A young man wearing a beige shirt and white flowing pants standing on a grassy trail near the coastline with steep cliffs and the ocean in the background.
Orchestra performing on stage with a woman conductor standing at her podium, surrounded by musicians playing violins and other instruments, in a concert hall with wooden walls.
A person getting their hair styled in front of a mirror with various makeup and hair products on the counter, and a stylist working behind them. The mirror is surrounded by lights, and there are people in the background.
Two people smiling and playfully reaching towards each other on stage, one wearing a baseball cap and striped shirt, the other in a beige coat and yellow skirt, with colorful stage lighting and background setup.
A young man singing or speaking into a microphone, with music stand in front, on stage with wooden background, with another musician playing a violin nearby.
A man dressed in black holding a brass helmet, standing against a dark background.
Three men in formal attire are staged in a dramatic scene. The man in the foreground wears a dark blazer and red bow tie, with clenched fists and a serious expression. Behind him, a man in a gray suit looks solemn, and another in a white suit with a
Theater scene with two actors on stage: one actor kneeling and the other standing, holding a hat and a glove, with empty chairs and a dark background theater setting.
Theater stage with actors in costume, two large fabric backdrops, and a forest scene projected on the background, with musicians on sides.
“Mishael Eusebio, a poised tenor who told [Peter] Sellars to call him Mish and brought confident emotion...Eusebio nonchalantly threw in three or four remarkably polished tap dance steps for the chorus, causing song and singer to come spectacularly to life. Sellars yelled, “Yeeeeesss!” into his mike. Eusebio flashed that same sly smile.”
— Los Angeles Times

Biography

Mishael Eusebio is a Filipino-Canadian tenor known for his expressive storytelling and dynamic versatility across opera, new music, and oratorio. He has performed with the Regina Symphony, l'Orchestre Métropolitain, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, where he created the role of Young Harvey in the world premiere of Harvey Milk Reimagined. Active in the development of new opera, his collaborators include Houston Grand Opera, National Sawdust, Tapestry Opera, Musique 3 Femmes and l’Opéra de Montréal. He was nominated for Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role at the Betty Mitchell Awards for his portrayal of Miles in Proving Up with Ammolite Opera. A former Colburn Fellow at SongFest in Los Angeles and resident soloist with the Bach Ensemble at St. Thomas, he has also been a finalist in the National Opera Association Competition and is a recipient of the John C. Erskine Prize from The Juilliard School. He holds degrees from Juilliard and CCM, and is an alumnus of l’Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal, Gerdine Young Artist Program at OTSL and Opera on the Avalon’s Young Artist Program.

Recent Notable Engagements

In the 2025 season, tenor Mishael Eusebio performs the role of Paul in Rocking Horse Winner with Ammolite Opera. He appeared as Remendado in Carmen with l’Opéra Festival de St-Eustache and premiered Nanatasis, a marionette opera inspired by Abenaki legend, with Musique 3 Femmes. He also sang the tenor solo in Carmina Burana with l’Orchestre symphonique du Conservatoire de Québec for their 80th anniversary celebration.

Highlights of the 2024 season include Mishael’s performance as Miles in the Canadian premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up with Ammolite Opera, which earned him a Betty Mitchell Award nomination for Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role. He also appeared as Alfred in Die Fledermaus with ICAV, Pygmalion in Rameau’s Pygmalion with l’Opéra du Royaume, and Ziggy in the opera adaptation of Starmania with Festival Classica. He was featured as the tenor soloist in Carmina Burana with both Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and l’Orchestre symphonique de Gatineau, and returned to Gatineau later in the season for the North American premiere of Handel’s Messiah in French. Earlier that year, he was also the tenor soloist in Stravinsky’s Pulcinella with l’Orchestre symphonique de Laval.

In addition to his stage work, Mishael participated in a video aria project with Opera on the Avalon, featuring a new work written for him by Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Jennifer Higdon. The aria was filmed on location in St. John’s, Newfoundland and released as a music video.

In 2023, Mishael performed the role of Liverto in L’incoronazione di Poppea with L’Opéra de Montréal—a performance praised by Le Devoir—and created the role of the King in the world premiere of A Dragon’s Tale with Tapestry Opera. He appeared as Parpignol in La Bohème with l’Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières, covered the role of Cal in the world premiere of February with Opera on the Avalon, and workshopped the role of Simon in Adoration at the Banff Centre’s Opera in the 21st Century program. He also performed Handel’s Messiah with the Regina Symphony Orchestra.

Cover of Opera America Magazine Summer 2022 featuring a performer dressed in a tuxedo with a colorful bowtie, standing on a stage with arms raised, in front of a colorful background with another person in the background.
“An immense surprise from a singer to watch out for in a very small role: Mishael Eusebio as the emissary who comes to announce Seneca’s death sentence. His fine, intelligent and perfectly articulated singing is admirable and his timbre is superb. He is one to watch.”
— Le Devoir