Joanna Burt

Joanna Burt is a Métis operatic singer of Anishinaabe descent from Ontario, Canada. In 2017, she became the first Indigenous singer in Canada cast in a principal role with the Canadian Opera Company, performing in Harry Sommer's opera Louis Riel in the role of Sara Riel, the sister of 19th-century Métis leader Louis Riel. At the time, she was enrolled in the Artist Diploma program at The Glenn Gould School at The Royal Conservatory of Music, and was active in Métis Nation of Ontario cultural performances. In 2018, she performed in a singing and speaking role in the original production of FIRST, a two-act piece using photos and imagery to tell the creation story of the Mississaugas. She has also sung with the St. Paul's Anglican Church Choir and the Kawartha Lakes Singers. She studied with Arlene Gray.