Young tenor Jacques-Olivier Chartier is a rising star on Canada’s music scene. In 2016, he was among the winners of the first Tafelmusik Vocal Competition in Toronto. Recently, he studied with Lyne Fortin at the Opéra de Montréal’s Atelier lyrique. His recent engagements include guest appearances with such renowned ensembles as Les Violons du Roy (Bernard Labadie), the Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières (Jacques Lacombe) and the Tafelmusik Orchestra (Ivars Taurins). He made his opera debut with the Opéra de Québec in Nelligan (Charles Gill), and sang the role of the Sailor in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas at Carnegie Hall in New York, conducted by Richard Egarr.