Baritone Peter McGillivray has been celebrated in the press as “a gifted comic actor,” with a “rich, flexible and strong voice.” In recent seasons he has been seen on opera and concert stages from coast to coast, specializing in comic roles such as Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola, Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sir Joseph Porter in H.M.S. Pinafore, and Stubb in Moby Dick. He also excels in interpreting more dramatic fare such as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, Don Pizarro in Fidelio, and concert performances of Handel’s Messiah, Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Haydn’s Creation, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and Orff’s Carmina Burana.  Recent and upcoming seasons include appearances with the Elmer Iseler Singers performing Handel’s Messiah, a recital with Visual and Performing Arts Newmarket, a reprisal of Dr. Bartolo in Barber of Seville with Vancouver Opera, and Handel’s Messiah with the Peterborough Singers. McGillivray has appeared with many prestigious ensembles in concert, among them, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Orchestra symphonique de Québec, Royal Liverpool, Oslo and Calgary Philharmonics, and symphony orchestras in Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Windsor and Montreal.