Theodore Baerg:
Theodore Baerg has enjoyed a critically acclaimed opera and concert career with appearances in North America, Europe and Asia. Immediately after receiving his undergraduate degree from Wilfrid Laurier University he began his singing/acting career being engaged by the renowned Stratford Festival - where he returned for the 2006-2007 season with a sensational sold out run as Emile de Becque in South Pacific. Following his original Stratford debut in Candide (the Governor) he made his Canadian stage debut with the Canadian Opera Company as Figaro in il Barbieri di Siviglia following which he became a founding member of the Canadian Opera Ensemble. His European operatic debut was with the Glyndebourne Festival in England and his American debut was with the Des Moines Opera. He has appeared in leading roles with the Canadian Opera Co., Opera Ontario, Opera Lyra Ottawa, L’Opéra de Montréal, Edmonton Opera, Calgary Opera, L’Opéra de Québec, Pacific Opera, Manitoba Opera, Vancouver Opera, San Deigo Opera, San Francisco Opera, Opera Pacific (Costa Mesa, CA) Glimmerglass Festival, Green Mountain Opera Festival, New York City Opera where audiences hailed Mr. Baerg as the Haji in Kismet, Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus and Danilo in The Merry Widow. His concert appearances have included Canadian orchestras from Halifax, Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Thunder Bay, Windsor, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Victoria in both classical and popular music programs. His appearances with orchestras in the United States include the New York Philharmonic, Dallas Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, The National Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Houston Symphony and others.

His repertoire includes more than 75 operatic roles in operas ranging from Strauss’ Ariadne of Naxos, the title role in Alban Berg’s Wozzeck to the title role in Eugene Onegin with the operas of Puccini, Rossini, Mozart and most recently Verdi frequently on the playbill. Ted has performed in numerous world premieres of both operas and concert compositions. Most notably as The Fabulist in The Golden Ass and as Stefan in Harry Somer’s Mario and the Magician, both with the Canadian Opera Company.
His Discography includes; La Mystique d’Amour (with soprano Irena Welhasch Baerg), Enchanted Evenings – a CD of ‘musical theatre favourites, and a DVD of Pucinni’s Turandot (Ping) from San Francisco Opera on the Kultur label.

During the next several seasons Ted has been engaged to perform multiple productions of La Traviata (Germont), , the title roles in Rigoletto, and Thomas’ Hamlet as well as Pangloss in Candide and Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor.. He recently completed a U.S. tour of Not the Messiah with Eric Idle and John DuPrez (co-creators of Spamalot) with stops that included Wolf Trap in Washington, D.C. and Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.

Mr. Baerg is professor of voice, opera and music theatre at The University of Western Ontario where he produces and directs the opera and musical theatre program.