The Canadian bass Tomislav Lavoie recently sang La traviata with the Opéra de Montréal, Un ballo in maschera in Tours, Leporello in Don Giovanni, Montezuma in Montreal, Castor et Pollux with the Ensemble Pygmalion, Faust in Amsterdam, Lully’s Armide, Le Pré aux Clercs at the Wexford Festival, Elektra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Seguin, and the world premiere of Les Féluettes with Opéra de Montréal. Lavoie is supported by the Fondation Cédric Ferguson and the Jeunesses Musicales du Canada.

He studied at the Conservatoire de Musique in Montreal as a violinist, but when he replaced a singer in the role of Masetto in Don Giovanni after a last-minute cancellation, he decided to study singing at the Université de Montréal. In his first year, he was appointed ‘Young Lyrical Ambassador,’ a distinction that allowed him to take part in several sessions and festivals in the Czech Republic.