Acclaimed for his accomplished blend of stagecraft and vocal ability, Mr. Dobson is particularly in demand for contemporary stagings. His recent performance as “The Master” in Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie’s production of Against Nature was praised for its “clarity and sustained feeling” ( The Globe and Mail ). Dobson was also acclaimed as “The Pilot” in Soundstreams’ production of Airline Icarus , a new opera by Brian Current. The recording of Airline Icarus was the winner of the JUNO for Classical Composition of the Year in 2015. The recording of Carlisle Floyd’s Prince of Players, with Florentine Opera and the Milwaukee Symphony, was released in April 2020 on the Reference Recordings label and received two GRAMMY® nominations. Alexander made his London debut at the Linbury Theatre with Royal Opera House Covent Garden in the premiere of The Midnight Court by Ana Sokolovic. He also was acclaimed for his appearances in a stage d performance of Zemlinsky’s Lyric Symphony directed by Atom Egoyan at Spoleto Festival USA. Other opera engagements include Raimbaud/ Le Comte Ory for Edmonton Opera, Maximilian/Candide with Calgary Opera ; “Guillaume” in the French version of Così fan tutte with Opera Lafayette; Count Almaviva/ The Marriage of Figaro with Against the Grain; Marcello/ La Bohème with Saskatoon Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria, and on television in BRAVO’s StreetScenes version of the work; Silvio/ Pagliacci for L'Opéra de Québec; Mercutio/ Roméo et Juliette for L’Opera de Montréal and also for Opera Ontario; Harlequin/ Ariadne auf Naxos for Calgary Opera, Sonora/ La fanciulla del West with L'Opera de Montreal; and Aeneas/ Dido and Aeneas with The Theatre of Early Music which he reprises this Fall . He has sung Escamillo/ Carmen in concert with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Concert performances of note include Walton’s Belshazzar's Feast with Toronto Symphony and Sir Andrew Davis, Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfayer with Orchestre Métropolitain, Faure Requiem with the Windsor Symphony, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the combined National Arts Centre Orchestra and Orchestre Métropolitain. He has sung Mozart’s Requiem with the Milwaukee Symphony and San Antonio Symphony; Haydn’s Seasons with Cleveland Orchestra; and Mozart’s Mass in C Minor with the St. Lawrence Choir. Alexander has sung Handel’s Messiah with Philadelphia Orchestra (Cristian Macelaru, conductor), Calgary Philharmonic (Nicholas McGegan), Kansas City Symphony (Julian Wachner) Orchestra London, National Arts Centre Orchestra (Paul Goodwin), St. Thomas Church in New York, Edmonton Symphony, Grand Philharmonic Choir, Elmer Isler Singers, Boris Brott Festival, and Spiritus Chamber Choir, Brahms Requiem with Pacific Chorale, and Bach’s St. John Passion with Bach Society of St. Louis. Among his many Canadian engagements this season are Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Hamilton Philharmonic. Mr. Dobson is also a dedicated recital artist. Composer Derek Holman wrote the song cycle Daybreak and a Candle End especially for Alexander and the Talisker Players. Mr. Dobson has also performed Dichterliebe with Talisker Players
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