| John Jay Hebert |
| Tenor |
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| Canadian- American tenor, Jean
Hébert, has a beautiful lyric tenor voice. He is establishing
himself as a professional tenor in New York City. This season he
has performed Werther in Massenet’s Werther at Brooklyn College.
He also performed as tenor soloist in Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the
Finger Lakes Symphony Orchestra. He has performed as concert soloist in Radio Canada’s Live Broadcast of Rachmaninoff’s Vespers with Choeur Chanson de Montreal. Other concert credits include Mozart Requiem, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, The Messiah, and Mendelssohn’s Elijah. He also performed several gala concerts with Toronto Operetta Theater and North York Symphony including the Viennese Gala Concert at The Ford Center for the Performing Arts. After completing his studies, Jean performed the role of Signor Piangi in Livent’s Toronto production of The Phantom of the Opera as well as with the touring company through Asia. Other musical theater credits include The Curate in The House of Martin Guerre, Tony in Westside Story and Lun Tha in The King and I. Further studies led Jean to the University of British Columbia. While in Vancouver he performed frequently with Vancouver Opera and Vancouver Symphony. He performed the role of Tebaldo in Bellini’s I Capuletti Ed I Montecchi and received critical acclaim for his performance as Tonio in Donizetti’s La Fille de Regiment with Vancouver Opera in Concert. Jean then moved to the University of Toronto Opera School for post-graduate studies, and while studying there he performed frequently with Toronto Opera in Concert and Toronto Operetta Theater. Roles include Gérald in Delibes’ Lakmé, and Hoffmann in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann. He has studied voice at the University of Victoria. During that time he appeared in several productions with University of Victoria Opera Ensemble, Victoria Symphony and Pacific Opera Victoria. 3/10/08 |