Michal Aloni is a mezzo-soprano and emerging stage director working across opera and interdisciplinary performance. Born in Tel Aviv, she discovered opera in her mid-twenties, beginning a journey that led her to live, study, and work internationally before making Canada her home.

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As a singer, Michal’s repertoire spans Baroque to contemporary works. Recent notable roles include La Zia Principessa (cover) and La Badessa in Suor Angelica (Opera 5, Toronto Opera Festival), Sesto (La clemenza di Tito), Ramiro (La finta giardiniera), Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro), Ottavia (L’incoronazione di Poppea), Diana (La Calisto), Dorothée (Cendrillon), and Dorabella (Così fan tutte). She has premiered contemporary works with Arcady Ensemble, Cultureland Opera Collective, and Chants Libres Opera’Actuel, including the mezzo-soprano role in Songs of the Drowning by Roozbeh Tabandeh, which received the Prix Opus Montréal - Inclusion et diversité (2024);  and recorded excerpts for the circus collective People Watching, for their international tour of  PLAY DEAD. Michal has been a member of the Canadian Opera Company Chorus since 2022 and regularly performs with the company.

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As a director, Michal is interested in using improvisation and movement to develop character and storytelling in opera, shaping performance through space, relationships, and dramatic structure. Recent notable projects include The Medium (Opera McGill), The Scholars (Arcady Ensemble), and assistant directing the world premiere of Parḗlios by Cecilia Livingston (Opera 5, Toronto Opera Festival). She has directed scenes and concerts at McGill University and Western University, and assisted on productions at both institutions including The Rape of Lucretia, Der Schauspieldirektor, The Mikado, and The Turn of the Screw. She completed an internship with Opéra de Montréal (in collaboration with the Association for Opera in Canada), serving as assistant director on Madama Butterfly, and recently attended a short observership with the Jette Parker Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on Barrie Kosky’s production of Siegfried.

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Michal is excited to be a 2026–2027 Stage Director in Residence with Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program, where she will assist on mainstage productions and direct the Young Artist production.. She is also a 2026 Portfolio Artist Intern with Opera 5 (Company-in-Residence at the Canadian Opera Company), and a 2026 Jette Parker Artists Programme Observership recipient at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

She holds a Diploma in Opera Stage Direction from McGill University, a Master of Music in Literature and Performance from Western University, and a Bachelor of Music from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Additional training includes the Canadian Vocal Arts Institute; International Vocal Artists Institute Tel Aviv; Opera Workshop for Advanced Singers in Saint Andrews; Montreal Improv; The Second City; and Talk Is Free Theatre’s Multidisciplinary Mentoring Program. Prior to her classical training, she studied jazz at the Rimon School of Music in Israel.

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Michal is grateful for the support of institutions and foundations that have nurtured her career, including the Canada Council for the Arts (2025), Opera America (2024), the Jenny Panitch Beckow Memorial Fund (2018-2019), and multiple competition distinctions including the Maritsa Brookes Competition and La Marianne Music Competition.