Linda Baird

Mezzo Soprano


About Linda

Praised for resonant, flexible singing, Canadian mezzo soprano Linda Baird has performed with opera companies and orchestras, both locally and around the world, including: Seattle Opera, Vancouver Opera, Opera Română Craiova, North Czech Philharmonic Teplice, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, West Edge Opera, ViVace - Opera Philadelphia, Opera Modesto, Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra, Festival of New American Music Sacramento State, Vancouver Concert Opera Society, Opera Modesto, Burnaby Lyric Opera, Opera San Luis Obispo, California Opera, Mission Opera, Valley Opera and Performing Arts, Heroic Opera, Bellevue Festival of Nativity Orchestra, Lompoc Pops Orchestra.

Recently featured in Verdi's Messa da Requiem, Linda has also performed in a variety of other roles, including Carmen in Bizet's Carmen, Zita in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, Dorabella - Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, Rosina - Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, Judith - Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle, Charlotte - Massenet’s Werther, Romeo - Bellini's I Capuleti ei Montecchi, Foreign Princess - Dvořák’s Rusalka, Flora and Annina - Verdi's La Traviata, Mercedes - Bizet's Carmen, Suzuki - Puccini's Madame Butterfly, Fricka - Wagner's Die Walküre, Tisbe - Rossini's La Cenerentola, Third Lady - Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Prince Orlofsky - Strauss’ Die Fledermaus, Valencienne - Lehár’s The Merry Widow, The Grand Duchess - The Goldoliers, and Anna - Berlioz's Les Troyen.

Linda has enjoyed performing new opera works, including: the role of Hannah After in Laura Kaminsky’s As One, Jane Quig in Kevin Puts' Elizabeth Cree, Nora in John Estacio’s Lillian Alling, Bartender in Nicolas Lell Benavides' Gilberto, and Abish in Deon Price's Ammon and the King.

Linda is a native of North Vancouver, BC, Canada, and a Master of Music in Opera graduate from The University of British Columbia. Linda resides in Seattle and works as a teaching artist for San Francisco Opera.




Recordings

Linda performs the role of Hannah (After) in The Festival of New American Music Sacramento State's "As One".

Linda performs the role of Fricka
in Heroic Opera's Die Walküre.
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Linda as Monitor in Suor Angelica with Vopa, Mission Opera, Opera SLO.

Linda as Suzuki in Opera Modesto's
Madame Butterfly..

Linda performing in Ammon and the King.

Linda as Third Lady in Opera San Luis Obispo's The Magic Flute..


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Opera
Role
Company

Mozart's Coronation Mass
Mezzo Soprano Soloist
Carnegie Hall New England Symphony
The Messiah
Soprano Soloist
Bellevue Festival of Nativity
Verdi's Requiem
Mezzo Soprano Soloist
Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra
Lord Nelson Mass
Mezzo Soprano Soloist
Stocton Chorale
As One
Hannah After
Festival of New American Music Sac State
The Magic Flute
Third Lady
Opera Modesto
Elizabeth Cree
Jane Quig
West Edge Opera
Suor Angelica
Monitor
Opera San Luis Opispo/Mission Opera/VOPA
Gilberto
Bartender
West Edge Opera
Gianni Schicchi
Zita
Opera Romania Craiova
Carmen
Carmen
California Opera Association
Carmen
Mercedes
Opera Modesto
Ammon and the King
Abish
Culvercrest Publications
La Traviata
Flora, Annina
California Opera Association
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Mother
California Opera Association
The Magic Flute
Third Lady
Opera San Luis Obispo
Bluebeard's Castle
Judith
California Opera Association
Madame Butterfly
Suzuki
Townsend Opera
Madame Butterfly
Kate, Suzuki cover
Opera San Luis Obispo
La Cenerentola
Tisbe
California Opera Association
Die Walkure
Fricka
Heroic Opera
Lillian Alling
Nora
Vancouver Opera
La Cenerentola
Cenerentola
Seattle Opera Guild
I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Romeo
Burnaby Lyric Opera
Dialogues of the Camelites
Soeur Catherine
Vancouver Opera
Cosi fan tutte
Dorabella
ViVace - Opera Philadelphia
Die Fledermaus
Prince Orlofsky
Vancouver Concert Opera Society
Werther
Charlotte
Burnaby Lyric Opera
The Messiah
He was Despised
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Rusalka
Foreign Princess
North Czech Philharmonic
Iolanthe
Iolanthe
Dragon Diva Opera
The Barber of Seville
Rosina
Bard on the Beach
The Gondoliers
The Grand Duchess/Tessa
UBC Opera
The Merry Widow
Valencienne
UBC Opera
Lady with the Lamp
Mother Bridgeman
UBC Opera
The Magic Flute
Second Lady
Prince George Symphony
Les Troyens
Anna
UBC Symphony


Engagements

Opera America's National Opera Center

Concert

July 15, 2024

Manhattan Opera Studio, Die Walküre Fricka Wotan Scene

Lincoln Center

Concert

July 13, 2024

Manahattan Opera Studio

Carnegie Hall New England Symphony

Mozart's Coronation Mass

May 27, 2024

Mezzo Soprano Soloist Mozart's Coronation Mass

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Opera Modesto
 

The Magic Flute

October 15 & 17, 2021

Third Lady in Opera Modesto's The Magic Flute

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Festival of New American Music
Sacramento State University

As One

November 12, 2021

Hannah After in Laura Kaminski's As One

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Stockton Chorale
 

Lord Nelson Mass

March 6, 2022

Mezzo Soprano Soloist in Hayden's Lord Nelson Mass

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Sacramento Choral Society
and Orchestra

Verdi's Requiem

May 14, 2022

Mezzo Soprano Soloist in Verdi's Requiem

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Opera Modesto
 

Three Mezzos

September 18, 2022

Mezzo Soprano Soloist in Three Mezzos

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