Resumé
Opera Engagements
| Adamo | The Ghost | AVOW | UA Opera Theatre, Tuscaloosa, AL |
| Argento | Bass roles | POSTCARD FROM MOROCCO | Chamber Opera of Boston, MA |
| Bizet | Le Majordome | LA JOLIE FILLE DE PERTH | L’Opera Francais de New York, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center (Yves Abel, Cond.) |
| Bizet | El Dancaïro | CARMEN | Central City Opera, CO (Stephen Crout, Cond.) |
| Britten | Starveling | A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Piccolo Teatro dell’Opera, NY (Anton Coppola, Cond.) |
| Britten | Noye | NOYE’S FLUDDE | St. Paul’s Chamber Orchestra, Boston |
| Ching | Professor Henry | RSBE: REMOVE SHOES BEFORE ENTERING + | UA Opera Theatre (Laurie Rogers, Cond., Paul Houghtaling, Dir.) |
| Donizetti | Don Pasquale | DON PASQUALE | Opera Huntsville, Alabama; Tacoma Opera (Benton Hess, Cond., David Bartholomew, Dir.) |
| Donizetti | Dulcamara | L’ELISIR D’AMORE | Opera Birmingham (Tyson Deaton, Cond, Keturah Stickann, Dir.) |
| Floyd | Elder McLean | SUSANNAH | Marble City Opera, Knoxville, TN (Andy Anderson, Cond., Matt Haney, Dir.) |
| Glass | Laughing Sun | THE WITCHES OF VENICE + | Philip Glass/Euphorbia Prod./LaScala Corps de Ballet, NY |
| Glück | Arcas | IPHIGENIE EN AULIDE | L’Opera Francais de New York at Alice Tully Hall |
| Handel | Somnus/Cadmus | SEMELE | Anchorage Opera, AK (Chas Rader-Shieber, Dir.) |
| Haydn | Creonte | L’ANIMA DEL FILOSOFO (“Orfeo”) (Excerpts) | Bard Music Festival, NY (Leon Botstein, Cond.) |
| Haydn | Nanni | L’INFEDELTA DELUSA | Bard Music Festival/American Symphony Orch. |
| Hoiby | Sebastian | THE TEMPEST (Workshop) + | Des Moines Metro Opera (Robert Larsen, Cond.) |
| Kalmanoff | Ichneumon Fly | THE INSECT COMEDY + | Center for Contemporary Opera, NY, (Lou Galterio, Dir.) |
| Landers | Murphee | LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN + | UA Opera Theatre, Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra (Adam Flatt, Cond.; Paul Houghtaling, Dir.) |
| Menotti | Melchior | AMAHL & THE NIGHT VISITORS | Merrimack Lyric Opera, MA |
| Menotti | Lavander Gas | HELP! HELP! THE GLOBOLINKS! | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston |
| Menotti | Bob | THE OLD MAID & THE THIEF | Chamber Opera of Boston, MA (Patricia Weinman, Dir.) |
| Mozart | Papageno | DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE | Abilene Opera, TX, (Louis Burkot, Cond.);Teatro Lirico d’ Europa (Musica 2001 France & Spain tours); Rimrock Opera (Billing, MT) |
| Mozart | Der Sprecher | DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE | Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman, Cond.) |
| Puccini | Benoit / Alcindoro | LA BOHÈME | First Coast Opera (Curtis Tucker, Cond.); Opera Las Vegas (Joshua Horsch, Cond.) |
| Puccini | Angelotti | TOSCA | Mobile Opera (Bernard McDonald, Cond.; Paul Houghtaling, Dir.); Opera Las Vegas (Joshua Horsch, Cond., Octavio Cardenas, Dir.); Druid City Opera (Richard Masters, Cond.) |
| Puccini | Colline | LA BOHÈME | Abilene Opera, TX (Louis Burkot, Cond., Ron Luchsinger, Dir.) |
| Puccini | Marco | GIANNI SCHICCHI | Metropolitan Opera Guild, NY (Amy Kaiser, Cond.) |
| Puccini | Sacristan | TOSCA | Prism Opera Showcase, NY (George Garrett Keast, Cond.) |
| Purcell | Aeneas* | DIDO AND AENEAS | Mark Morris Dance Group, BAM, NY; (Nicholas McGegan, Cond.) |
| Rossini | Dandini | LA CENERENTOLA | Oswego Opera Theater, NY |
