Hannah Ernst is a Soprano from the UNESCO World Heritage town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. She has been the recipient of multiple awards including the Edwina Heller Memorial Award for Opera, The Ben Heppner Scholarship, The William and Marilyn Jones Award, and has most recently received the Elizabeth Lamberton Scholarship in Voice. Hannah is a graduate of The UBC Opera Ensemble, earning both her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Opera Performance. Role highlights of her degree include Casilda in The Gondoliers, Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Maria In Mansfield Park, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, Elena in Il Capello di Paglia di Firenze, Despina in Così Fan Tutte, Anna Maurrant in Street Scene, as well as being a frequent soloist in the ensemble’s featured concerts and opera teas; most recently in their collaboration with Opera Kelowna’s Concert “Voices in Bloom”. She was also a participant in Opera West’s Productions of Tosca, Cavelleria Rusticana, and Manon. Prior to attending UBC, Hannah enjoyed singing roles in both musical theatre and opera, playing Anne in the Canadian Musical Anne of Green Gables, Joanne in Godspell, and Mrs Shem in the Lunenburg Opera Society’s production of Noye’s Fludde. She was also an active participant in her community’s music festival scene, including winning The Pearl Oxner Voice Award, The Senior Rose Bowl, the Senior Musical Theatre Award, as well as representing her town in the Nova Scotia Provincial Music Festival from 2014-2018 in both Voice and Musical Theatre. In August of 2024, Hannah had the pleasure of singing her U.S. debut as Cleopatra in The Chicago Summer Opera’s production of Giulio Cesare. Most recently, Hannah has enjoyed a summer of Mozart, which she began by singing The Queen of the Night in The North Shore Light Opera Society’s production of The Magic Flute; a performance for which Opera Canada heralded for her skillful delivery. In addition to her debut as The Queen, Hannah also sang her role debut as Susanna in the Maritime Concert Opera’s production of Le Nozze di Figaro. Hannah currently resides in Vancouver BC, where she is an emerging artist at Nebula Performances. Prior to joining Nebula as an emerging artist, she was a guest soloist at both their Halloween Concert “Tricks and Treats” and their “Passione di Opera” Concert featuring Anton Belov. As well as singing in Nebula’s concerts, Hannah has independently produced several of her own recitals and concerts, most recently “An Evening of Opera” hosted in Lunenburg, where she sang fourteen arias from across the operatic repertoire. #Nebula Performances