Georgia Burashko
Canadian mezzo-soprano Georgia Burashko has been celebrated for her “full-bodied and velvety” voice and “nuanced” interpretations (Olyrix). Currently on tour with Les Arts Florissants and Le Jardin des Voix as a soloist in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, Georgia was elated to perform at Teatro alla Scala, Versailles Opera House, The Lincoln Centre, the BBC Proms, the Tanglewood and Caramoor Festivals, and KKL Luzern with the ensemble. She subsequently embarked on a solo recital tour of her own curation this season across The Netherlands with 14 stops including Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, Tivolivredenberg Utrecht and De Doelen Rotterdam as The Dutch Classical Talent.
Her upcoming season includes debuts with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra for Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and the Grand Philharmonic Choir for Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. The 2023/2024 season also saw Georgia perform Handel’s Messiah under the batons of Nicholas McGegan, with both the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and Edmonton Symphony, and Jeannette Sorrel with Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra.
Her diverse operatic roles, from Juno in Orphée aux Enfers to Zerlina in Don Giovanni, reflect both vocal prowess and heartfelt delivery on stage. In early 2022, Georgia premiered J.S. Bach - The Apocalypse, a joint opera production with De Nederlandse Bachvereniging and Opera2Day which toured the Netherlands. She reprises the role of Dieuwer with the company throughout the 23/24 season. Other operatic credits include Nerone (Agrippina), Tirinto (Imeneo), Zosha (Farewell Auschwitz), Cari Bayar (Lizée and Ivany’s No Ones Safe), and Dritte Dame (Die Zauberflöte).
In 2022, 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.
Now based in Paris, Burashko completed a Master's in Early Music from the Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag and was a Young Bach Fellow with De Nederlandse Bachvereniging for the 2022-23 season. Georgia was a 2019 Rebanks Family Fellow at the Glenn Gould School (Toronto), 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. 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).
August 2024
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““Burashko sings circles around the aria with heartfelt delivery, her luminous voice matching her radiant beauty.”
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