ATG OG Gregory Finney has been around from the jump. He’s been seen in every performance of ATG’s LA BOHEME (Benoit/Alcindoro) – including the recent national tour and groundbreaking livestream in conjunction with the Banff Centre for Performing Arts and CBC Arts, as well as FIGARO’S WEDDING (Bartolo/Antonio), and #ATGMESSIAH. Having carved out a niche as a top-notch comprimario, Gregory is also a frequent feature with Toronto Operetta Theatre (HMS PINAFORE, THE MERRY WIDOW, LA BELLE HELENE), and with VOICEBOX: Opera In Concert (KAMOURASKA, STREET SCENE, DIE FREUNDE VON SALAMANKA). Gregory is also a regular contributor/reviewer for the opera blog Schmopera and has had his music interviews published in LA SCENA MUSICALE and online at OperaCanada.ca. Greggy is over the moon to be joining th Opera Pub team as host and can’t wait to pound pints and Puccini with everyone.

Spencer Kryzanowski is a répétiteur and vocal coach based in Toronto. He is currently pursuing an Artistic Diploma (Répétiteur) at the University of Toronto.

Spencer believes strongly in equity, diversity, and inclusion in the rehearsal room and teaching studio. For him, creating safe, collaborative spaces where everyone's voice and input is valued is essential for all projects.

Spencer has participated in a number of prestigious programs, including the Opera in the 21st Century program at the Banff Centre and St. Andrew's Opera Workshop. Spencer recently made his European debut with Berlin Opera Academy, assisting as répétiteur on Hänsel und Gretel. Spencer’s other recent répétiteur credits include Copland's The Tender Land (UofT Opera, 2022), Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia (UofT Opera, 2022), and Puccini’s La bohème (Mercury Opera, 2019 & 2020).

Spencer is so excited to be joining the Against The Grain Theatre family. What’s better than kicking back and listening to gorgeous opera hits with a beer in hand?

Perri Lo is a pianist and vocal coach, working in opera, chamber music, and dance. She is passionate about intertwining these art forms, coming from a formal opera repetiteur training and working with professional dance companies and schools since 2010. Perri is currently a staff pianist at Ballet BC and Arts Umbrella Dance Company. Most recently, she produced her first dance and art song collaboration, Quartet, featuring baritone Luka Kawabata and dancers of Ballet BC, in support of Banff Centre’s Opera in the 21st Century Program.

Since her role as apprentice coach with the Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program (‘18-19), Perri has music directed productions with Indie Opera West companies such as ReNaissance Opera, of both traditional and contemporary repertoire. One of her most valuable experiences was touring across B.C. with Vancouver Opera and Pacific Opera Victoria’s co-production of Flight of the Hummingbird (2020), a new children’s opera about climate change.

When she is not performing with singers and instrumentalists, Perri serves as B.C.’s Provincial Coordinator for Opera InReach, an artists’ collective providing accessible, innovative, and diverse opera education and mentorship for youths across Canada.

She is grateful to be creating and working on the unceded and ancestral homelands of xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.