences (voice) also at The University of Toronto. As a voice pedagogue, Charlene has been part of the summer voice faculty at both The Centre for Opera Studies in Italy’s Vocal Academy and Highlands Opera Studio Community School. She is currently a member of the voice faculty at the University of Toronto, McMaster University and at The R.F. Unkefer Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy . She also maintains a private voice studio in Waterdown, Ontario. Charlene was the 2014 winner of the National Association of Teachers of Singing Voice Pedagogy Award and is a highly sought-after voice clinician and adjudicator.