Meet Steven Griffin, Baritone

Steven Griffin’s performances range from bass soloist with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra in Haydn’s Seven Last Words to principal roles including La Fauteuil and L’Arbre in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges, David in Barber’s A Hand of Bridge and Cameriere in Ward’s Roman Fever. Recent performances include the bass soloist in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio,  performed with members of the Bergen Philharmonic and the Collegium Musicum choir. 

Steven has participated in a number of young artists programs including Opera NUOVA, where he sang the role Melisso in Handel’s Alcina, Halifax Summer Opera Workshop, where he performed the role of Starveling in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream; and the Center for Opera Studies in Italy (COSI) where he performed the role of Publio in Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito.

Steven is originally from the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia where received his Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance from Memorial University of Newfoundland .He is currently studying for his Master of Music with Quentin Hayes at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in Manchester, UK.