Dominic Armstrong

Dominic Armstrong is a tenor on the rise. A graduate of both The Curtis Institute and The Juilliard School, Mr. Armstrong has performed a vast range of operas in many styles. From the early music of Cavalli, to the contemporary works of Argento, to the standards of Mozart, Donizetti, and Puccini, and even the musical theatre of Bernstein and Loesser, Dominic has continued to successfully prove his vocal versatility. Mr. Armstrong has performed with The Opera Company of Philadelphia, Opera Theatre St. Louis, the Chauteauville Opera Residency, and The Wolf Trap Opera as a member of the Filene Young Artists. He has also been seen in concert with the Kansas City Symphony, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Chautauqua Youth Orchestra, the Curtis Orchestra, the University of Missouri Orchestra, and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, as a Grand Finalist in the 2008 National Council Auditions.

Returning to New York City Opera during 2012/13, Armstrong will portray Peter Quint in Britten’s Turn of the Screw.

Season 2011/12 saw him join the Opera Gala of the Johnstown Symphony and portray Eisenstein in Opera Memphis’s production of Die Fledermaus as well as return to Chicago Opera Theater as Sergei in Shostakovich’s opera Moscow, Cheryomushki.

Last season, he made his debut at New York City Opera as Francois in A Quiet Place, Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore with Musica Viva (Hong Kong), Alredo in La Traviata with Toledo Opera and Peter Quint in Turn of the Screw at the Castleton Festival.

During 2009/10 he appeared as Count Almaviva in The Ghosts of Versailles at Wexford Festival Opera, Parpignol in La Bohème at Deutsche Oper Berlin, and several roles at Opera Regio Torino.

At the end of the 2008/09 season, Mr. Armstrong made his debut with Chicago Opera Theatre as Tito in La Clemenza di Tito with Diane Paulus conducting and Christopher Alden directing. During the summer he returned to both Castleton and Wolf Trap, where he reprised Macheath in The Beggar's Opera, and portrayed Ulisse in Claudio Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria.

As comfortable in art song as he is in opera, Mr. Armstrong has performed many recitals in a variety of venues, including as a member of the Steans Institute with the Ravinia Festival, and as a guest recitalist for Opera Theatre of St. Louis, NATS Midwest Region, and the French Embassy in Washington, D.C. He has also appeared in art song masterclasses with tenor Matthew Polenzani, director Frank Corsaro (as a participant in Marilyn Horne's The Song Continues... series) and recently participated in a masterclass series with baritone Roberto de Candia in Treviso, Italy.

In addition to being named a Grand Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Mr. Armstrong has also won prizes from The Sullivan Foundation, the Opera Index Competition, George London Scholarship Competition, the SAI Vocal Competition, NATS Regional and District Competitons, and was the first two-time winner of Truman State University's Gold Medal Aria Competition. Most recently, Mr. Armstrong won first prize in the Liederkranz Art Song Division, and the William Boldyga & Betty Myers Incentive Award in the Annapolis Opera Competition.

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