The native Canadian mezzo-soprano Marion Newman has been described as a "jewel in Canada's impressive performing arts crown", having appeared in a number of operatic rôles, including Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Margret in Wozzeck and Juno in The Tempest with Pacific Opera Victoria, as Don Ramiro in Mozart’s Die Gärtnerin aus Liebe in the Czech Republic and Germany, and as Zita and La Zia Principessa in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica in Italy. Recent rôles have included Third Lady in Die Zauberflöte with Vancouver Opera, Flora in La traviata and Cherubino in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro.

She has performed with many ensembles including the Victoria Symphony, Portland Baroque Orchestra, San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra, Symphony Nova Scotia and the Elora Festival Singers. Her repertoire extends from the baroque to contemporary music.

In 2004 she traveled to Lithuania with the ERGO ensemble to perform at the Is Arti New Music Festival. Marion Newman has featured four times as soloist on CBC's National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, and in the opening of the 2002 Royal Golden Jubilee Gala at Roy Thompson Hall, performing with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra before Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Her recordings include the rôle of Goffredo in Handel's opera Rinaldo (Naxos 8.660165-67).

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