| Shostakovich | Speculant | THE NOSE | The Santa Fe Opera (Edo de Waart, Cond.) |
| * Cover | + Premiere |
Operetta & Theater Engagements
| . . . . | Soloist | LET’S FALL IN LOVE | Tuscaloosa Symphony, Alabama (Adam Flatt, Cond.) |
| . . . . | Soloist | DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND | Tuscaloosa Symphony, Alabama (Adam Flatt, Cond.) |
| . . . . | Soloist | AFTER THE LION ROARED: Great Songs from Great Movies | Harmony Hall Regional Center, MD; various New York area cabaret venues |
| . . . . | Soloist | OPERA BUFFA: Comedy on Stage | Lincoln Center “Meet the Artists”, NY |
| . . . . | Soloist | SHALL WE DANCE:Great Duets from the Best of Broadway | Abilene Philharmonic, TX (Shinik Hahm, Cond.) |
| . . . . | Soloist | MUSICAL CONFECTIONS: Opening Night Gala (Music of Berlin, Gershwin, Porter) | Anchorage Opera |
| Barab | Aaron Blunder | THE TOY SHOP | Baltimore Opera Touring Theatre |
| Bernstein | Maximillian | CANDIDE | Oswego Opera Theatre, NY;Mobile Opera, AL (Andy Anderson, Cond.) 2010 |
| Bernstein | Chip | ON THE TOWN | Westfield Symphony, NJ (Brad Keimach, Cond.) |
| Charlap/Styne | Captain Hook | PETER PAN | Abilene Opera (Denis Segond, Cond., Ron Luchsinger, Dir.) |
| Friml | Hard Boiled Herman | ROSE-MARIE | Central City Opera, CO (Dorothy Danner, Dir.; Francis Graffeo, Cond.) |
| Gesner | Snoopy | YOU’RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN | Natchez Opera Festival, MS |
| Gilbert & Sullivan | Major General | THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE | Knoxville Opera, TN (Carroll Freeman, Dir.);Anchorage Opera, AK (Stephen Sulich, Cond., Brad Carroll, Dir.);Colorado Symphony (Duaine Wolfe, Cond.); Gulf Coast Symphony, FL (Andrew Kurtz, Cond., Jonathan Loy, Dir.); Opera Mississippi (Arthur Bosarge, Music Director) |
| Gilbert & Sullivan | Ko-Ko | THE MIKADO | Lake George Opera (John Stephens, Dir., William Boggs, Cond.); Anchorage Opera (Brad Carroll, Dir.); Opera Northeast/National Savoyards (Midwest Tour); Natchez Festival of Music, MS (Jennifer Hart, Cond.); Opera Mississippi (Jay Dean, Cond.) |
| Gilbert & Sullivan | Dick Deadeye | H.M.S. PINAFORE | Anchorage Opera, AK (Daniel Kleinknecht, Cond., Bill Fabris, Dir.) |
| Gilbert & Sullivan | Sir Joseph | H.M.S. PINAFORE | Nashville Opera (2008) (Jerome Shannon, Cond., William Florescu, Dir.) |
| Gilbert & Sullivan | Soloist | THE BEST OF GILBERT & SULLIVAN | Erie Philharmonic, PA Johnstown Symphony, PA Indiana Symphony, PA Opera Northeast (tour) |
| Gilbert & Sullivan | Soloist | THE HILARIOUS WORLD OF GILBERT & SULLIVAN | Opera Mississippi |
| Gilbert & Sullivan | Soloist | THE MAGIC OF G & S | Abilene Philharmonic, TX (Shinik Hahm, Cond.) |
| Harper | El Greco | EL GRECO + | Intar Theatre, NY (Off-Broadway) |
| Herbert | Hendrik | THE RED MILL | Red Barn Playhouse, MI |
| Lehár | Njegus | THE MERRY WIDOW | Opera East Texas (Scott York, Cond.); Boston Concert Opera (Tad Motyka, Dir.); Abilene Opera, TX (Louis Burkot, Cond. Ron Luchsinger, Dir.); Anchorage Opera, AK (Stephen Sulich, Cond.) |
| Offenbach | Mathieu | LE VIOLONEUX | Orch. of St. Luke’s, NY (Miguel Harth-Badoya, Cond.) |
| Porter | Soloist | NIGHT AND DAY: Songs of Cole Porter | Harmony Hall Regional Center, MD |
| Romberg | Benny | THE DESERT SONG | Boston Concert Opera (David Stockton, Cond.) |
| Romberg | Lutz | THE STUDENT PRINCE | Natchez Opera Festival, MS (Stanley Garner, Dir.) |
