Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 15, 2000
• Invested on: June 25, 2001

His voice, rich with a natural beauty, and his instinctive flair for the dramatic have evolved steadily from his beginnings in Victoria where, as a young man, he sang folk songs in coffeehouses to help make ends meet. One of Canada's great operatic stars, he is a lyric spinto tenor who has dazzled audiences with his scintillating voice. Since his Canadian debut in the late 1980s, he has graced major opera houses around the world and has produced several recordings which have garnered international accolades.