AN EXTENSION OF CANADIAN CABARET

GERALD ISAAC -   Tenor
The multi-faceted career of tenor Gerald Isaac embraces the worlds of opera, music theatre and drama.

Leading operatic roles as actor. singer and dancer in Canada:

  • the Stratford Festival: Maximillian in CANDIDE &  Perchik in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
  • the Canadian Opera Company: as Orlovsky in DIE FLEDERMAUS.
  • the National Arts Centre: Orlovsky in DIE FLEDERMAUS & Njegus in THE MERRY WIDOW
  • the Charlottown & Shaw Festivals and the Edmonton Opera
  • Opera Atelier: Monostatos in THE MAGIC FLUTE
  • Basilio & Curzioin Mozart's LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Tokyo & Toronto)
  • Molière's LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME (Singapore & Toronto)

Performances in the United States and abroad:

  • Houston Grand Opera: Arnalta in L'INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA
  • New York City, Chicago Lyric and San Francisco Opera
  • John Styx in ORPHÉE AUX ENFERS  (Lyon)
  • Bardolfo in FALSTAFF (Lausanne)

Music Theatre Roles:

  • Monsieur Reyerin PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
  • Zazu THE LION KING
  • Alexander in NEW MOON “Live from Lincoln Centre” PBS broadcast
  • Christophin BEETHOVEN LIVES UPSTAIRS
  • Dick Powell in 1930's vocal trio RUBY, DICK, AND JOAN.
  • stage director Sondheim’s INTO  THE  WOODS (Vancouver’s College of Performing Arts)

ST. LOUIS
The most stellar performance comes from Gerald Isaac, a tenor whose voice coloration alone makes his portrayal of the Learned Judge a hoot.

MONTREAL
…….Gerald Isaac (a former National Theatre School graduate who has become one of Canada’s most explosive and versatile comics with performing skills to burn)

TORONTO
Of the three nominal stars of the show, the greatest impression was made by Gerald Isaac, one of the more enthusiastic troupers in the entire realm of entertainment. I was aware of this diminutive dynamo’s vocal ability, of course, through many performances with the Canadian Opera Company. This surprise was his dancing, executed like everything else he does, with élan.

TULSA
………but it was Gerald Isaac as Njegus who stole the show. Isaac owns an intoxicating sense of rhythm and comedic timing that rivals Canny Kaye. His dancing and gymnastic capers captivated the crowd, and his vocal characterization was choice.

SAN FRANCISCO
But it is actor Gerald Isaac, also making his debut, in the strenuous role of Njegus, an embassy secretary, who stops the show. He is all over the stage – singing, dancing and promoting the high jinx involved in the plot