Canadian Soprano Olivia Howe is in her fourth year of undergraduate studies in Opera Performance at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.

This season with UBC Opera, Olivia is delighted to appear as the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte in November and as Cunégonde in Bernstein’s Candide in February.

This past summer season, Olivia covered the role of Despina in Mozart’s Così fan tutte with the Aspen Opera Theatre and V ocalARTS program as a Studio Artist, under the baton of Patrick Summers and direction of Renée Fleming. She also sang scenes as Zerlina in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, and as Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto.

This past season with UBC Opera, Olivia performed as Josephine in Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore, participated in a master class with Javier Camarena, and served as the cover for the title role in Manon, and was called to perform for the two shows, sharing the role with Sarah Richardson and singing Acts I, II, and Act III, Scene 1. She also appeared as the soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the UBC Symphony Orchestra and Choirs, the soprano soloist in Mozart’s “Coronation Mass” with UBC Choirs, and the soprano soloist in Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra and Vancouver Bach Choir.

Additionally, Olivia was recognized as an Encouragement Award winner at the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition at the Montana/Idaho District and as national semi-finalist in the Schmidt Undergraduate V ocal Competition.

Past seasons include performances as Despina in Così fan tutte, masterclasses with Russell Braun and Tracey Dahl, as well as appearing in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen and Massenet’sCendrillon with UBC Opera.

She is a proud recipient of several scholarships, including the Peter and Phyllis Suedfeld Gaudeamus Igitur Award, Sonya and Charlotte Wall Award, S. Cyril Maplethorp Memorial Scholarship, Nancy Hermiston Scholarship, and Norah Mansell Music Scholarship. Last season, she was awarded a scholarship from the Vancouver Opera Guild as well as the Toni and Hildegard Cavelti Foundation Fund Bursary from Vancouver Opera.