Described as a “formidable colouratura soprano”, Charlotte Knight is establishing herself as versatile artist on opera, musical theatre and concert stages across Canada and abroad. Recent engagements have included in Rona Lisa Peretti in The 25th Annual Putnam Country Spelling Bee with No Strings Theatre, Cecily in Benson & Davies’ Canadian operetta Earnest, The Importance of Being and Hanna in the Canadian premiere of Künneke’s Cousin from Nowhere (Der Vetter aus Dingsda) both with Toronto Operetta Theatre, Queen of the Night in Mozart’s The Magic Flute with Summer Opera Lyric Theatre, Musetta in Puccini’s La Bohème with The Opera Project in Vancouver, Le Feu in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges with the Canadian Operatic Arts Academy and as Marie in Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment in an Opera Gala performance with Orchestra London. Her recent seasons have marked professional debuts with several Canadian ensembles, including Primavera Concerts at Lieschen in Bach’s Coffee Cantata, the Etobicoke Philharmonic as Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto, Toronto’s Opera in Concert and the Classical Music Consort as Diana in Haydn’s La Fedeltá Premiata, and Toronto Masque Theatre as Aréthuze in Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers.
