Instrument: baritone bass
First developed as a violinist, Tomislav Lavoie is an exciting bass-baritone who is beginning to break into the scene. Tomislav completed his master’s degree in voice perfor mance at the Université de Montréal. He has recently performed the role of Basilio from Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia (JMC 2008-2009 tour). His other roles include Leporello from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, performed with the National Youth Orchestra conducted by Agnes Grossmann, Figaro from Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Masetto from Mozart’s Don Giovanni. In 2005, he was named young Lyric ambassador and took part in a workshop in the Czech Republic under the guidance of Alain Nonat and Cristian Mihailescu, artistic director of the Brasov Opera in Romania. Tomislav Lavoie is currently living in Montréal and proudly stu dying with Marie Daveluy.