Described as the quintessential light lyric tenor (Opera Canada), Cory Knight is already proving to be in demand as a soloist and ensemble singer. A versatile artist, Mr. Knight has been seen in such roles as Lucano and Telemaco in Monteverdi’s L'Incoronazione di Poppea and Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria respectively, Aeneas in Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, Count Almaviva in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gastone in Verdi's La Traviata, Lysander in Britten’s A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Charlie in Weill’s Mahogonny Songspiel.  As a frequent performer of concert works he has sung several of Bach's cantatas, his St. John and St. Matthew Passions, Christmas Oratorio, and Mass in B Minor, Handel's Messiah, Mendelssohn's Hymn of Praise, and Orff's Carmina Burana. As a soloist, he has worked with such groups as Chorus Niagara, Mississauga Choral Society, Pacific Opera Victoria, Pax Christi Chorale, Opera Atelier, Orchestra London Canada, Tapestry New Opera, Toronto Chamber Choir, and Toronto Classical Singers.  Highlights for the 2011/2012 season include Schubert’s Mass in G with the Toronto Classical Singers and Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with the Grand Philharmonic Choir. A graduate of the Glenn Gould School and York University, he has also studied at the Accademia Rossiniana in Pesaro, Italy (dir. Maestro Alberto Zedda). With the support of the Canada Council for the Arts he has studied at the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart, Germany (dir. Maestro Helmuth Rilling) and most recently he attended the Britten-Pears Young Artist Program in Aldeburgh, England through the generous support of the Canadian Aldeburgh Foundation. Cory attended the 2010 Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute, and joined the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir a few months later.