Canadian Soprano Jonelle Sills (pr. Ya-Nell) is one of the most exciting young sopranos of her generation. Recently nominated for a 2025 JUNO Award with The Canadian Art Song Project for Classical Album of the Year for Known to Dreamers: Black Voices in Canadian Art Song. Named one of CBC Music’s 30 Hot classical musicians under 30 in 2022. Jonelle recently made her company debut at the Canadian Opera Company as Mimi in La bohème, a performance that was lauded as being a “beautifully sensitive Mimi with careful control and colour” (The Globe and Mail). Past highlights include Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus) and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) with Edmonton Opera, Micaëla (Carmen) and Helena (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) withVancouver Opera, Anna Glawari (The Merry Widow) with Toronto Operetta Theatre and, in recital for the Prince Edward County Chamber Festival with the Viano Quartet. Her company debut with Toronto’s Against The Grain Theatre in Vivier’s Kopernikus earned her a 2019 Dora Award as a member of the ensemble.