Spencer Kryzanowski is an accomplished crossover artist working in opera and musical theatre as a conductor, music director, vocal coach, and répétiteur, 

 

Spencer is a staff vocal coach and répétiteur in the University of Toronto Opera Department, the resident music director for Good Mess Opera Theatre, and the host and music director for Against the Grain Theatre’s Opera Pub series in Toronto. In 2025, he joined the faculty of the Banff Centre’s Interplay opera program. Alongside these regular positions, Spencer maintains a busy freelance schedule. He is deeply committed to arts education and advocacy, taking pride in educating future generations about opera and affirming the legitimacy of choosing a career in this art form. With the support of the Yukon Arts Centre, Spencer makes regular trips to the Yukon Territory, delivering arts and opera educational presentations to students in rural and underserved communities.

 

​As a conductor and music director, Spencer has worked widely across Canada. His recent opera credits include Puccini’s La rondine (Good Mess Opera), Wagner’s Die Walküre (Edmonton Opera), Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle (Edmonton Opera), Strauss Jr's Die Fledermaus (Edmonton Opera), Puccini's Il tabarro (Pop Goes the Opera), Massenet's Cendrillon (UofT Opera), Hansel and Gretel (Good Mess Opera), and La bohème (Mercury Opera). Spencer's recent musical theatre credits include Newsies, Mean Girls: The Musical, and Beauty and the Beast with Bravo Academy. 

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Spencer's recent répétiteur credits include Donizetti’s Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (Canadian Premiere), Wagner’s Die Walküre (Edmonton Opera), Guerrero's El huésped del sevillano (Toronto Operetta Theatre), Nino Rota's Il cappello di paglia di Firenze, and a comedic triple-bill of Hindemith's Hin und zurück, Offenbach's Monsieur Choufleuri, and Douglas Moore's Gallantry. Other credits include Humperdink's Hänsel und Gretel (Berlin Opera Academy); Copland's The Tender Land; Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia; Puccini’s Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi; and Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin.

 

Spencer regularly participates in and collaborates on workshops of new operas. Most recently, in 2025, he participated in a workshop of Fall River, a new opera by Cecilia Livingston and Michael Albano based on the Lizzie Borden story. In 2024, he assisted in a workshop of Indians on Vacation by Ian Cusson and Royce Vavrek. He also had the distinct pleasure of workshopping Melancholia, an opera by Mikael Karlsson and Royce Vavrek based on the Lars von Trier film, in 2023 for the Royal Swedish Opera.​​

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​Spencer completed his Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at the Augustana Campus of the University of Alberta and a Diploma in Operatic Performance (Répétiteur) at the University of Toronto.

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Spencer is based in Newmarket, Ontario.