Bridget Esler

About Bridget Esler

Praised for her “enchanting and expressive singing” (Henley Standard) and her “buoyant charm as an actor,” (Georgia Strait), Canadian soprano Bridget Esler is currently a young artist with the Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal. Bridget has performed across Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States with ensembles including the London Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra.  

In the 2024–2025 season, she made her Opéra de Montréal mainstage debut as Berta in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Other highlights of her season include role debuts as Monica in The Medium (Orchestre Classique de Montréal) and the Nightingale/Shepherdess in L’Enfant et les sortilèges (Opéra de Montréal). She took part in Joyce DiDonato’s renowned series of masterclasses held at Carnegie Hall, in the Gerda Lissner Competition’s Winners’ Recital, also held at Carnegie Hall, and made a return performance at the Marlboro Music Festival where she has previously collaborated with artists including Jonathan Biss and Lydia Brown.  

Bridget is a keen chamber musician and recitalist, with a special interest in contemporary music. She has sung six world premières and champions the works of twentieth- and twenty-first century composers in her repertoire. She is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Schulich School of Music of McGill University.