Gregory Dahl

Baritone Gregory Dahl is one of Canada’s foremost dramatic singers, praised for his “commanding presence” and “warm, powerful voice” (Winnipeg Free Press). His signature roles include the Dutchman in Die fliegende Holländer, Scarpia in Tosca, and the title role in Rigoletto, performed with companies such as Vancouver Opera, Calgary Opera, Opéra de Québec, and l’Opéra de Montréal. In the 2025/26 season, Dahl reprises several roles from his repertoire: Scarpia for Manitoba Opera, Monterone with the Canadian Opera Company, Marcello (La bohème) at Vancouver Opera, and the title role in Gianni Schicchi with Opera 5. He also makes a return to the Orchestre symphonique de Gatineau for Mozart’s Requiem. 

In recent seasons, Dahl has starred in the title roles of Don Pasquale and The Flying Dutchman at Vancouver Opera and reprised Escamillo in Carmen with the Canadian Opera Company (COC). He has also appeared as Benoît/Alcindoro in La Bohème and Baron Douphol in La Traviata at the COC, Scarpia in Tosca with Opera West, the title role in Gianni Schicchi at Opera Kelowna, and Hermogines in Rufus Wainwright’s Hadrian at Madrid’s Teatro Real. 

Throughout his varied career, Dahl’s operatic highlights have included singing Germont in La Traviata and the titular role in Die fliegende Holländer for Opéra de Québec; Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor and Scarpia in Tosca with Opéra de Montréal; and Sharpless in Madama Butterfly with the Canadian Opera Company. A frequent interpreter of Verdi, he has appeared as Rigoletto (Calgary Opera, Opéra de Québec), Amonasro in Aida (Opéra de Montreal, Manitoba Opera), Iago in Otello (Vancouver Opera, Calgary Opera), Ford in Falstaff (Opéra de Montreal, Manitoba Opera), and Macbeth (Kentucky Opera, Edmonton Opera, Opéra de Québec, Pacific Opera Victoria). Further credits include Peter in Hänsel und Gretel with the Oregon Symphony, Golaud in Pelléas et Mélisande for Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Jochanaan in Salome at Manitoba Opera, and County Tomsky in Queen of Spades with the English National Opera.

A sought-after soloist in major orchestral and choral works, Dahl has recently been a featured soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre classique de Montréal, and the Okanagan and Lethbridge Symphony Orchestras. He’s also performed Brahms’ Requiem with the Orchestre symphonique de Gatineau and Alfio in concert performances of Cavalleria Rusticana with Vancouver Opera. Further concert appearances have seen him perform Messiah (Rhode Island Philharmonic, Orchestre classique de Montréal, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, and Vancouver Bach Choir) Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Brott Festival, Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières, and Symphony Nova Scotia) and Mendelssohn’s Elijah (Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra).

Dahl first came to national attention as Francis Chancy in the World Premiere of James Rolfe’s Beatrice Chancy. Other world premieres he’s participated in include Estacio and Murrell’s Filumena for the Calgary Opera, Lillian Alling for Vancouver Opera, Rufus Wainwright’s Hadrian for the Canadian Opera Company, and Shalimar the Clown for the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Filumena was filmed for release in the DVD format and joins Beatrice Chancy on his list of operas-on-film. Mr. Dahl has also created roles for Tapestry New Opera Works (Robert Peary in Smith’s Facing South and The Alchemist in Schafer’s The Palace of the Cinnabar Phoenix) and sang the role of George in the Canadian Premiere of Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, presented by the Calgary Opera. 

Mr. Dahl is a member of the voice faculty at the University of Toronto.