RAPHAËL LADEN-GUINDON

Praised for his “authoritative voice” (Boston Musical Intelligencer) and “contagious sensibility” (Revue l’Opéra), Canadian-American Baritone, Raphaël Laden-Guindon maintains an active performing schedule in the US and Canada. In the 2023-24 season, he will make his debut with the Saskatoon Symphony in the St. John Passion, singing both the role of Jesus and the bass arias. He will appear as a guest artist in productions of Matthew Peterson's Voir Dire as The Baritone and Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream as Quince with the Boston Conservatory. In the Fall of 2023, he was heard as Harapha in Handel’s Samson with the Cambridge Chamber Ensemble. His 2022-23 season featured a role debut and as the title role in Le nozze di Figaro with NEMPAC Opera and the Boston Festival Orchestra and the world premiere of Keiko Devaux's chamber opera: L'écoute du Perdu with Musique 3 Femmes and Ensemble Paramaribo. Other credits include The Accomplice in Whispers: Echoes from the Halls and Belcore (Cover) in L’Elisir d’amore with Boston Opera Collaborative, the title role in Don Giovanni, Ophémon in L’amant anonyme (Chevalier de St-Georges), Bob in The Old Maid and the Thief (Menotti), and Mr. Olsen in Street Scene (Weil) with Opera McGill. Raphaël holds a master's degree from McGill University during which he was a recipient of both SSHRC and FRQSC master’s research grants and a BA from Yale in musicology. He is a staff singer at Trinity Church in the city of Boston.