Queen Hezumuryango
Ensemble/Nana understudy/Priscilla understudy

Originally from Burundi, Queen Hezumuryango holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in vocal performance from the University of Montreal. A Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio alumna, her recent roles include Union Organizer (Sweat, Manitoba Underground Opera), Carmen (Carmen, BrottOpera), Lola (Cavalleria rusticana, COC), Ebba Sparre (La reine-garçon, COC), and Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia, Highlands Opera Studio). Her concert credits include being the alto soloist in Händel’s Messiah (Brott Music Festival), Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (Cathedral Bluffs Symphony) and in Orchestre métropolitain’s Chants d’espoir, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. She was a semifinalist in the 2021 OSM Competition, received an Encouragement Award at the 2023 Laffont Competition (Eastern Region), and won the Kurt Weill Award at the 2025 Lotte Lenya Competition. In 2024, she was named one of CBC’s “30 Hot Classical Musicians Under 30” and nominated for a Dora Award for Treemonisha. She was awarded Third Place at the 2025 Rumbold Vocal Prize competition and also at the Africa Lyric's Opera Grandes Voix d’Opéra d’Afrique competition in Paris.