ABOUT DAISY
"A deep understanding of the text, a serious engagement with the material, musicality and expressivety are some of Daisy's defining qualities, that are certainly reflected in all of her performances."
- Ludmila Proujanskaïa, PhD in Philology, teacher, translator, and journalist for Radio Canada
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Daisy is a young soprano from Montreal, Canada.
She grew up in a family of immigrants who moved to Canada from the Soviet Union (Russia and Estonia). She is fluent in four languages. Although Daisy was born in Canada, the first language she learned as a child was Russian. She then learned French, English and Italian while in school.
Studying the Italian language occupies a separate line in Daisy's biography. After attending the class of Vincenzo Ditoma, a teacher but also a singer and composer, Daisy not only fell in love with the Italian language and culture, but has also found an artistic mentor in Vincenzo.
From the age of eight, Daisy began serious vocal training with Olga Perekhodenko (Studio Sound Nest), a gifted pianist and singer, and a graduate of the Gnessin Academy in Moscow. Additionally, Daisy studied piano with Olga and her husband, Vladimir Horoshansky, a composer, pianist and conductor, and passed yearly examinations at the McGill Schulich School of Music Conservatory, with distinction and honors. Olga put her heart and soul into their lessons, which inspired Daisy to pursue a musical career.
After winning first prize in the American Protégé International Vocal Competition and performing at Carnegie Hall in the winners' recital, she was inspired by the idea of pursuing a career in opera and went on to seriously study Classical Vocal Performance. After graduating from Collège International Marie de France (CiMF) in 2020, she was admitted in a joint program between Marianopolis College and McGill Schulich School of Music in Montreal, where she double majored in Music and Arts, Literature and Communications (ALC). For two years, Daisy studied classical voice with Anja Burmeister Strauss, a graduate of The Juilliard School in New York.
Currently, Daisy is pursuing her musical education at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, where she was awarded the Presidential Scholarship, working towards her Bachelor's Degree in Classical Vocal Performance.
She began her MSM journey studying with the incomparable Marlena Malas.
She is now a student of one of the most sought-after vocal teachers, Cynthia Hoffmann.
In the Fall 2024, Daisy spent a full semester at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Dance de Paris, in Paris, as part of an exchange program organized by Manhattan School of Music.
Daisy Dalit Sigal as Raizel the Florist -
A backstage photo from Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre's production of The Sages of Chelm (2022), directed by Trevor Barette
Daisy Dalit Sigal as Lady Harriet (Martha) -
Manhattan School of Music's Freshmen and Sophomores Performance Class Spring Scenes Recital (2024), Class instructor Mary Dunleavy
Throughout her artistic journey, Daisy has been a part of many theatrical productions with various theatre companies in Montreal, concerts, recitals, and has been a laureate of numerous vocal competitions and festivals in Quebec, Ontario and New York.
At the Manhattan School of Music, Daisy became an enthusiastic member of the Chamber Choir, directed by Dr. Malcolm J. Merriweather. Performing soprano solo parts in 3 of the choir's 4 concerts, Daisy gained tremendous experience in choral singing.
In January 2023, the director of Manhattan School of Music's Graduate Opera Theatre (GOT) program invited her to perform the role of Une Bête in their concert production of Maurice Ravel's opera L'Enfant et les sortilèges.
In June 2023, she was named a Future Star by the Fondation de la Place des Arts and was invited by cellist Stéphane Tétrault to perform as a soloist in the 12th annual edition of the Future Star’s Grand Premiere (Grande Première des Futures Étoiles) gala on the biggest stage of Place des Arts in Montreal.
In July of that same year, Daisy had her official opera role debut as the Sorella Infermiera in Puccini's Suor Angelica on the Chautauqua Institution Amphitheatre Stage, under the aegis of Marlena Malas.
She also performed the roles of Sutton/Marine/Miss Foster in Kurt Weill's Lady in the Dark, in August (2023, Chautauqua Opera Conservatory). Last summer, Dalit Sigal appeared again on the CHQ Amphitheatre Stage as Maria in the mainstage production of Nino Rota’s I due timidi. This role was very important to Daisy emotionally as it is the last role she was entrusted by her late teacher, Marlena Malas.
Her other appearances on stage include roles in various Opera Scenes Recitals of her BM curriculum: Lucy (The Telephone, G. C. Menotti), Musetta (La bohème, G.Puccini), Zémire (Zémire et Azor, A. Grétry), Charlotte (A Little Night Music, S. Sondheim), Lady Harriet Durham (Marhta, F. von Flotow), Adriana (The Boys from Syracuse) were the most important ones.
Her most recent performance was in the role of Princess Ida in Manhattan School of Music’s Undergraduate Opera Theatre's (UGOT) mainstage production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Princess Ida: the Glow Up in May. Daisy is thrilled to perform the role of Lauretta in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi with the Chicago Summer Opera, as well as to travel to Novafeltria, Italy, as a Young Artist of the Classic Lyric Arts (CLA) Italy program this summer.
AWARDS
2022
First Place Winner
Artsfest 2022
Marianopolis College
(Montreal, QC)
2021
First Place Winner
Festival Concours de Musique Classique de Pierre-De-Saurel
(Sorel-Tracy, QC)
2018
First Place Winner
American Protégé International Voice Competition
(New York, NY)
SCHOLARSHIPS
2023
Kullberg Scholarship
Chautauqua Institution Opera Conservatory
(Chautauqua, NY)
2022
Presidential Scholarship
Manhattan School of Music - BM, Classical Voice
(New York, NY)
2021
Joan Burnside Memorial Scholarship Ottawa Kiwanis Music Festival
(Ottawa, ON)