| Biography | Jane Archibald began her professional career after graduating with an Honours Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from Wilfrid Laurier University. She also attended training programs at the Orford Arts Centre and the Tanglewood Music Center. Her first contracts included engagements with Canadian organizations such as Queen of Puddings Music Theatre, Opera Ontario, Toronto Operetta Theatre, Opera in Concert, Roy Thomson Hall, the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia, the Indian River Festival and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, among many others.
Jane Archibald's career trajectory has taken her from Toronto to San Francisco to the Vienna State Opera. Her artistry is now generating excitement across Europe and North America with upcoming engagements including the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor and Konstanze in Zurich, Olympia and Cleopatra at the Opéra National de Paris, Sophie at La Scala in Milan and in Berlin, Zerbinetta at Baden-Baden Festspielhaus, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and in Munich, and Semele with the Canadian Opera Company (2012).
At Vienna State Opera, Ms. Archibald successfully debuted major coloratura roles including the Queen of the Night, Olympia, Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier and Werther) and Musetta. The 2007/2008 season also included performances of Queen of the Night for the Grand Théâtre de Genève and her role debut as Cleopatra for the Opéra de Marseille. In 2006/2007, she gave a significant role debut as Zerbinetta in Geneva, replacing another singer on short notice, to universal acclaim: |