Libby Donald, Soprano

La Ciesca

Libby is excited to be returning to Burnaby Lyric’s stage as La Ciesca! Born and raised in Australia, she moved to Canada to grow as a person and performer, and just never left. Trained in opera, music theatre and film Libby has spent her time training, teaching, and performing in Vancouver, Europe and Australia.   Some of her local performances include: Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera” (Opera Mariposa), Strauss’s “ Elektra”(Heroic Opera), as Rowan in “The Little Sweep” (Players and Singers) , The First Witch in Verdi’s “Macbeth” (Heroic Opera) , Nella in “Gianni Schicchi (Opera Mariposa), “L’elisir d’amore”(Burnaby Lyric Opera) and as a soloist throughout Vancouver and with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. When not performing she teaches voice, children’s choir and early childhood music at the Vancouver Symphony School of Music.