Andrew Haji

Andrew Haji is one of the most sought-after lyric tenors, celebrated on concert and operatic stages with his musical rapture and silky clarion vocal prowess.

In 2024-25 season, the Canadian made his debuts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Haydn’s Mass in Time of War with conductor Manfred Honeck, the Cleveland Orchestra in Bach’s Easter Oratorio and Magnificat as well as NDR Radiophilharmonie in Hanover, Germany for Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with conductor Bernard Labadie. He returned to Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke's in Bach's St. John Passion, Les Violons du Roy, and Houston Symphony in Handel’s Messiah, and Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society in Haydn’s The Seasons and Beethoven’s Mass in C-Major. Other notable performances included Mozart’s Requiem with the Kansas City Symphony, the title role in Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito at Pacific Opera Victoria, and Dompierre’s Requiem with the Festival Classica.

Highlight performances throughout the U.S. and Canada have included Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and National Arts Center Orchestra, the Evangelist in Bach’s St. John Passion with Seattle Symphony and Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Bach Cantatas with Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Handel and Haydn Society, Haydn’s The Creation with Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Verdi’s Requiem at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Bruckner’s Te Deum with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and Orff’s Carmina Burana at the Elora Festival. In Europe, Haji has performed with the English Concert and at the Salzburg Festival. Haji has performed with conductors including Jonathan Cohen, John Butt, Rafael Payare, and Alexander Shelley.

Notable opera roles include Tamino in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Alfredo in Verdi’s La Traviata, Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, Rinuccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, Rodolfo in Puccini’s La bohème, and Cassio in Verdi’s Otello at Canadian Opera Company, Macduff in Verdi’s Macbeth and Pollione in Bellini’s Norma at Calgary Opera, Rodolfo in Puccini’s La bohème with Montreal's Orchestre Philharmonique et Choeur des Mélomanesand Edmonton Opera, Jonathan in Handel’s Saul at Edinburgh International Festival, Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore at National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts in Taiwan, Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni at National Arts Center in Ottawa, Alfredo in Verdi’s La traviata with the Vancouver Opera, and Alfredo in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus with Saskatoon Opera.

Haji is an alumnus of the Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble Studio. He has received awards from the Marilyn Horne Song Competition, the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble and was awarded the Grand Prix at the 50th International Vocal Competition in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, and the Oratorio Prize at the Montreal International Music Competition. He received a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music where he performed in productions of Poulenc’s Les mammeles de Tirésias, Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Bernstein’s Candide, and Haydn’s Il mondo della luna, among others. He was invited to participate in young artist programs at the Salzburg Festival Young Singers Project, the Centre for Opera Studies in Italy, the Music Academy of the West, and Accademia Europea dell’Opera.