Andrew Haji is one of the most sought-after lyric tenors whose effortlessly transcendent voice has been described as “bright yet warm, mellifluous yet ringing, used with grace and all the requisite legato lines,” and“few have the lyric beauty and carrying power that Haji has.”  The renowned Canadian lyric tenor is celebrated on concert and operatic stages with his musical rapture and silky clarion vocal prowess.

In 2024-25 season, the Canadian tenor makes his debuts with the Chicago Symphony in Haydn’s Mass in Time of War with conductor Manfred Honeck, the Cleveland Orchestra in Bach’s Easter Oratorio and Magnificat as well as NDR Radiophilharmonie in Hanover, Germany for Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with conductor Bernard Labadie.   He returns to Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke's in Bach's St. John Passion (Evangelist), Les Violons du Roy and Houston Symphony in Handel’s Messiah, and Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society in Haydn’s The Seasons and Beethoven’s Mass in C-Major. Other notable performances this season include Mozart’s Requiem with the Kansas City Symphony, the title role in Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito at Pacific Opera Victoria, and Dompierre’s Requiem with the Festival Classica.

Recent orchestral engagement highlights throughout the United States and Canada include Beethoven’s Ninth with Milwaukee Symphony and National Arts Center Orchestra, Evangelist in Bach’s St. John Passion with the Seattle Symphony and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Bach Cantatas with Montreal Symphony and Handel and Haydn Society, Haydn’s The Creation with Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Verdi’s Requiem at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Bruckner’s Te Deumwith the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and Orff’s Carmina Burana at the Elora Festival.  In Europe, Haji has performed with the English Concert and at the Salzburg Festival.  Mr. Haji has performed with conductors including Bernard Labadie, Jonathan Cohen, John Butt, Rafael Payare, and Alexander Shelley.

Notable opera successes include Tamino in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Alfredo in Verdi’s La Traviata, Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, Rinuccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, Rodolfo in Puccini’s La bohème, and Cassio in Verdi’s Otello at Canadian Opera Company, Macduff in Verdi’s Macbeth and Pollione in Bellini’s Norma at Calgary Opera, Rodolfo in Puccini’s La bohème with Montreal's Orchestre Philharmonique et Choeur des Mélomanesand Edmonton Opera, Jonathan in Handel’s Saul at Edinburgh International Festival, Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore at National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts in Taiwan, Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni at National Arts Center in Ottawa, Alfredo in Verdi’s La traviata with the Vancouver Opera, and Alfredo in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus with Saskatoon Opera.

During the 2020-21 season amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, Andrew starred in various digital and streaming productions including Holst’s Sāvitri for Against the Grain Theatre, Rinuccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Mozart’s Requiem both for the Canadian Opera Company, and finally returning to the stage as Count Almaviva in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia with Opéra de Québec.

Haji is an alumnus of the Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble Studio. He has received awards from the Marilyn Horne Song Competition, the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble and was awarded the Grand Prix at the 50th International Vocal Competition in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, and the Oratorio Prize at the Montreal International Music Competition. Andrew received a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music where he performed in productions of Poulenc’s Les mammeles de Tirésias, Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Bernstein’s Candide, and Haydn’s Il mondo della luna, among others. He was invited to participate in young artist programs at the Salzburg Festival Young Singers Project, the Centre for Opera Studies in Italy, the Music Academy of the West and Accademia Europea dell’Opera.

*Updated January 2025