Marissa L. — Singing Teacher — Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal

American soprano, Marissa Lake, has been seen in performances across the globe in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and the United States. Currently residing in Montreal, QC. Lake has been featured in many performances during her time at McGill’s Schulich School of Music. Most recently, she portrayed the title role in Handel’s Semele with Opera McGill and Adele in Die Fledermaus with Stafford Opera Troupe. Lake has also been in Dean Burry’s newest opera Il guidizio di Pigmalione as Galatea (Cover), Hänsel und Gretel as the Dew Fairy and Gretel (Cover), and featured in scenes as Violetta from La Traviata and Donna Elvira from Don Giovanni. Lake was an Opera Fellow in 2022 with the Kenosha Opera Festival, where she performed Amor in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice. Also in 2022, she was scheduled to perform Susanna from Le nozze di Figaro with the International Belcanto Academy in Bilthoven, Netherlands, but the performance was canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. Lake has also performed with Chicago Summer Opera as Oberto from Handel’s Alcina and in various scenes as Sofie from Der Rosenkavalier and Gretel from Hänsel und Gretel. With the Lawrence University Opera Department Lake has performed Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro, Prima Cercatrice and Prima Conversa in Suor Angelica and has been featured in scenes as Laetitia in The Old Maid and the Thief, Adele from Die Fledermaus and Juliette from Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette. From the small town of Wilmot, WI, Lake received her Bachelor of Music degree from Lawrence University in 2022 and studied under John T. Gates. Lake is has completed her Master of Music degree at McGill’s Schulich School of Music.

I specialize in teaching classical voice and musical theater, but I teach all genres as I have had students go on to sing gospel, pop and rock genres. In my lessons I always emphasize and work with what the student is interested in learning, especially since singing can be such a personal and intimidating art form. I am also an active performer, and being a performer helps me in my teaching because I am ever learning and growing with the musicians I perform with, which I can then relay to my students during our lessons to help them understand concepts and inspire them. As a teacher, it is always my goal to have a student find their true voice and sound.