Ellen McAteer

Soprano

Ottawa-born soprano Ellen McAteer has been praised for her "brilliant, clear soprano" (New York Arts) and has been described as a "powerhouse of dramatic assuredness, the ultimate in vulnerable intensity" (Opera Canada). She is the 2019 winner of the Brian Law Opera Competition, two-time recipient of the Richard Bradshaw Graduate Fellowship in Opera, and has been awarded the Ruby Mercer Opera Award, a Schulich Scholarship, the Gaelyne Gabora Memorial Prize and the E. M. Wirth Scholarship. She holds a M.Mus from the University of Toronto, a B.Mus from McGill University and was a recipient of the Glenn Gould School's Rebanks Family Fellowship in addition to receiving career support from Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques, Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation and the Canada Council for the Arts.