A soloist since childhood, Joel Allison debut was at the age of twelve, as the treble soloist in Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings Symphony. Today this promising Canadian vocalist of the new generation has been praised for the beautiful, rich, ringing tone of his bass-baritone voice. J. Allison is working as a recitalist, soloing with all of the prominent Canadian orchestras and as an opera singer, with a repertoire of such roles as “Basilio” in Il Barbiere di Siviglia; “Prince Gremin” in Eugene Onegin; “Antonio” in Le Nozze di Figaro and “Dancairo” in Carmen. He was praised for his operatic repertoire performance as having “a beautiful instrument precise in its intonation and articulation, serene and aristocratic”. Musicologist Ona Jarmalavičiūtė had conducted an interview with Joel Allison about his career path, daily rituals and the situation of opera in his home country Canada.