Ellen McAteer

1^st Prize Winner
2019 Brian Law Opera Competition

Biography prepared by Lesley Robinson from information submitted by the artist with her application for the 14^th Brian Law Opera Competition, held .

Ellen McAteer, soprano

Ottawa-born soprano Ellen McAteer has been described as a “powerhouse of dramatic assuredness, the ultimate in vulnerable intensity” (Opera Canada). She holds a M.Mus from the University of Toronto, a B.Mus from McGill and was a recipient of the Glenn Gould School’s Rebanks Family Fellowship in addition to receiving career support from Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques, the Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation and the Canada Council for the Arts.