Charles Sy

Canadian tenor Charles Sy has received international recognition for his “rich tenor” voice. Recent successes include winning a 2019 George London Award and appearing as a finalist in the inaugural Glyndebourne Opera Cup.

In the 2024-2025 season, Sy debuts with Boston Lyric Opera as Marzio in Mozart’s Mitridate, re di Ponto; appears at the Staatsoper Stuttgart as Tamino in Die Zauberflöte and Arbace in Idomeneo, as well as in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen; and joins I Barocchisti for Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Milan and Lugano. He concludes the season with a return to Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as Ernesto in Don Pasquale as part of their 50th Anniversary Season.

An Ensemble member in Stuttgart since 2021, Sy’s roles have included Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, Elvino in La sonnambula, Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, and Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola. As a member of the Stuttgart Opernstudio from 2019-2021, he was heard in productions of Boris Godunov, Les contes d’Hoffmann, and Purcell’s King Arthur.

He has appeared as a guest at Nationaltheater Mannheim in the title role of Hippolyte et Aricie; at Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe as Belfiore in La finta giardiniera; at Vancouver Opera as Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola, and at Deutsche Oper am Rhein as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni.

Notable concert performances include Stravinsky’s Pulcinella with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Mozart Requiem with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Barbara Hannigan as well as with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Sir Andrew Davis. He made his Carnegie Hall debut as the Evangelist and Tenor Soloist in Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium, and has appeared at festivals including the Messiaen Festival au Pays de la Meije and Aix-en-Provence.

Sy is an alumnus of The Juilliard School and the University of Toronto.