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Russell Braun
Person · male · Canada · Frankfurt · born 1965
Canadian opera singer
Also known as ラッセル・ブラウン
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
1960s
Biography
English biography134 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1364849298
Biography
Russell Braun (born 19 July 1965) is a Canadian operatic lyric baritone and conductor (music), and Juno Award winner.
Much sought after as a soloist and for opera roles, Russell Braun performs regularly at the Metropolitan Opera, the Salzburg Festival, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, l'Opéra de Paris, the San Diego Opera, the San Francisco Opera and the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto.
Braun is a graduate of the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto, and lives in Toronto.
As of 2025, Braun is also working as a conductor, leading Edmonton Opera's production of Wagner's Die Walkure.
He is the son of famous Canadian baritone Victor Braun. He is married to pianist Carolyn Maule, with whom he performs regularly.
In 2016, he was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Russell Braun head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Juno Awards | won | |
| — | Officer of the Order of Canada | won |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marguerite_and_Valentin.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2176909seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Braunbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Braun
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Canadian musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Ralph Daily · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q2176909 · MusicBrainz: 824d2b4f-6986-4d4f-a77b-b285a0b05629
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