Praised for her "international voice" that is "powerful, articulate, and modulated at will", soprano Tracy Cantin is quickly becoming one of North America’s top emerging artists. Currently in her third season with the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s prestigious Ryan Opera Center, she has been lauded by critics for her “spellbinding”, “impassioned” and “magnetic” stage presence, as well as for her “luminous tone”, “rich, full-bodied sound” and “ringing high notes”.

Tracy made her American concert debut at Symphony Hall in Chicago, singing Contessa Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Mimì in La Bohème with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. She went on to make her operatic debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, singing the Fifth Maid in Strauss' Elektra. Most recently, Tracy’s break-out performance of Berta in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s new production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia garnered impressive attention from audience and media alike. Additional recent appearances have seen Tracy on stage at the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Countess Ceprano in Verdi's Rigoletto, as Fiordiligi in Mozart's Così fan Tutte, and as the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier with the Grant Park Music Festival.

Equally at home on the concert stage, Tracy recently made her International concert debut where she was the soprano soloist alongside bass-baritone Bryn Terfel in two performances of Beethoven's Symphony no.9 under the baton of Sir Andrew Davis with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. She also made her Ravinia Festival debut performing as the soprano soloist in the newly re-orchestrated World Premiere of Berstein's Songfest. This season, Tracy will return to the Grant Park Music Festival where she will be the soprano soloist in Richard Danielpour’s Darkness in the Ancient Valley. Additional concert appearances have included Beethoven's Symphony no. 9, Bach’s Magnificat, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Handel's Messiah, and Mahler’s Symphony No.2.

An advocate of Art Song literature, Tracy has performed recitals in London, Chicago and Montreal, which featured such masterpieces as Strauss' Vier Letzte Lieder, Barber's Despite and Still, Britten's Les Illuminations, and Debussy's Proses Lyriques. Additionally, Tracy has recently been featured in a series of themed recitals that have been broadcast on 98.7 WFMT – Chicago. Upcoming performances include an evening with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago in which Tracy will perform selections of Strauss’ orchestral lieder, and performances of Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with the Ryan Opera Center. 

Raised in Prince Edward Island, Tracy is a recent graduate of McGill's Schulich School of Music, where she was enrolled in their coveted Artist Diploma program in Voice Performance, under the tutelage of American Baritone Sanford Sylvan. With Opera McGill, she debuted with the role of Mimì in Puccini's La Bohème, and went on to sing the roles of the Governess in Britten's Turn of the Screw, and Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni. She was also the featured soprano in an evening of scenes from Verdi's most beloved operas, in which she performed the final acts from Otello (Desdemona) and La Traviata (Violetta). Other operatic credits include Alice Ford in Verdi's Falstaff (Opera NUOVA, Highlands Opera), Gertrude in Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, (University of Alberta) and Nella in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi (Opera NUOVA).

Tracy has been the grateful recipient of many scholarships and awards over the years, and was most recently awarded a Sullivan Foundation Award, as well as the prestigious Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Award for Outstanding Emerging Artists. Other triumphs include the top prize at the Luminarts Union League Competition, the Lois Marshall Memorial Competition, as well as the St. Andrews International Aria Competition. She is currently supported by the generous donations of Mrs. C. G. Pinnell, has received funding from the Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation, the Edmonton Community Foundation, and is a 2014 Laureate of the Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques. Tracy holds a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from the University of Alberta, and a Master of Music in Voice Performance and Literature from the University of Western Ontario.