Georgia Burashko
Canadian mezzo-soprano Georgia Burashko has been hailed as “a model of expressiveness” and “emotionally evocative” (Opera Going Toronto). Based in Den Haag, Netherlands, Georgia is a winner of The Dutch Classical Talent, which earned her a solo recital tour of her own curation through The Netherlands in 2023-24.
This season, Georgia looks forward to singing Messiah under the baton of Nicholas McGeegan with both the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and Edmonton Symphony, embarking on a global tour of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen with Les Arts Florissants and Jardin des Voix, and making her debut at The Bach Festival in Leipzig with the Netherlands Bach Society.
In early 2022, Georgia premiered J.S. Bach - The Apocalypse, a joint opera production with De Nederlandse Bachvereniging and Opera2Day which toured the Netherlands. In the summer of that year, Georgia released her debut album with Italian harpist Michela Amici entitled Dal suono dolcissimo. Featuring a track list of 17th century Italian music, and new works for voice and baroque harp, Burashko and Amici toured their program in recital across both Italy and the Netherlands.
Operatic credits include Nerone (Agrippina), Juno (Orphée aux Enfers), Tirinto (Imeneo), Zosha (Farewell Auschwitz), Cari Bayar (Lizée and Ivany’s No Ones Safe), Dritte Dame (Die Zauberflöte), and Zerlina (Don Giovanni) in which she was praised for her, “heartfelt delivery, her luminous voice matching her radiant beauty” (Opera Canada).
Georgia was a 2019 Rebanks Family Fellow at the Glenn Gould School, and received a Masters in Early Music with Distinction from the Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag, where she attended as a Holland Fellow with full scholarship. Her work at the Koninklijk Conservatorium was celebrated for, “possessing a marvellous instrument, placed at the service of musical artistry with the deepest engagement.”
Georgia holds a Bachelor’s degree from McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, a Master’s degree from the University of Toronto Opera Division, and has completed residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Royaumont Abbeye, and with the Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble (Lübeck).
September 2023
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““Burashko sings circles around the aria with heartfelt delivery, her luminous voice matching her radiant beauty.”
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