About La Cage (The Birdcage):

Calvin Powell

Dindon in La Cage will be Calvin Powell’s first role with a TaDa! theatrical show, after many years of performing in Our Divas Do Christmas. He is very excited to be a part of this production as La Cage is one of his favourite Broadway Shows! He has been hailed by The Globe and Mail as having “Arresting authority, beauty of sound and crystalline diction”. He has been a guest of many leading NL performing arts groups including the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, PCNSO, Rising Tide Theatre, Atlantic Light Productions, Best Kind Productions, The Spirit of Newfoundland, Peter MacDonald Productions. The Hot Earth Ensemble, The Atlantic String Quartet, Gussied Up Productions, Theatre St. John’s, Bay of Islands Musical Arts, Shallaway and Quintessential Vocal Ensemble.

He has appeared nationally with Vancouver Opera, Tapestry New Opera Works, North York Chamber Orchestra and the Canadian Opera Company Chorus. Calvin is a graduate of the University of Toronto’s Opera Division and holds a Masters in Music performance & pedagogy from Memorial University of Newfoundland. He is in demand as a teacher, adjudicator and coach/clinician for Musical Theatre, Opera, Classical Voice and contemporary vocal styles. Performance credits:  No Change in the Weather (Richard, world premiere), The Sound of Music (Von Trapp, Max), Tarzan (Kerchak), Sweeney Todd (Turpin), Sister Act (Curtis), Les Miserables (Javert), Guys and Dolls (Big Jule), Annie (Warbucks), Little Women (Bhaer),  Cosi Fan Tutte (Guglielmo), La Boheme (Schaunard), Die Fledermaus (Frank), The Merry Widow (Zeta), The Pirates of Penzance (King), The Magic Flute (Papageno), Gianni Schicchi (Schicchi), Dido and Aeneas (Aeneas), Ours (Arthur, World Premiere), Lillian Alling (various, World Premiere), A Creature of Habit (Whitbourne, World Premiere), The Vinland Traveller (Karlsefni, World Premiere), Rape of Lucretia (Collatinus), Semele (Somnus), The Beggar’s Opera (Lockit), Ann & Seamus (Harvey). 

Oratorio/Chamber credits:  Brahms Requiem, Faure’s Requiem, Messiah, Lord Nelson Mass, Elijah, Carmina Burana, Belshazzar’s Feast, Dover Beach, Footpath and Stile. Calvin would like to thank Terri, Evan, Pam, Jean, Amy at TaDa! for the opportunity, the incredibly talented and fun cast, band and crew of La Cage for making it such a rewarding experience, and especially his wife Krista, and wonderful kids Bryony, Lenox and Hawthorne for their support in helping to make it happen.

*The participation of this Artist is arranged with permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the provisions of the Dance Opera Theatre Policy (DOT).