{"id":49,"date":"2018-05-17T20:52:56","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T20:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dougmacnaughton.com\/site\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2025-06-20T15:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T19:04:17","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dougmacnaughton.com\/site\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Doug MacNaughton began his singing career at the age of 20, when he made his operatic debut with Edmonton Opera. Since then, he has gone on to sing throughout Canada, the United States and Europe. He is at home in opera, operetta, musical theatre and concert work, and he is known as much for the versatility of his acting as for his singing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 2014\/15 season, he performed the role of Donner in the Pacific Opera Victoria production of <em>Das Rheingold<\/em>, as well as the role of Judge Turpin in the Vancouver Opera production of <em>Sweeney Todd<\/em>. He was also the soloist in the Pax Christi Chorale\u2019s presentation of <em>Winter Nights<\/em>, featuring Bach\u2019s <em>Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland<\/em> and the <em>Christmas Oratorio<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His CD <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dougmacnaughton.com\/site\/recordings\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"51\">GUITARIAS<\/a>, featuring Doug as both a singer and a guitarist, was released on February 16th,\u00a02014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"small\"><strong>Downloads<br><\/strong> Short Bio (as above) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dougmacnaughton.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DOUG-MACNAUGHTON-short-bio.pdf\">PDF<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dougmacnaughton.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DOUG-MACNAUGHTON-short-bio.docx\">WORD<\/a><br> Full Bio (260 words) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dougmacnaughton.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MacNaughtonFullBio.pdf\">PDF<\/a><br>Resume <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dougmacnaughton.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DougMacNaughtonResume.pdf\">PDF<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dougmacnaughton.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Doug-MacNaughton-Current-resume.doc\">WORD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading fancy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dougmacnaughton.com\/site\/selected-repertoire\/\">Repertoire<\/a> &gt;<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e4d61393ca0&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" data-attachment-id=\"265\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dougmacnaughton.com\/site\/biography\/doug-macnaughton-headshot-2023-sm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.dougmacnaughton.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Doug-Macnaughton-headshot-2023-sm.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1678190791&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Doug-Macnaughton-headshot-2023-sm\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.dougmacnaughton.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Doug-Macnaughton-headshot-2023-sm.jpg\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dougmacnaughton.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Doug-Macnaughton-headshot-2023-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dougmacnaughton.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Doug-Macnaughton-headshot-2023-sm.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.dougmacnaughton.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Doug-Macnaughton-headshot-2023-sm-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dougmacnaughton.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Doug-Macnaughton-headshot-2023-sm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.dougmacnaughton.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Doug-Macnaughton-headshot-2023-sm-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doug MacNaughton began his singing career at the age of 20, when he made his operatic debut with Edmonton Opera. 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