Sheila Dietrich
Canadian soprano Sheila Dietrich is a versatile and in-demand performer whose style and vocal technique shine in both concert and operatic roles.
Sheila has appeared as a concert soloist with ensembles across Canada including Les Violons du Roy, the Calgary Philharmonic, The Menno Singers, Nota Bene Baroque Players, The Elora Singers, The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, The Guelph Chamber Choir, and The Bach Elgar Choir. In the United States, she has appeared with The Thirteen, Three Notch’d Road, The Staunton Summer Music Festival, and the Oratorio Society of Virginia.
Operatic roles include Dorinda (Orlando | Handel), Rose (Ruddigore | Sullivan), Yum-Yum (The Mikado | Sullivan), Belinda (Dido & Aeneas | Purcell), Venus (La Dafne | Gagliano), Helena (A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Britten), Abigail Williams (The Crucible | Ward) and La Petite Chaperon Rouge (La Foret Bleue | Aubert).
An Ontario native, Ms. Dietrich received her Bachelor of Music Performance and Opera Diploma from Wilfrid Laurier University where she studied with Victor Martens.
In 2015, Ms. Dietrich made her Carnegie Hall debut as a featured soloist in an evening devoted to the music of Purcell under the direction of Richard Egarr. She was also a finalist in the 2015 New York Oratorio Society Solo Competition and was awarded the Johannes Somary Prize.
Despite currently living in the United States, Sheila is a member of Capella Intima, an Ontario based ensemble, which specializes in performing vocal chamber and operatic music of the 17th century in exciting concerts of rarely-heard gems. The ensemble recently released their second CD, a recording of Scarlatti’s opera “Gli Equivoci nel Sembiante”, which is receiving wide acclaim.
She currently lives in Staunton, Virginia with her husband, her cats, and several overly full bookshelves. For more information, please visit www.sheiladietrich.com