ENGAGEMENTS
Upcoming 2012 Engagements
March 18: Bass Soloist, Mozart “Requiem” and Clausen “Requiem”, DCINY, Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY
May 12, 15, 17, 20: Orpheus (Telemann), New York City Opera, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
May 18: World Premiere, Songs by Osnat Netzer on poetry of Dennis Lee with David Friend, piano, Dr. Faustus, WMP Concert Hall, New York, NY
July 26, 28, 30: Judge Turpin, Sweeney Todd, Aspen Music Festival, Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, CO
August 16, 18: Meyer Wolfsheim, The Great Gatsby, Aspen Music Festival, Wheeler Opera House, Aspen, CO
2011-2012 Season
October 23: New Music Potluck with Osnat Netzer, piano, Rhymes with Opera
November 11 - 13: Il Commendatore, Don Giovanni, MetroWest Opera
January 15: Don Basilio, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Vero Beach Opera
January 20 & 22: Don Basilio, Il barbiere di Siviglia, First Coast Opera
January 29: Don Basilio, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Florida Opera Theatre
Summer 2011
June 28 - 29: Bass II, Renard, Tanglewood
July 10: An Evening of Opera and Song directed by Mark Morris, Tanglewood
July 23: Recital of French Songs with Alexander Bernstein, piano, Tanglewood
August 3: “Never Again the Same” (Wuorinen) with Jose Francisco Martínez Antón, tuba, Tanglewood
August 14: Songs by Blitzstein and Niles with Carlin Ma, piano, Tanglewood
August 18 - 20: Bass II, Renard, Mostly Mozart
August 25: Prince Gremin, Eugene Onegin, Opera Slavica
2010 - 2011 Season
September 18: Ogro, El gato con botas, Gotham Chamber Opera
October 1 - 10: Ogro, El gato con botas, Gotham Chamber Opera
January 9: Peter & Brian’s Father, Two Boys (Muhly), Met/LCT Opera/Theater Commissions
March 14: World Premiere, “Songs of Terror and Love” (Corcoran), North/South Consonance
April 9: Bernard the Bull, Where the Wild Things Are, New York City Opera
Summer 2010
July 10: Tanglewood Recital of Duparc Songs with Leslie Davis, mezzo-soprano and Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, piano
August 1, 2 & 4: Truffaldin, Ariadne auf Naxos, Tanglewood
August 15: Bernard the Bull, Where the Wild Things Are, Tanglewood
2009 - 2010 Season
October 11: Brian’s Father, Two Boys (Muhly), Met/LCT Opera/Theater Commissions
November 12, 14 & December 9: Professor Bruno, The Theory of Everything (Earnest), Encompass New Opera Theatre
January 29, 31 & February 5, 7: Olin Blitch, Susannah, Opera at Rutgers
March 3: Concert of Handel arias, operamission
May 16: Caliban, The Enchanted Island (Sams), Met/LCT Opera/Theater Commissions
Summer 2009
July 30: Arkel, Pelléas et Mélisande, IVAI Israel
2008 - 2009 Season
October 10, 11: Il Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Nashville Opera
December 20: Bass Soloist, “Messiah”, Los Angeles Symphony
January 15, 16: Third Guard, Antony and Cleopatra, New York City Opera
May 2: Guido, Car Crash Opera, New York City Opera VOX
Summer 2008
July 27, 30: Sarastro, Die Zauberflöte, IVAI Israel
2007 - 2008 Season
October 19, 21, 27: Sciarrone, Tosca, Opera Cleveland
January 23, 25, 27: T. J. Rigg, Elmer Gantry, Peak Performances
March 27, 31 & April 4, 8, 12: Fifth Gambler (Cover), The Gambler, The Metropolitan Opera
May 10: Mr. F, The Officers, New York City Opera VOX
Summer 2007
July 14, 18, 27 & August 2, 8, 17: Vierter Schäfer, Daphne, The Santa Fe Opera
July 28 & August 1, 10, 16, 22: Jupiter (Cover), Platée, The Santa Fe Opera
August 12: Il Commendatore, Don Giovanni (Act I), The Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Showcase Scenes
August 19: Allazim, Zaïde (Act I Trio), The Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Showcase Scenes
2006 - 2007 Season
October 6: Sing for Hope: A Juilliard Vocal Arts Alumni Gala
November 18, 19, 21: Il Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Maryland Opera Studio
March 23, 24: Il Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Southern France Festival
April 20, 22, 28: Fünfter Jude, Salome, Opera Cleveland
May 12: T. J. Rigg, Elmer Gantry (Octet), New York City Opera VOX
May 12: Bass Soloist, the endings (Johnson), New York City Opera VOX
Summer 2006
July 22, 26 & August 4, 10, 16: Zweiter Soldat, Salome, The Santa Fe Opera
July 29 & August 2, 11, 17: Stefano (Cover), The Tempest (Adès), The Santa Fe Opera
August 13: John Claggart, Billy Budd (Act II, Scene 2), The Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Showcase Scenes
2005 - 2006 Season
September 7, 10, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24: Zweiter Diener, Capriccio, New York City Opera
September 21: Bass Soloist (Cover), Mozart “Requiem”, The New York Symphonic Ensemble
November 16, 18, 20: Peter Quince, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Juilliard Opera Center
March 24: Giove, La Calisto, Juilliard Opera Theater
April 16, 18, 20, 22: Polyphemus (Cover), Acis and Galatea, New York City Opera
April 26, 28, 30: Goldsmith, Miss Lonelyhearts (Liebermann), Juilliard Opera Center
May 5: Graduation Recital, The Juilliard School
May 12: Osmin, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Juilliard Opera Theater
May 17: Il Commendatore, Don Giovanni (Act II), Juilliard Opera Theater
Summer 2005
July 9: John Claggart, Billy Budd (Act I, Scene 3), Aspen Opera Theater Center
July 12, 14, 16: Badger & Priest, The Cunning Little Vixen, Aspen Opera Theater Center
July 22: Kammersänger, Intermezzo, Aspen Opera Theater Center
2004 - 2005 Season
November 23: John Claggart, Billy Budd (Act I, Scene 3), Juilliard Opera Theater
November 23: Haly, L’italiana in Algeri (Act I finale), Juilliard Opera Theater
February 16, 18: Simone, Gianni Schicchi, Juilliard Opera Theater
April 27, 29 & May 1: “Red Indian”, The Bartered Bride, Juilliard Opera Center
Summer 2004
July 15, 18, 21: Osmin, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Aspen Opera Theater Center
July 31: Mustafà, L’italiana in Algeri (Act I finale), Aspen Opera Theater Center
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As Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, International Vocal Arts Institute in Tel Aviv
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