Born of Greek and Italian descent, Toronto-born tenor ELIAS THEOCHARIDIS is known for his powerful stage presence, alluring tone, and emotional singing. In the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition, he earned an Encouragement Award in the Buffalo/Toronto District (2025) and the Western Canada District (2024), where he also won the Audience Choice Prize. Elias is a contributing writer in Giovanni Caccamo’s Manifesto for Change: Youth and Future, published by Treccani in March 2025.

In the 2025/26 season, he is an Edmonton Opera Emerging Artist, performing the role of Spoletta in Puccini’s Tosca (in co-production with the National Arts Centre, Yukon Arts Centre, and Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra) and covering Mime in Wagner’s Siegfried.

In the 2024/25 season, Elias joins The Rebanks Family Fellowship and Residency Program at The Royal Conservatory’s Glenn Gould School. He performs the roles of Azaël in Debussy’s L'enfant prodigue, featuring a new English libretto by Ashley Pearson, and Tamino in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. In the summer, he performed Don José in Bizet’s Carmen with Brott Opera and Ruggero in Puccini’s La Rondine with Good Mess Opera Theatre at the Edmonton Fringe Festival.

A recent graduate of Calgary Opera’s McPhee Development Program, he was seen as Froh in Wagner's Das Rheingold, Nemorino in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, Bénédict in Berlioz's Béatrice et Bénédict, and Malcolm in Verdi's Macbeth. Other roles include Mr. Rushworth in the Canadian premiere of Jonathan Dove's Mansfield Park.

A lover of new works, in 2022, Elias was elated to workshop The Cremation of Sam McGee, a new opera by Matthew Ricketts & Royce Vavrek, with the Yukon Arts Center. During the summer of 2019, Elias also workshopped the roles of Alex Bello in Nicole Lizée & Joel lvany’s No One’s Safe and Cornelio in Paola Prestini & Royce Vavrek’s Silent Light at the Banff Centre’s Opera in the 21st Century Program, in collaboration with Against the Grain Theatre (AtG) and the National Sawdust.

Elias is a graduate of the Classical Voice Performance program at the University of Toronto and the UofT Opera Program under the tutelage of soprano Wendy Nielsen. He grew up in a very artistic Mediterranean Canadian family, coming from a long line of Broadway performers, actors, comedians, classically trained pianists, folk singers, ballroom dancers, fashion models, and disc jockeys. Elias discovered his artistic path in opera and classical music through his work as a freelance graphic designer and audiovisual content creator.

For bookings, lessons/coaching and professional inquiries, Contact Elias here.

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