Veronika Muggeridge (née Anissimova) has been praised for her “lovely presence” (Berkshire Fine Arts) and “impressively quick and precise coloratura” (Ludwig van Toronto). This fall she returns to Opera York as Despina in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, and is alto soloist in Zelenka’s Missa Omnium Sanctorum with the St. Michael’s Schola Cantorum and in Bach’s Cantata 187 with the Trinity Bach Project.

Since taking part in Marilyn Horne’s 2018 The Song Continues series at Carnegie Hall and being a 2021 Art of Song Fellow with the Toronto Summer Music Festival, Veronika has presented numerous recitals for the Arts & Letters Club of Toronto, the Linden Project, St. James Cathedral, Metropolitan United, and Concerts @100. Winner of the 2019 Hart House Orchestra Concerto Competition, she has since performed Mahler’s Rückert Lieder and Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate with the Hart House Orchestra; other concert soloist appearances include Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9, Bruckner’s Te Deum, and de Falla’s El Amor Brujo with the Scarborough Philarmonic, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and Mass in B Minor with the Toronto Choral Society, and Mozart’s Mass in C Major, Durante’s sacred works, and Jommelli’s Requiem with St. Michael's Schola Cantorum.

Recent operatic roles include Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus and Second Lady in Mozart’s Magic Flute with Opera York, Despina in Mozart’s Così fan tutte with the Toronto Lyric Opera Centre (Despina cover with Brott Opera 2021), Zulma in Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri with the Toronto Concert Orchestra, Polluce in Cavalli’s Elena with the Toronto Consort, and Sophie in Massenet’s Werther at the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance.

Winner of the 2014 National Gold Medal in voice performance at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Veronika holds a MMus (2018) in historical voice performance and a BMus (Honours, 2016) in piano and Italian studies from the University of Toronto. Fluent in French, Russian, and Italian, she has served on Opera Atelier’s educational outreach team and enjoys contributing text translations to VMII, a groundbreaking digital resource for early vocal music.

August 2025