Filipino-Canadian tenor Mishael Eusebio noted as a dynamic performer whose creativity and charisma bring unique interpretations into every project. His recent portrayal of Young Harvey in the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’s world premiere of Harvey Milk Reimagined was received with much acclaim as well as being featured in the summer 2022 edition of Opera News Magazine.
Other recent credits include appearing in the premiere of Tobias Picker’s Awakenings (Opera Theatre St. Louis) covering Tamino (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and L’Opéra de Montréal). Recent roles include, Passager Le Flambeau de la nuit (Opéra de Montréal/B.O.P. co-production) and the Navigator/Manoj in A Space of Sky (Houston Grand Opera workshop). He also created roles for several new short operas as part of the Juilliard Opera-Composer Collaborative Project, debuting at the National Sawdust in Brooklyn. This fall, he featured a recording project with Canadian composer Jeff Newberry.
With the support of the Art Song Foundation of Canada, Eusebio was named a Coburn Fellow at Songfest Los Angeles where he collaborated with John Harbison, Lydia Brown and Graham Johnson.
Featured in concert and oratorio, he has performed with the American vocal ensemble Musica Sacra, as well as with the Bach Ensemble at St. Thomas, where he was tenor-soloist-in-residence, performing many of Bach's cantatas with members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
Eusebio was a semi-finalist for the 2021 Concours OSM, a finalist at the 2020 American National Opera Association Competition, a recipient of the 2019 John C. Erskine Prize, and the Encouragement Award at the 2020 Metropolitan Opera District Auditions.
His artistic diversity has also allowed him to explore other forms of theatre past opera, working in experimental theatre with Expect Theatre in Toronto, Beyond the Machine at Juilliard as well as having created the role of Winnie in the critically acclaimed Summerland the Musical at the Toronto Theatre Fringe Festival.
Mishael is a graduate of the Juilliard School and the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati. Currently, he is in his second season as a member of L’Opera de Montreal’s ’Atelier Lyrique professional training program.
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