Richard Margison
{{short description|Canadian opera singer}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2020}}
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|name = Richard Charles Margison
|image = Richard Margison au salle Serge-Garant.png
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|caption = Richard Margison photographed in Montréal, Québec, Canada at the Serge-Garant Hall of Université de Montréal.
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|07|16|df=y}}
|birth_place = Victoria, British Columbia
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|known_for = Operatic
tenor
|occupation = Dramatic tenor
|nationality = Canadian
|awards = Order of Canada
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Richard Charles Margison, OC (born 16 July 1953) is a Canadian operatic tenor and lives in Stouffville, Ontario, Canada.{{cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-6177|title=Mr. Richard Charles Margison|website=The Governor General of Canada|accessdate=June 26, 2020}}
Background
Margison began his career in Victoria, BC, where, he sang folk songs in the coffeehouses and clubs. He appeared on CBC's Search for the Stars in 1981.
Highlands Opera Studio
In 2007, Margison and opera director Valerie Kuinka founded the Highlands Opera Studio, a training program for emerging operatic professionals.{{cite web|url=https://www.highlandsoperastudio.com/consultants.html|title=Professional Consultants|website=Highland Opera Studio|accessdate=June 26, 2020|archive-date=June 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629140507/https://www.highlandsoperastudio.com/consultants.html|url-status=dead}}
Honours
Margison was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2001 and was inducted into the Canadian Opera Hall of Fame in 2003.{{cite web|url=https://www.operademontreal.com/en/about/canadian-opera-hall-fame|title=Canadian Hall of Fame|website=Opéra de Montréal|accessdate=June 26, 2020}} Margison received the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002{{cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/125-41496|title=Mr. Richard Charles Margison|website=The Governor General of Canada|accessdate=June 26, 2020}} and Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/126-103866|title=Mr. Richard Charles Margison|website=The Governor General of Canada|accessdate=June 26, 2020}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.highlandsoperastudio.com/consultants.html Profile of Richard Margison] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629140507/https://www.highlandsoperastudio.com/consultants.html |date=2020-06-29 }} at Highland Opera Studio
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060429224755/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0010184 Richard Margison] at The Canadian Encyclopedia
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Category:Officers of the Order of Canada
Category:Canadian operatic tenors
Category:Musicians from Victoria, British Columbia
Category:Singers from British Columbia
Category:Fellows of the Royal Conservatory of Music