Shanté van Horlick, MEZZO-SOPRANO

Kate Pinkerton

Mercedes, Carmen - 2017

Shante van Horlick debuted her Opera Career at the Chan Centre as Agricola in the UBC production of Johann Strauss II’s Eine Nacht in Venedig. She also performed the role of Hippolyta in Benjamin Britten’s A Mid summer night’s dream and Third Lady in the Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte which toured in the Czech Republic and at Bard on the Beach.  After graduating from the UBC Opera program in 2016, Shante performed the role of Mercedes in Burnaby Lyric Opera’s production of Carmen and in Heroic Opera’s production of  Wagner’s Die Walkure as Siegrune. In October 2018 Shante had her first appearance in the Vancouver Opera chorus in the production of Turandot and most recently Shante had her debut with Opera Mariposa in their production of Mozart’s “Cosi Fan Tutte” in the role of Dorabella.  Shante is looking forward to returning to Burnaby Lyric Opera’s main stage production of Madama Butterfly as Kate Pinkerton.