JUNO award-winning tenor Oliver Munar is in increasing demand as a concert and operatic soloist.

Oliver was celebrated in an unexpected, ‘remarkable’ debut as the title role in Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, ‘sight reading the score live, on stage, and without rehearsal’. The Calgary Herald lauded him for his ‘substantial ability’ and ‘considerable vocal gifts’ in a 2019 production of Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine with Early Music Voices (Calgary) and Rosa Barocca. Other recent roles include Giuseppe in Verdi’s La traviata (Calgary Opera), Gastone in La traviata (Mercury Opera and Calgary Concert Opera Company), the title role of Britten’s Albert Herring (University of Alberta Opera), and the role of Abel in the Alberta premiere (2016) of the oratorio Caïn by Canadian composer Alexis Contant. He was also a guest ensemble singer with the world-renowned Elora Festival Singers as a member of its inaugural vocal academy, and collaborates regularly with Straight Up Opera (Edmonton), Calgary Concert Opera Company and Opera by Request (Toronto).

In 2026, Oliver won a JUNO award in the category of Classical Album of the Year (large ensemble). Oliver was a singer for Ukrainian War Requiem composed by Benedict Sheehan, as a member of both Axios Men’s Ensemble and Pro Coro Canada.

Oliver completed a Master of Music performance degree with tenor John Tessier and vocal coach Shannon Hiebert. He also studied at the prestigious Franz-Schubert-Institut (Austria) where he worked with some of the world's leading interpreters of German art song including Elly Ameling, Helmut Deutsch, Robert Holl, Julius Drake, Andreas Schmidt, Roger Vignoles, Birgid Steinberger, and the late Deen Larsen. He continues to train with Tessier and Hiebert, as well as tenor Thomas Cooley on the works of JS Bach and other Baroque composers.

In addition to singing, Oliver is a composer/arranger, collaborative pianist, vocal coach, and conductor.

• Conducting:
  September 2024, Verdi’s Nabucco, Calgary Concert Opera Company.
  September 2021, Saint-Saens’ Samson et Dalilah, Calgary Concert Opera Company.

• Composing:
  May 2025, Together, commissioned by Choral Waves of the Cochrane Music Society (Diego Bechthold, director)
  May 2023, Missa Brevis in E flat, Pro Coro Canada (Edmonton, Alberta; Michael Zaugg, director) for choir and SATB soli.
  March 2017, Card Game in No Man’s Land, for solo voice, piano and viola.

A veteran ensemble singer, Oliver continues to participate in select projects with Pro Coro Canada, the Calgary Opera Chorus, the Cathedral Church of the Redeemer (Calgary), and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.

He is also a featured soloist on various choral recordings, including Christ Is Born: Hymns and Carols of the Nativity (Axios Men’s Ensemble), Resurrectional Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (Axios Men's Ensemble); James MacMillan - Seven Last Words from the Cross (Spiritus Chamber Choir); Mendelssohn’s Te Deum (Luminous Voices) and Artem Vedel’ - Twelve Sacred Choral Concerti (Luminous Voices).