| Schmidt/Jones | El Gallo | THE FANTASTICKS | Iraklion Festival, Crete, Greece |
| Strauss/Korngold | Wesseley | WALZER AUS WIEN | Bard Music Festival/American Symphony Orchestra, NY |
| Strauss | Pali * | THE GYPSY BARON | New York Philharmonic (Kurt Masur, Cond.) |
| Strauss | Frank | DIE FLEDERMAUS | Ensemble Theatre of Cambridge, MA |
| Wright | Pony Soldier | GHOST DANCE + | Long Beach Civic Light Opera/NAMTP |
| * Cover | + Premiere |
Oratorio & Concert Solo Engagements
| Bach, J.S. | CANTATAS (70+), ST. JOHN PASSION, ST. MATTHEW PASSION, B-MINOR MASS, MAGNIFICAT, CHRISTMAS ORATORIO, MISSA BREVI | Helena Symphony (Allan R. Scott, Cond.); Orch. of St. Luke’s “Cantatas in Context” Series (Mary Greer, Cond.); St. Cecilia Chorus and Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, NY (David Randolph, Cond.); Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity, NY; BachWorks, NY (Bradley Brookshire and Anthony Newman, Conds.); Miami Bach Society; BaroqueWorks at Merkin Hall, NY; Bach Society of Worcester, MA; Columbia University, NY; Bach Aria Festival and Institute, NY; Hudson Valley Chorus & Orchestra, NY; Miami Bach Society, FL; Boston Premiere Ensemble; Meetinghouse Chorale, CT; Swanhurst Chorus, RI; Sarah Lawrence College, NY; Canticum Novum, NY; Concord Chorus, MA; Long Island Baroque, American Classical Orchestra; University of Alabama |
| Handel | MESSIAH, JUDAS MACCABEUS, DETTINGEN TE DEUM, ISRAEL IN EGYPT, DIXIT DOMINUS, SAMSON | Blacksburg Master Chorale, VA (Dwight Bigler, Cond.); Billings Symphony, MT (Uri Barnea, Cond.); Miami Bach Society, FL; Bach Society of Worcester, MA; Mid-America Productions at Carnegie Hall, NY; Columbia University, NY; Amor Artis (Johannes Somary, Cond.); Meistersingers of Hattiesburg (Jay Dean, Cond.); Mississippi College (Beth Everett, Cond.) |
| Haydn | L’ANIMA DEL FILOSOFO (“Orfeo”); LORD NELSON MASS, CREATION MASS, MASS IN TIME OF WAR, THERESA MASS, THE CREATION (Adam) | Bard Music Festival, NY (Leon Botstein, Cond.); St. Cecilia Chorus, NY (David Randolph, Cond); Mastersingers of Worcester, MA; Island Chamber Symphony, NY; Merrimack Valley Chorale, MA |
| Mozart | REQUIEM, SOLEMN VESPERS, C MINOR MASS, CORONATION MASS, REGINA COELI, various MISSA BREVI | Holy Cross College, MA (2004 and 2006), Masterworks Chorale, Boston (Allan Lannom, Cond.); St. Cecilia Chorus at Carnegie Hall, 2002 (David Randolph, Cond.); New York Chamber Symphony at Alice Tully Hall (Martin Turnovsky, Cond.); American Classical Orchestra, CT (Thomas Crawford, Cond.); LaGrange Symphony, Georgia (Richard Prior, Conductor) |
| Beethoven | MASS in C | Tufts University, MA;St. Cecilia Chorus, NY;Holy Cross, MA |
| Berlioz | ROMÉO ET JULIETTE | New Bedford Symphony, MA |
| MESSE SOLENNELLE | St. Cecilia Chorus, NY (David Randolph, Cond.) | |
| L’ENFANCE DU CHRIST (Polydorus) | St. Paul’s Chamber Orchestra, Boston | |
| Brahms | VIER ERNSTE GESÄNGE; LIEBESLIEDER WALZER | The University of Alabama Chamber Music Series; UA Faculty Quartet |
| Copland | OLD AMERICAN SONGS | Hunter Symphony, NY |
| Duruflé | REQUIEM | Alabama Symphony, Birmingham (Philip Copeland, Cond.) |
| Elgar | CORONATION ODE | Holy Cross College Choir, Guest Artist, MA (Bruce Miller, Cond.) |
| Fauré | REQUIEM | Canticum Novum (tour of France), Concord Chorus, MA; Newton Choral Society, MA St. Cecilia Chorus, NY Alabama Symphony (Fawzi Haimor, Cond.) |
