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Hannah Cole

Hannah Cole

mezzo-soprano

Canadian mezzo-soprano Hannah Cole, an emerging artist whose work spans opera, art song, choir, and chamber music.

Canadian Mezzo-Soprano

Hannah Cole

Canadian mezzo-soprano Hannah Cole is pursuing her Master of Music in Voice Performance at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she studies with Juliana Gondek. A National Scholar at Western University, she completed her Honours Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance in 2026 under the guidance of Patricia Green.

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Hannah holds Associate Diplomas (ARCT) in both Voice Performance and Piano Performance. She has twice been recognized as a National Gold Medalist through the Royal Conservatory of Music and Conservatory Canada.

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Her operatic engagements include Dorabella in Così fan tutte (Western University), Hannah After in As One (Nuova Vocal Arts), Lady Bracknell / Gwendolen in Earnest, The Importance of Being (Summer Opera Lyric Theatre), Maggie in The Gift of the Magi (Opera de Metro), Zweite Dame in Die Zauberflöte (Western University), and Contralto in The Four-Note Opera (Institut Canadien d'Art Vocal).

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Hannah's distinctions include the Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation for Young Canadian Opera Singers Award, the Adrienne Pieczonka Award for Vocal Excellence, the Moccio Award for Artistic Excellence, the Heels Family Vocal Award, and the London Opera Guild Scholarship.

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As a concert artist, Hannah has appeared with the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Magisterra Soloists, National Youth Choir of Canada, Canadian Renaissance Music Summer School, London Opera Guild, Franz Schubert Institut, and Stratford Symphony Orchestra.

Experience

Selected performances, training & distinctions

Training

MM Voice Performance - UCLA, 2028
BMus Performance - Western University, 2026
Franz Schubert Institut, 2025

Institut Canadien d'Art Vocal, 2025

Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute, 2024

Nuova Vocal Arts, 2024

La Musica Lirica, 2023

ARCT Voice Performance - Royal Conservatory of Music, 2022

ARCT Piano Performance - Royal Conservatory of Music, 2022

Opera

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Lady Bracknell / Gwendolen Fairfax, Earnest The Importance of Being - SOLT Toronto, 2026

Dorabella, Così fan tutte - Western University, 2025

Zweite Dame, Die Zauberflöte - Western University, 2025

Maggie, The Gift of Magi - Opera de Metro, 2024

Hannah After, As One - Nuova Vocal Arts, 2024

Contralto, The Four-Note Opera - Institut Canadien d'Art Vocal, 2024

Concert

​Canadian Alto Scholar - Canadian Renaissance Music Summer School, 2026

Section Lead - National Youth Choir of Canada, 2026

Alto Soloist, Mozart Requiem - Stratford Symphony Orchestra, 2026

Schumann Liederkreis, Op. 39 - London Art Song Collective, 2025

Tafelmusik Chamber Choir - Motets: Bach as Muse, 2025

Magisterra Soloists - Music and Holocaust, 2025

Awards

Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation Award, 2025

London Opera Guild Scholarship, 2025

Adrianne Pieczonka Vocal Excellence Award, 2024

Moccio Award for Artistic Excellence, 2024

Clifford von Kuster National Scholarship, 2022

Heels Family Vocal Award, 2022

Competitions

Semifinalist - George and Nora London Foundation Competition, 2024

Winner - NATS Great Lakes Regionals, 2024

Finalist - Maritsa Brookes Concerto Competition, 2024

Winner - London Community Orchestra Young Soloist Competition, 2023

National Gold Medalist - Conservatory Canada Level 10 Voice, 2019-20

National Gold Medalist - RCM Level 9 Voice, 2019-20

Mentorship

Primary Instructors: Juliana Gondek (present), Patricia Green (2022-2026)

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Masterclasses: Elly Ameling, Helmut Deutsch, Julius Drake, Peter Harvey, Robert Holl, Brian McIntosh, Ann Monoyios, Adrianne Pieczonka, Brett Polegato, Wolfram Rieger, Michael Schade, Birgid Steinberger, Liz Upchurch, Roger Vignoles

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Directors: Ted Baerg, Lauren Lenz, Joshua Major, Guillermo Silva-Marin, Timothy Nelson, Lorraine Pintal, Marshall Pynkoski, Marc Reynolds, Anthony Rodrigues, Jennifer Tarver

Conductors: Alexander Cann, Simon Charette, Len Ingrao, Madeleine Krick, Joseph Lanza, Simone Luti, Julien Proulx, Mark Ramsay, Joseph Rescigno, Danielle Sirek, Ivars Taurins, Rosemary Thompson, Tracy Wong

Media

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