JOEL
ALLISON

Bass-baritone Joel Allison is a Canadian concert and opera singer and has garnered praise for his “rich, ringing tone” (Ludwig Van Toronto). A graduate of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio, Joel is now established as a member of the ensemble at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Upcoming highlights with his home company include Leporello in Don Giovanni, Lord Sydney in Il Viaggio a Reimans, and Vater in Hänsel und Gretel. Other regular roles in his repertoire with the house include Escamillo in Carmen, Biterolf in Tannhäuser, Ping in Turandot, Schaunard in La bohème, and Donner in Das Rheingold, in which he was in the the live recording for Naxos DVD. 

 

In the 2023-2024 season, Joel returned to the Canadian Opera Company in the roles of Masetto in Don Giovanni, and the Forester in Janáček’s Přyhody Lyšky Bystroušky and also made recent debuts with Opéra National de Bordeaux as Alberti in Meyerbeer’s Robert le diable, at Tiroler Festspiele Erl as Bijou-Alcindor Le Postillion de Lonjumeau, and at the Royal Opera House Muscat as Vater/Peter Hänsel und Gretel. 

At the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Joel made several debuts including, Lord Sidney Il Viaggio a Reims, Leporello in Don Giovanni, and Sprecher in Die Zauberflöte. 

 

In the 2024-2025 season Joel will make his house debuts in Palermo as Leporello in Don Giovanni and in Frankfurt as Bijou-Alcindor in Le Postillion de Longuemeau. At the Deutsche Oper Berlin Joel will debut the roles of Don Pizzaro in Fidelio, Sacrestano in Tosca, and Fritz Kothner in Die Meistersinger.

 

Dedicated to the concert repertoire and with extensive experience in the works of Handel, Mozart and Bach, Joel has performed across Canada with orchestras and ensembles such as; National Arts Centre Orchestra, Theatre of Early Music, Tafelmusik Chamber Orchestra & Choir, Toronto Bach Festival, Festival international de musique baroque de Lamèque, and Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra. As a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Joel performed the bass arias in a staged version of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion conducted by Alessandro De Marchi.