Description: Teiya Kasahara 笠原 貞野 (they/them) is a Nikkei-Canadian, queer, trans non-binary, multi and interdisciplinary creator/performer, opera singer, teacher, and arts leader based in Tkarón:to (Toronto, Canada).
Nikkei Canadian settler Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野 (they/them) is a queer/trans non-binary opera singer and theatre creator based in Tkarón:to (Toronto, Canada). Heralded as “a force of nature” (Toronto Star) and “an artist with extraordinary things to say” (The Globe and Mail), Teiya comes from a background of nearly 20 years of singing both opera and concert roles, recently seen in their sold-out original work, THE QUEEN IN ME , which had its world premiere at the Canadian Opera Company in 2022.
Teiya is a co-founder of Amplified Opera , and is the 2022 recipient of the Joseph S. Stauffer Prize in Music from the Canada Council for the Arts. Their first video series 19 VIDEOS FOR COVID-19 garnered Teiya the nickname, “the balcony soprano” (Toronto Star).
OPERA TRANS*FORMED by Leah Borts-Kuperman and Maria Sarrouh is an official selection for the Toronto Short Film Festival 2021-2022.