Ensemble Studio Members

Ambur Braid

Ambur BraidToronto-based soprano Ambur Braid is a new member of the COC Ensemble Studio. She holds her bachelor of music degree from The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory of Music and her master’s of music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Ms Braid performed the role of Diane in Iphigénie en Tauride with Opera Atelier; Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte, Princess/Fire in L’enfant et les sortilèges and Peaseblossom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the San Francisco Conservatory; and, Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory of Music. Ms Braid has won the East Bay Opera Competition, the San Francisco Conservatory Concerto Competition, and the Palm Beach Opera Competition. With the COC this season she will perform the Danish Lady in Death in Venice, the Queen of the Night in the Ensemble Studio production of The Magic Flute, and Amore in Orfeo ed Euridice. Ms Braid also understudies roles in The Magic Flute, La Cenerentola, and Ariadne auf Naxos.

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The COC Ensemble Studio is Canada’s premier training program for young opera professionals and provides advanced instruction, hands-on experience, and career development opportunities. The Ensemble Studio is supported by the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage, RBC Financial Group and other generous donors.


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