Rebecca Gray

Soprano

Mishabooz’s Realm

Rebecca Gray is a soprano, composer and improviser passionate about performing and creating both classical and contemporary repertoire. As a soprano, she has performed with Pacific Opera Victoria, Esprit Orchestra, Tapestry Opera, Opera Q, and is a member of FAWN chamber creative. She loves contributing to Canada’s queer opera scene as a performer and composer, and has presented interdisciplinary work at the Atlantic Music Festival, the Banff Centre, Westben Centre and Chateau La Napoule in France. She has composed unique vocal music for Voces Boreales,, New Music Concerts, Pro Coro, and Soundstreams. She has received Canada Council support for the composition and workshopping of “BUS Opera,” a queer fantasy of overnight millennial angst, and will develop “BUS Opera” and other projects at the Banff Centre and Highlands Opera this summer. A winner of the Mécénat Musica Prix 3 Femmes, she composed “Raccoon Opera” – a fable of the housing crisis involving Toronto raccoons – with her sister, Rachel Gray, which was presented at Salle Bourgie in Montreal in May 2024, with Rebecca performing the titular role.