| Under the patronage of
H.E. Mr David Reddaway CMG MBE, British High Commissioner to Canada, the Candian premiere
of Chopin and The Nightingale is performed by the Glenn Gould School of the Royal
Conservatory of Music. This musical drama is written for piano, two sopranos and
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Piano
 REGULO MARTINEZ, PIANO. Born in Madrid,
Régulo Martinez completed his piano studies at the Conservatory of Majadahonda, Spain,
and obtained in 2003 a "Magister atrium" degree as concert pianist at the
University of Music in Graz, Austria, where he studied under Professor Walter Kamper.
In parallel, he attended summer courses and masterclasses.In
the 2001-2004 period, Régulo Martinez has performed as a soloist and chamber artist and
with orchestras in Spain, Austria and Germany. He is currently studying at The Glenn
Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto with John Perry.
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Performing as Jenny Lind
 MEGHAN FLEET, SOPRANO, holds a
Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from the University of Toronto. She is
currently enrolled at The Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in
Toronto. She has performed at the Festival Ensemble, Stuttgart; and in scenes from La
Boheme, La Nozze di Figaro and Carmen.Among
other productions, Meghan Fleet is scheduled to sing in Poetry and Performance of the
German Lied at the Franz Schubert Institute, in Riders to the Sea by Vaughn
Williams, and in Faure's Requiem as the soprano soloist.
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Performing as Delfina Potocka
 CATHERINE AFFLECK, DRAMATIC SOPRANO, is
currently studying at The Glenn Gould School under the tutelage of Stephanie Bogle, where
she is completing an Artist's Diploma in Voice Performance. Most recently she was a
featured soloist at the Mozart Unlaced Gala.Catherine Affleck has
performed numerous roles on the operatic stage including Cleopatra in Julius Caesar,
Pamina in The Magic Flute, and Siren in Rinaldo. She has received many
awards for vocal performance. She is scheduled to perform as featured soloist in
Faure's Requiem and Vivaldi's Gloria.
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Narrator
 DAVID VISENTIN, NARRATOR
David Visentin is Associate Dean of The Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of
Music in Toronto. As an artist faculty member, he continues to teach and coach at
the School and has developed several external concert series. Both a violinist and
violist, he participates each summer in a series of touring chamber music concerts. David Visentin began his musical studies in Vancouver, which he completed at the
University of Toronto in 1984. He then moved to Osaka, Japan, where he played and
toured with the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra. In Canada, he later became a founding
member of the Atlantic String Quartet, as well as principal and soloist with the Sinfornia
Chamber Orchestra, Newfoundland.
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