Canadian mezzo, Wallis Giunta, is a captivating young artist at the beginning of a vibrant performing career. She has trained in New York at The Juilliard School, and at The Metropolitan Opera, where she débuted in 2013 in Verdi’s Rigoletto. She has also débuted at the Canadian Opera Company, Le Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, Oper Leipzig, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Fort Worth Opera, Madison Opera, Opera Lyra Ottawa, and L’Opera de Montreal. She excels in the repertoire of Rossini, Handel, Britten, and Mozart, and is in particular international demand as the ardent young page, Cherubino. Her busy concert schedule has taken her around the world, performing opera galas with the symphonies of Toronto, Nuremberg, Munich, and Edmonton, Handel’s Messiah with La Real Orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla, Bach’s B Minor Mass with the Stuttgart Festivalorchester, Ravel’s Shéhérazade with the Royal Conservatory Orchestra, Toronto and Mozart’s La clemenza Di Tito with the Taipei Symphony. She regularly appears at major festivals in recital, crafting highly acclaimed, inventive art song programs. A very versatile singer and performer, Wallis is sought after for the creation of new works, and for 20th- and 21st-century repertoire, ranging from the music-theatre of Weill & Brecht, to the minimalist operas of John Adams, and to the pop/art songs of Rufus Wainwright. She is a recipient of multiple grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Career Development Prize from the Sylva Gelber Foundation.