Teresa Tucci

Performance is ultimately about connection,
not just the stage itself.

TERESA TUCCI • AMERICA INSPIRE MAGAZINE

ABOUT

Praised by Opera Canada for her “astonishing high notes” and “flair for physical comedy,” Italian-Canadian soprano Teresa Tucci brings vocal agility and a vibrant stage presence to opera, concert, musical theatre, and screen.

In the 2026–27 season, Teresa joins Edmonton Opera as an Emerging Artist, appearing on the mainstage as Erste Dame in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, in residence in Dawson City (Summer 2026), and the Yukon Arts Centre Outreach Tour. She concurrently joins Opera on the Avalon’s Emerging Artist Program for the 26/27 season. On the concert stage, she appears with the Oakville Symphony Orchestra for Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate after appearing in Handel’s Messiah last season with the Guelph Chamber Choir and Toronto Choral Society at Koerner Hall.

Recent engagements include her role debut as Eurydice in Orpheus in the Underworld with Toronto City Opera, and an Ontario and East Coast tour of Sound the Alarm’s Music of the Night: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. She also participated in Manitoba Opera’s Digital Emerging Artist Program.

Career highlights include Moira in Ruder’s The Handmaid's Tale (Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity), Despina in Mozart’s Così fan tutte (University of Toronto), and the title role in Soler’s L'arbore di Diana (New England Conservatory). Additional credits include Asprano in Vivaldi's Motezuma (cover, Opera Neo), La Fée in Massenet’s Cendrillon (UofT), and Elena in Rota’s Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze (UofT).

Teresa starred as Christine Daaé in Opera on the Avalon's production of The Phantom of the Opera, marking the beginning of a career that has already seen her explore operatic and theatrical repertoire spanning the Baroque to contemporary eras. She has appeared with the Canadian Musical Theatre Project, and at New York’s iconic Feinstein's/54 Below.

An alumna of the Rebanks Family Fellowship and International Performance Residency Program at Toronto’s The Royal Conservatory of Music, she performed Handel's dramatic cantata Armida abbandonata, and Vivaldi's In furore iustissimae irae, with select members of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. Her additional concert appearances include performances with the Orillia Concert Association, Metropolitan United Church, Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, and the Gibson Classical Concert Series.

Teresa was recently named a semi-finalist in the Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition presented by the Oratorio Society of New York and was awarded Third Prize at the 16th International Opera Singing Competition City of Brescia – Tribute to Maria Callas.

She is also a past Arizona District Winner of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. Additional distinctions include an Encouragement Award from the Camille Coloratura Awards, recognition as a Laureate of Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques, and First Prize in the Nouvelles Étoiles Vocal Competition in Paris. Teresa holds an Artist Diploma in Opera from the University of Toronto, a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory, and an Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance from Sheridan College.