| CAFÉ D’AMOUR (also songs of Ibert, Bizet, Chausson) | Alaska Dance Theater (concept by Paul Houghtaling) | |
| Gounod | MESSE SOLENNELLE | St. Cecilia Chorus, NY (David Randolph, Cond.) |
| Haydn, Michael | REQUIEM | St. Cecilia Chorus, NY (David Randolph, Cond.) |
| Mendelssohn | BEGRÜSSUNG (American Premiere) | CUNY Graduate Center, NY |
| Monteverdi | VESPERS | St. Luke in the Fields, NY; Concord Chorus, MA |
| Puccini | MESSA di GLORIA | St. Cecilia Chorus (David Randolph, Cond.) |
| Schubert | MASS in A FLAT (No. 5), STABAT MATER | St. Cecilia Chorus (David Randolph, Cond.) |
| Shostakovich | SYMPHONY No. 14 | Manhattan Virtuosi Chamber Symphony, NY (Elaine Rinaldi, Cond.) |
| Stravinsky | L’HISTOIRE DU SOLDAT | University of Alabama |
| Telemann | DER SCHULMEISTER (soloist and stage director) | Long Island Baroque Ensemble |
| Thomson | SONGS OF VIRGIL THOMSON | Harvard Group for New Music (Gunther Schuller, Cond.) Brooklyn Philharmonic Thomson Fest, NY (Anthony Tommasini, piano) |
| Vaughan-Williams | DONA NOBIS PACEM | Holy Cross College Choir, MA, Guest Artist (Pamela Getnick, Cond.) |
| Walton | FAÇADE | University of Alabama Faculty Chamber Series |
Early Music Ensembles
Recordings and performances of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque solo and chamber repertoire throughout the United States including:The Waverly Consort — U.S. tours of The Christmas Story, including Kennedy Center performances, and recording on Waverly label.My Lord Chamberlain’s Consort — Performances of Renaissance lute songs (complete books) by Dowland, Morley, Johnson and others at the Cloisters of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other New York and national series.The Folger Consort — Missa Mapa Mundi: Spanish Music from the Age of Exploration at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.Ensemble for Early Music — Herod and the Innocents, and other Fleury Playbook liturgical dramas, throughout the United States, and in residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City.Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity — Soloist on historic Bach Cantata series with period instrument ensemble; second oldest series of Bach Cantatas in liturgical context in North America; recordings on Augsburg Fortress label.BachWorks/BaroqueWorks — Bach Cantata performances at Merkin and Weill Halls, conducted by Bradley Brookshire and Anthony NewmanClarion Music — Variety of Renaissance and Baroque repertoire, conducted by Newell Jenkins and FrederickHammond, including complete books of Monteverdi madrigals, and productions of John Blow’s Venus and Adonis at the Kaye Playhouse in New York and Marazzoli’s La Fiera di Farfa.Les Enterprises Occitanes — Songs of the Troubadours at the Cloisters of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, conceived and directed by Susan Melvoin Martin through support of Fulbright Foundation; performed in original Provencal dialect and in new English translations.Long Island Baroque Ensemble — Across the Border, Baroque Music from Poland in Celebration of the Founding of St. Petersburg Russia, with members of Ensemble Rebel; solo cantatas of Bach and Telemann (soloist and stage director) Amor Artis Baroque Orchestra — Handel, Samson and Judas Maccabeus, with period instrument ensemble, conducted by Johannes Somary
Recordings
| Arkel | PELLEAS AND MELISANDE | Debussy | Virginia Tech, multi-media grant awardee, recording | 2021 |
