Toronto-based Anishinaabe baritone Evan Korbut has garnered praise for his “complete” command of the stage, and “beautiful” lyric baritone (OperaRamblings). In 2023, Evan appeared in the title role of Weisensel’s Li Keur - Riel’s Heart of the North, for it’s world premiere,with Manitoba Opera. The artists of Li Keur were awarded Opera Canada’s Nada Ristich Change Maker Award for their contributions to Canada’s operatic canon.

He looks forward to making his Canadian Opera Company mainstage debut next season in world premiere of Ian Cusson and Cherie Dimaline’s The Empire of Wild.

Recently, in Brian Current’s chamber opera Missing, Evan appeared as Angus with Anchorage Opera, and in concert at Koerner Hall as a part of Toronto Summer Music Festival. As a part of The Artists of the Opera Missing, Evan was nominated for a 2025 Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Small Ensemble, for the studio release of Missing with Continuum Ensemble. He looks forward to reprising the work in the upcoming season.

Korbut’s past seasons have included Handel’s Messiah with the Regina Symphony, and appearing in recital with Women’s Musical Club of Toronto alongside mezzo-soprano Marion Newman. He made several returns to Toronto’s VoiceBox: Opera in Concert for Meyerbeer’s Robert le diable (Bertram), Cilea’s Adriana Levouvreur (Michonnet), Schubert’s Fierabras, and Thomson’s The Mother of Us All (Virgil).

Additional operatic repertoire includes Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, Danilo in The Merry Widow, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Marcello in La bohème, Tarquinius/Junius in The Rape of Lucretia, Dandini in La cenerentola, Figaro/Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Taddeo in L’italiana in Algeri, Publio in La clemenza di Tito, and Moses in The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.

Evan is currently pursuing his Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Toronto, with a focus on the creation and interpretation of Indigenous opera. His research draws from his extensive experience workshopping and performing Indigenous opera across North America, including Davies’ The Ecstasy of Rita Joe (Jamie Paul, VoiceBox: Opera in Concert), Goulet’s The Flight of the Hummingbird (Owl, Pacific Opera Victoria), Edmonton Opera’s Wild Rose Project, and the Dora Award-winning Burry’s Shanawdithit (Simms/Spirit Chorus), in a joint production between Tapestry Opera and Opera on the Avalon.

March 2026
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