GLORIA! VIVALDI AND HIS ANGELS WINS 2009 JUNO AWARD!

DOUBLE JUNO NOMINATION - February 3rd, 2009

Shannon's two most recent recordings "Bach and the Liturgical Year" and "Gloria! Vivaldi and his Angels" are up for Best Vocal Classical Album. The awards will be announced on March 28th at the JUNO Award Gala in Vancouver. Please check back for news!

Shannon Returns Home to Launch Very Personal CD: WALES ~ THE LAND OF SONG

Shannon will be in Ottawa on Sunday, March 8th to celebrate the launch of a very personal recording, Wales ~ The Land of Song, with a concert at St Andrews Church. In collaboration with the Ottawa Welsh Society, Shannon pays tribute to the richness of the Welsh musical culture in a concert that features the music from her new recording.

> Click here for more information & how to buy tickets

The Shannon Bag

Ottawa leather designer Michael Rowland was so mesmerized by Shannon’s voice when he heard her in concert that he has named one of his bags after her. Shannon joins a list of other famous Canadian women Michael’s collection, including Shania, Alanis, and Joni Mitchell.  Click here for more details, and to view and buy "Shannon's Bag"!

Shannon Mercer brings her Pamina to Victoria

"Soprano Shannon Mercer beautifully expressed the shifting emotions of Pamina, a damsel in some distress..." (Monday Magazine, 23-29 April)

"Shannon Mercer's Pamina is tender, guileless and, in her moments of anguish, deeply moving." (Victoria Times Colonist, 18 April 2009)

Shannon "a lovely Pamina, often touching" in the Magic Flute

"The lead singers and the music itself were the saving of the evening. Soprano Shannon Mercer and tenor Colin Ainsworth were handsome and vocally appealing as the Princess Pamina and the Prince Tamino, the lovers elevated to a nominal wisdom by their fidelity and courage." (Globe and Mail, 1 November 2008)

"Indeed, there was much to smile about in Opera Hamilton's production. First and foremost, the singing. How Toronto soprano Shannon Mercer has blossomed since she last sang here five years ago. Beautiful tone, pure and steady, she was a delight in Pamina's plangent aria, Ach, ich fuhl's." (Hamilton Spectator, 1 November 2008)

Read about Shannon in the Hamilton Spectator