OPERA

Jaap Polak Steal a Pencil For Me Recording (label TBA) Opera Colorado 2022 Dandini La Cenerentola Opera Columbus 2022 Dandini La Cenerentola Annapolis Opera 2021 Dandini La Cenerentola Northern Lights Music Festival 2021 Yuri, Djinn The Shadow on the Wall / Dragon Transfer American Opera Project 2021 voice of Jimmy Smits Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TV) 2021 Morales Carmen Tulsa Opera 2019 Schaunard La Bohème The Dallas Opera 2019 Morales Carmen The Dallas Opera 2018 Morales Carmen Rochester Philharmonic 2018 Jaap Polak Steal a Pencil for Me (premiere) Opera Colorado 2018 Sir James Middlemarch in Spring (premiere) Charlottesville Opera 2017 Malatesta Don Pasquale Sarasota Opera 2016 Schaunard La Boheme Sarasota Opera 2015 Page Amahl and the Night Visitors Ash Lawn Opera 2015 Page Amahl and the Night Visitors Andrea Dorf McGray Ash Lawn Opera 2014 Don Giovanni*, Masetto* Don Giovanni James Darrah/ Martin Katz Merola Opera Company 2014 Maximilian Candide Andrea McGray Ash Lawn Opera 2014 Dreieinigkeitsmoses (Trinity Moses) Aufstieg und der Fall der Stadt Mahagonny Dona Vaughn/ Kynan Johns Manhattan School of Music Opera 2013 Valentin FAUST Carol Castel/ Thomas Muraco Manhattan School of Music Opera 2013 Beaumarchais The Ghosts of Versailles Jay Lesenger/ Steven Osgood Manhattan School of Music Opera 2012 Enrico Lucia di Lammermoor Livia Sabag/ Thomas Muraco Manhattan School of Music Opera 2012 Don Alfonso Cosi fan tutte Dona D. Vaughn/ Israel Gursky Manhattan School of Music Opera 2011 Papageno* Chorus The Magic Flute Dean Williamson/ Jay Lesenger Chautauqua Opera 2011 Miller* Chorus Luisa Miller Joseph Colaneri/ Jay Lesenger Chautauqua Opera 2011 Count Le Nozze di Figaro Keith Chambers New York Lyric Opera 2011 Marcello La Boheme Steven Crawford New York Lyric Opera 2010 Schaunard La Boheme Doug Han/ Dan Cardona Martha Cardona Theater 2010 Antonio Le Nozze di Figaro Joon Park/ Jennifer Williams OSH Opera 2010 Figaro Il Barbiere di Siviglia William Lumpkin/ Sharon Daniels Boston University Opera Institute 2008 Papageno The Magic Flute William Lumpkin/ Albert Sherman Boston University Opera Institute 2008 Marcello La Boheme William Lumpkin/ Sharon Daniels Boston University Opera Institute 2007 Man with a shoe kit/Baritone Postcard From Morocco William Lumpkin/ James Petosa Boston University Opera Institute 2007 Reinaldo Arenas Before Night Falls (J.Martin, world premiere) W Lumpkin/ Beth Greenberg Boston University Opera Institute 2006 Baron Zeta* The Merry Widow Mark Graf/ Nick Alcott Ash Lawn Opera Festival 2006 Earl of Dunmow A Dinner Engagement David Gilbert/ Rhoda Levine Manhattan School of Music 2006 Marquis de la Force Dialogues des Carmelites Thomas Muraco/ Dona Vaughn Manhattan School of Music 2006 Falke Die Fledermaus Judith Fredericks Opera NY 2003 Figaro Le Nozze di Figaro William Berz/ Laura Alley Rutgers Opera Company 2001 Zuniga Carmen Richard Auldon Clark/ Jay Pouhe Rutgers Opera Company 2000 *denotes cover

CONCERT / RECITAL

Opera NJ Concert Series Keith Chambers 2011 Holiday Pops - (Boston Pops Christmas Concerts) Baritone Soloist Boston Pops/ K. Lockhart 2007 Carmina Burana Baritone Soloist Boston University Tanglewood Institute Chorus 2007 Idomeneo chorus Mostly Mozart Festival 1998 Solo Recital Music Festival of the Hamptons East Hampton, NY 2005

EDUCATION / PROGRAMS

Chautauqua Opera Apprentice Artist 2011 Opera NJ Young Artist (concert series) 2011 Boston University, Opera Institute Boston, MA Artist Diploma 2006-2008 Manhattan School of Music New York, NY Master of Music 2004-2006 Boston University, Tanglewood Institute Professor (Voice and Theory) Lenox, MA Summer 2007 Ash Lawn Music Festival Ash Lawn, VA Young Artist Summer 2006 Mason Gross School of the Arts (Rutgers University) NJ, Bachelor of Music 1997-2001

REFERENCES / MENTORS

Mark Oswald voice teacher 2004-current Keith Lockhart conductor Sharon Daniels voice teacher 2006-2008 William Lumpkin conductor/coach Allison Voth opera coach John Keane coach Thomas Muraco coach Jay Lesenger director Patrick Gardner conductor Norman Dello Joio coach Dona Vaughn acting coach/director Carol Rausch coach/conductor Keith Chambers coach, conductor

RECORDINGS/AWARDS

Chautauqua Opera Guild Apprentice Artist Award 2011 GRAMMY AWARD winner (2005 Classical Producer of the Year) (NAXOS) Anthology of Jewish-American Composers Samuel Adler Symphony No. 5 Baritone Soloist

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

  • Fluent in Hebrew
  • Piano (8 years)
  • Stage Combat, Dance, Acting
  • Green Belt (Kempo Kung-Fu)
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