Hometown: Sudbury, Ontario

Dante Mullin Santone is a Canadian baritone based in Montreal, Québec. He is a member of the Atelier lyrique at l’Opéra de Montréal and a recent graduate of the University of Toronto’s Master of Opera program. This year, he made his debut with l’Opéra de Montréal singing Morales in Carmen, where he also covered Leporello in Don Giovanni. Other recent role credits include Escamillo (Carmen – G. Bizet), Papageno (Die Zauberflöte – W.A. Mozart), Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte – W.A. Mozart), Odysseus (Castaway – L. Berkeley), Beaupertuis (Il cappello di paglia di Firenze – N. Rota), and Bartley (Riders to the Sea – Vaughan Williams).  

A passionate performer of art song, in 2025 he won the Jim and Charlotte Norcop Prize in Song, awarded to the most promising singer of art song at the University of Toronto. In 2023, Dante participated in the Toronto Summer Music “Art of Song” program and returns to the festival this summer as one of their Academy fellows. He has appeared as a soloist in a variety of concert works, including Mozart’s Requiem, Fauré’s Requiem, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, and Bernstein’s MASS. He is dedicated to the creation of new music. He has premiered works including Evan Tanovich’s Missa Solemnis in D, One Thousand Shields of Gold by Justin Lapierre, and Allan Bevan’s Perfectly Mad. 

Dante is looking forward to his second season with l’Opéra de Montréal, in which he will sing the roles of Johann (Werther – J. Massenet), Idas (La tragédie d’Atys – J. Dawe), and Marullo (Rigoletto – G. Verdi).