May 8, 2025 | Asitha Tennekoon, tenor; Steven Philcox, piano

Asitha Tennekoon won a 2017 Dora Award for Outstanding Opera Performance. He recently appeared in Angel’s Bone with re:Naissance Opera/Indie Opera Fest, and debuted the roles of Prologue/Peter Quint in Britten’s Turn of the Screw with Opera 5 in June. The Sri Lankan-Canadian tenor has sung with opera companies across Canada, and is Co-Founder of Amplified Opera, a Toronto based indie Opera company.

Steven Philcox is Associate Professor at the University of Toronto where he leads the Collaborative Piano Program. He studied at the University of British Columbia, and the Manhattan School of Music, and often tours as both solo performer and recital accompanist.