Join Teiya Kasahara in the intimate atmosphere of Pyatt Hall for a voice masterclass, as this celebrated performer coaches advanced students in front of an audience. This masterclass is FREE to attend. RSVP Form below.
About Teiya Kasahara
Heralded as “an artist with extraordinary things to say” (The Globe and Mail) and “a force of nature” (Toronto Star), Nikkei Canadian settler Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野 (they/he) is a transgender opera singer and interdisciplinary theatre creator based in Tkarón:to (colonially known as Toronto, Canada). Teiya comes from a background of nearly 20 years of singing both traditional and contemporary operatic roles across Turtle Island and Europe including the Queen of the Night Die Zauberflöte, Cio-Cio San Madama Butterfly, and the soprano solos in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Verdi’s Requiem.
Their critically acclaimed operatic-play The Queen In Me recently had a sold-out run at the National Arts Centre, and has played at the Belfast International Arts Festival, Meridian Arts Centre in Ontario, Canadian Opera Company (world premiere), and will tour to the west coast this season.
In their practice Teiya explores the intersections of identity through reimagining the operatic and classical music canon in works such as their iterative Butterfly Project, Little Mis(s)gender (in development with Queer AF Collective), and Dichterliebe: Whose Love?, among others. They have recently launched an autoethnographical multifaceted series entitled Project T with its first performance in New York (ChamberQUEER, June 2024) and will continue with public documentation, performances and recordings of their transition.
For more information visit www.teiyakasahara.com or follow @teiyakasahara.