| Voss and Stage Director | THE PHYSICISTS (DVD) (chamber opera by Dag Gabrielsen) | Gabrielsen | Connelly Theatre, NYC | 2014 |
| Soloist | I AM (motet by John Ratledge) | University of Alabama Singers | BAMAVOX | 2010 |
| Vocals | NAQOYQATSI (movie soundtrack by Philip Glass) | Philip Glass Ensemble | SONY | 2002 |
| O.J. Simpson | NICOLE & THE TRIAL OF THE CENTURY (opera by Anthony Newman) | Albany Records | 2000 | |
| Soloist | THE CHRISTMAS STORY | The Waverly Consort | Waverly | 1999 |
| Laughing Sun | THE WITCHES OF VENICE (ballet by Philip Glass/Beni Montresori) | La Scala Corps de Ballet | Euphorbia/Looking Glass | 1995 |
| Soloist | THE MASK / ROMANCERO GITANO (Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco) | New York Concert Singers | New World Records | 1998 |
| Soloist | DIVINE GRANDEUR (cantatas by Robert Beaser) | New York Concert Singers | New World Records | 1997 |
| Soloist | RESPONSORIA (Richard Toensing) | St. Luke in the Fields | Albany Records/North South | 1998 |
| Soloist | A CEREMONY OF CAROLS (works of Howells, Britten, Schütz, Scheidt and others) | St. Luke in the Fields | Prospect Classics | 1997 |
| Papageno | DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE | Teatro Lirico d’Europa | Bulgarton | 1994 |
| Back-up Vocals | VERY (Pet Shop Boys) | EMI | 1992 |
Contemporary Music
Premieres and performances of new works by both American and International composers (Dag Gabrielsen, Chambliss Giobbi, William Harper, Martin Kalmanoff, Debra Kaye, Rodney Lister, Anthony Newman, Peter Robles, Amelia Rogers, Andy Vores, Amir Zaheri, others) with several ensembles and producing organizations including Composers in Red Sneakers, Harvard Group for New Music, Dinosaur Annex, ALEA III, Playwright’s Platform, New Dramatists, Friends and Enemies of New Music, New Music (Boston), Nu-Classix (Boston), North/South Consonance and others.
| Bilbao, Beatrice | MADAKA (NY premiere) | American Composers’ Orchestra, Sonidos de las Americas Festival. Weill Hall at Carnegie, NY |
| Cage | APARTMENT HOUSE 1776 | Cage Celebration (Norton Lectures w/ John Cage), Boston |
| Crumb | SONGS, DRONES & REFRAINS OF DEATH | Alea III, Boston (Theodore Antoniou, Cond.) |
| Davies | EIGHT SONGS FOR A MAD KING | Alea III, Boston (Theodore Antoniou, Cond.); New England Cons. Contemporary Ens., Boston (Guest Artist, Stephen Drury, Cond.); CUNY Graduate Center (Scott Ethier, Cond.) University of AL Contemporary Ens. (Amir Zaheri, Cond.) |
| Davies | LE JONGLEUR DE NOTRE DAME | Dinosaur Annex, Boston |
| Davies | THE YELLOWCAKE REVIEW | Boston New Music Fest, staged in the Cabaret of Boston Marriott |
| Gabrielsen, Dag | THE PHYSICISTS (DVD recording) | NYC, Connelly Theatre |
| Glass | THE WITCHES OF VENICE | Looking Glass Studios/Euphorbia |
| Glass | MARRIAGE BETWEEN ZONES 3, 4 AND 5 | Demo Recording, Looking Glass |
| Glass | NAQOYQATSI (Movie soundtrack) | Philip Glass Ensemble, SONY |
| Ligeti | AVENTURES | New England Conservatory Contemporary Ens., Boston |
| Koukos, Pericles Sirota, Robert Koroupos, George Goodman, John | CONROY’S OTHER SELVES THE CLEVER MISTRESS LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD SIMPLE SIMON | The Kalamata Festival, The Iraklion Festival, ALEA III Festival of New Musicals by Greek & American Composers. Produced for Greek National Television, Athens, Kalamata, Iraklion (Crete), Greece |