Barbarina – Le Nozze di Figaro
Manitoba Opera 2026
“Soprano Grace Budoloski marked her own auspicious MO debut, filling her Barbarina with innocent girlish charm as she harnesses her feminine wiles – and stratospheric coloratura voice – to woo, and ultimately win over Cherubino. Her heartfelt solo of Act IV’s L’ho perduta, me meschina proved this is a singer to watch.”
– Holly Harris, Winnipeg Free Press 2026
“Soprano Grace Budoloski (MO debut) infused her Barbarina with innocent girlish charm as she harnesses her feminine wiles and crystal-clear, coloratura voice.” – Holly Harris, Opera Canada 2026
Opéra de Montréal Gala Talent
2025
“Le potentiel majeur est chez Grace Budoloski, car le parcours qui se dessine dans sa voix l’amènera vers autre chose après la poupée Olympia qu’elle a incarnée.” (The greatest potential lies with Grace Budoloski, because the path that is emerging in her voice will lead her to something else after the Olympia doll that she has embodied.)
– Christophe Huss, Le Devoir 2025
“Grace Budoloski, soprano from Winnipeg and recipient of Pacific Opera Victoria’s Annamaria Bamji Prize, closed the evening with Offenbach’s “Les oiseaux dans la charmille” from Les contes d’Hoffmann. Adrian: “Her bright, agile voice and comic timing left the audience smiling.”Justin: “Ms Budoloski distinguished herself through her art of communication, her comic timing, and her uninhibited ease in the high register.”
-La Scena Musical Team, My Scena 2025
Count Ory, Manitoba Underground Opera
2025
“Budoloski, who dazzled as Gretel in last summer’s MUO production of Hansel and Gretel as well as one of The Four Servants in Hoffman, once again lit up the stage with coquettish charm as Countess Adele. Her crystal clear soprano and effortless colouratura – including nailing her stratospheric high E-flats –sparkled as much as her rhinestone stiletto heels as she flounced about the stage and pouted over having to live “like a widow.” Her mercurial portrayal was spot on.”
– Holly Harris, Opera Canada 2025
Hansel and Gretel, Manitoba Underground Opera
2024
“Soprano Grace Budoloski brought the sweet innocence of childhood to her title role as Gretel, while, as her feistier sibling, soprano Carmen Harris in her trouser role of Hansel spars and taunts his sister like real-life, closely knit kin. Their luminous Act I duet, “Evening Prayer,” sung as darkness falls after they lose their way in the woods, elicited goosebumps, with the well-matched duo entwining their voices together in soulful harmony as they sing of the “14 angels” guarding their slumber.”
– Holly Harris, Opera Canada 2025
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