Soprano Eve-Lyn de la Haye from Victoria, British Columbia, is a young artist of the highest caliber. Her lyric-coloratura voice has been hailed as “a marvelous instrument that is both technically strong and projects naturally” (Bill Rankin - Opera Canada). She is a thrilling and versatile young singer excelling in many genres from early music to contemporary works.

Eve-Lyn began the 09/10 season in Tel Aviv, Israel, in the role of Tytania in Britten’s opera A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the International Vocal Arts Institute.  She then sang sixteen performances as Olympia in the Jeunesses Musicales du Canada’s production of Offenbach’s Les Contes D’Hoffmann which toured Québec and Ontario. Most recently, Eve-Lyn was awarded a career development grant from the Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation. Upcoming engagements include a concert tour of World Premieres in Mexico and Toronto with Soundstreams Canada and Mexico’s Tambuco Percussion Ensemble, the role of Anna in Boieldieu’s opera La Dame Blanche with Opera in Concert in Toronto and Handel’s Messiah with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra.

In the fall of 2008, Eve-Lyn was invited to the Britten-Pears Festival in Aldeburgh, England, where she sang the role of Lucia in Britten’s opera The Rape of Lucretia to critical acclaim. In early 2009 she sang Echo in Calgary Opera’s production of Ariadne auf Naxos along side Wendy Nielsen, Richard Margison and Tracy Dahl which was broadcast on CBC Radio’s Saturday Afternoon at the Opera. Other recent opera credits with Calgary Opera include Aurore in Massenet’s Le Portrait de Manon and Sarah in the Canadian premiere of The Ballad of Baby Doe.

Eve-Lyn made her International debut in the summer of 2007 as Julie Jordan in Rogers and Hammerstein’s Carousel with The Boston Pops at Symphony Hall. In an ABC television broadcast conductor Keith Lockhart exclaimed, “Eve-Lyn’s voice is gloriously compelling.” She was also awarded a two month fellowship at the Tanglewood Music Center where she coached various opera scenes with James Levine, sang in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with the Mark Morris Dance Group, and performed art song, chamber music, and opera as part of the Tanglewood Music Festival in the summer of 2007.

Eve-Lyn has performed frequently with Soundstreams Canada including a CBC Radio recording of Six Voices for Sirens by Ana Sokolovic and several major works by Steve Reich including Daniel Variations and Proverb. Other concert highlights include Messiah, Ein Deutsches Requiem, Carmina Burana, recitals with the Aldeburgh Connection in Toronto and a concert series at the Bayfield Festival in 2009.

Eve-Lyn is a graduate of the Victoria Conservatory of Music’s Diploma in Music Program and the University of Toronto’s Opera Division where she was the recipient of the Paul Baker Opera Graduation Scholarship in 2007. Her primary teachers include Selena James, Mary Morrison and Tracy Dahl.