McKenzie Warriner

McKenzie Warriner is a Saskatchewan-born/Toronto-based soprano acclaimed for her interpretation of music spanning from the Baroque to the Avant-garde. An alumna of Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program, in the 2023/2024 season McKenzie made her mainstage debut with the company in The Magic Flute singing Papagena while also the understudy for Queen of the Night. Other recent credits include Messiah (Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra), Le portrait de Manon (Vancouver Opera), and Abigail Richardson-Schulte’s Alligator Pie (Regina Symphony Orchestra).

Particularly committed to works by living composers, McKenzie premiered two new orchestral vocal works at the 2023 Aldeburgh Festival as a Britten Pears Young Artist, and she was named the winner of the 2023 Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition, granting her the opportunity to give a recital tour of contemporary works across Canada with pianist Danielle Guina,  She also recently released an album on the Centrediscs label entitled Unfinished Business with pianist Paul Williamson and composer Tristan Zaba. McKenzie earned her Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music and her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Manitoba.