Taryn Plater, mezzo-soprano

Cherubino

Taryn Plater is a versatile singer and creator, recognized for her “dramatic and vocal thrust” (Opera Canada). Her portfolio spans jazz, Ukrainian art song, and new works – including Opera Unbound’s new music and dance piece, Floating Island. Taryn was an emerging artist with Manitoba Opera’s 2024 DEAP program, a 2021-2022 RBC Artist Fellow with the Association for Opera in Canada, and recently sang in workshops of Good Mess Opera Theatre’s new opera, Monsters Made. She created the digital artist statement First Steps through Against the Grain’s 2021 National Opera Intensive, and continues to explore non-traditional opera creation with the development of her original multi-media performance piece, Pamyatayesh.