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With a voice described as “honey-coloured and warm, yet robust and commanding” (The Globe and Mail), baritone TYLER DUNCAN has performed worldwide to great acclaim in both opera and concert repertoire. Throughout his varied career, he has performed with several of the world’s leading orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Tafelmusik, Minnesota Orchestra, and the Kansas City Symphony.

Also an accomplished opera performer, Mr. Duncan has appeared often at the Metropolitan Opera featured in roles such as Prince Yamadori in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, The Journalist in Lulu or Fiorello in The Barber of Seville, He also returned to the roster of The Metropolitan Opera for their new production of Terence Blanchard’s Champion. Other recent roles include Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro with Pacific Opera Victoria and Amarillo Opera, Morales in Bizet’s Carmen under Seiji Ozawa, and appearances in the Spoleto Festival as Mr. Friendly in the 18th-century ballad opera Flora and the Speaker in Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Duncan is also passionate about new opera; recent roles include Raymond in Nic Gotham’s Nigredo Hotel with City Opera Vancouver, and in the world premiere of Jonathan Berger’s Leonardo at New York’s 92nd Street Y.

In the realm of Baroque music Mr Duncan’s versatility and skill have him in high demand, especially performing the works of Bach. He has been regularly seen with Les violons du Roy, in Quebec City, Tafelmusik (Toronto), Early Music Vancouver, Music of the Baroque (Chicago), Handel and Haydn, Boston Early Music Festival, and the Oregon Bach Festival.

Frequently paired with pianist Erika Switzer, Mr. Duncan has given acclaimed recitals in New York, Boston, Chicago, Paris, and throughout Canada, Germany, Sweden, France, and South Africa. Together they have premiered many new works written for them by composers. Alongside their debut album English Songs à la française for Bridge Records, they have released A Left Coast on the same label featuring songs from Canada’s west coast.

Mr. Duncan’s other recordings include the Juno Award winning Vaughan-Williams Serenade to Music with Peter Ounjian and the Toronto Symphony; the title role in John Blow’s Venus and Adonis with Boston Early Music Festival; and a DVD of Handel’s Messiah with Kent Nagano and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. His singing has been recognized internationally with numerous awards, including Grammy and Juno nominations and prizes from the Naumburg, London’s Wigmore Hall, and Munich’s ARD competitions.

As a faculty member of the prestigious Vocal Arts Program Bard College, Mr. Duncan finds joy in helping the next generation of singers find their true voice. Originally from British Columbia, Canada, he resides in New York’s beautiful Hudson Valley where you might find him exploring roadside farmstands in search of the perfect, freshly picked heirloom apple.

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Scottish–Maltese soprano Carine Tinney has established herself as a compelling presence on the international stage, with a repertoire spanning oratorio, early music, lieder, and opera. Widely admired for the clarity, expressive depth, and stylistic refinement of her Baroque interpretations, she performs regularly throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States.

She collaborates with many of today’s leading period ensembles, including Bach Collegium Japan, De Nederlandse Bachvereniging, Vox Luminis, Pygmalion, and InAlto. Her work with distinguished conductors such as Helmuth Rilling, Johanna Soller, Joshua Rifkin, Raphaël Pichon, Jeannette Sorrell, Emmanuelle Haïm, John Butt, and Jonathan Cohen reflects her strong artistic presence within the international early music scene.

In the United States, Carine has appeared at the Berkeley Early Music Festival, performed Bach’s St Matthew Passion with the Quad City Symphony Orchestra under Mark Russell Smith, and sung Handel’s Messiah with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. In 2027, she returns to the United States for a nationwide tour of Bach’s St Matthew Passion with Apollo’s Fire, the internationally acclaimed Cleveland-based Baroque orchestra founded and directed by Jeannette Sorrell.

A core member of the leading medieval and Renaissance ensemble Sollazzo since 2019, she performs regularly across Europe, North America, and Asia. The ensemble’s recording Ni Dufay, Ni Binchois: The Works of Johannes Pullois was awarded a Diapason d’Or, confirming their reputation as one of the most distinctive and innovative voices in early music today.

Her operatic repertoire encompasses both lyric and dramatic roles. Highlights include Pamina in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at the Landestheater Detmold, the title role in Massenet’s Cendrillon, and the Voice from Heaven in Verdi’s Don Carlo at the Bayerische Staatsoper. She made her debut at the Opéra de Lille in Purcell’s The Indian Queen under Emmanuelle Haïm. Highlights of the 2026/27 season include her role debut as Oberto in Handel’s Alcina at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, alongside an international tour with Vox Luminis as Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, with performances in major European cultural centres including Amsterdam, Paris, and London.

Carine has received numerous scholarships and international distinctions, including awards from the Hugo Wolf Academy International Competition for Liedkunst (Stuttgart), the Alumni/ASTA Competition for Lied Singing, and the BECA Bach Scholarship (Barcelona). In 2021, she served as Artist in Residence at the Zentrum für Alte Musik in Cologne.

She completed her Bachelor’s degree at Edinburgh Napier University before earning two Master’s degrees in Lied and Opera at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, studying under Gerhild Romberger and Manuel Lange.