ABOUT
French-Canadian bass Jean-Philippe Mc Clish, hails from Quebec City. His voice has been described as ‘beautiful, round, and powerful’ (LudwigVan), making him an ideal match for the lyric repertoire. He is currently based in Paris, France, working as a freelance singer. For the 2023/24 season, Jean-Philippe is performing the roles of Zuniga in Carmen, Nourabad in Pêcheurs de perles, and Dr. Grenvil in Traviata.
The season 2022/23 saw him as an ensemble member at the Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn in Switzerland, where Mc Clish performed the roles of Orbazzano in Tancredi and The Mother in Seven Deadly Sins. Up next, he was singing Frère Laurent in Roméo et Juliette.
In 2019-2021, Jean-Philippe was selected to be part in l’Opéra de Montréal’s Atelier Lyrique Program. There, he sang the Captain in Eugene Onegin, Second Prisoner in Fidelio, Armoured Guard in Zauberflöte, Figaro in Nozze di Figaro, as well as covering Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor. The following summer of 2021, Mc Clish participated in the prestigious Verbier Festival Academy performing the roles of Benoit and Alcindoro in La Bohème, as well as singing several recitals.
Previous notable roles include Figaro in Nozze di Figaro, Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte, Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Il Re in Ariodante, Készakállú in Bluebeard’s Castle, Falke in Die Fledermaus, Garibaldo in Rodelinda and Dulcamara in Elisir d’amore.
As a concert soloist, he has performed in Handel’s Messiah, Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, along with the Requiems of Brahms and Mozart.
Mc Clish was selected three times to participate in the Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques program (2018-2021), through which he was invited to sing with the Regensburg Opera.
He has received grants from the Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation (2019) and the Art Song Foundation award (2019 & 2021). Mc Clish earned a master’s degree and an artist diploma in opera performance from McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, where he studied with soprano Dominique Labelle, specializing in Baroque and Classical genres.
