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b i o g r a p h y...........back to roster....up January 2011 Grammy nominee, bass-baritone Stephen Bryant’s distinguished career in concert and opera has taken him around the world, with acclaimed performances in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Of his performance in the title role of Giulio Cesare, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote "Stephen Bryant sings Caesar’s music with a solid baritone sound that contains enough metal (and mettle) to suggest the strength of a great warrior." He was nominated for a Grammy for "Best Opera Recording" in Tan Dun's Marco Polo on Opus Arte in December 2009. Engagements in the 2011/12 season promise Tan Dun’s Water Passion with the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart as well as a return to South Dakota Symphony with Haydn’s Creation. Highlights of the past season included a Verdi Requiem with the Washington National Opera Orchestra under the auspices of the Defiant Requiem Foundation, and Messiah with the South Dakota Symphony. He was also part of the productions of A Quiet Place and Strauss’ Intermezzo at New York City Opera and returned to Spoleto Festival USA as Mr. Gobineau in The Medium. The 2009/10 season offered a performance of Messiah with the Indianapolis Symphony, the role of Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte with the Jacksonville Symphony, an evening of arias with the Wyoming and Bozeman symphonies, and appearances with the Canterbury and Asheville choral societies, as well as the Fairfield County Chorale. He also appeared at the Spoleto Festival USA as Old Hob in Flora or Hob in the Well by John Hippisley. Among previous seasons’ engagements figure Tan Dun’s Marco Polo at De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam, a Messiah with the Peniel Concert Choir in Avery Fisher Hall, Mendelssohn’s Elijah with Canterbury Choral Society and A Sea Symphony with Asheville Choral Society. He also sang Frank in Die Fledermaus with the Belleayre Festival. He also sang Messiah with the Pensacola Symphony and the Eugene Concert Choir, the Mozart Requiem with Princeton Pro Musica and the Verdi Requiem with the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus. Mr. Bryant has sung with the New York City Opera, the San Francisco Opera, the Santa Fe Opera, the Indianapolis Opera, and other companies of renown. In performance with major orchestras from The New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra, to the Israel Philharmonic and Japan Philharmonic, Bryant has delighted audiences with a repertoire spanning from Mozart and Verdi to Virgil Thomson and Stewart Wallace. "Bryant stormed the heavens with his large and commanding instrument," said New York Newsday of his performance in Handel’s Messiah. His numerous appearances in Handel’s Messiah include collaborations with the Pittsburgh Symphony and Musica Sacra at Carnegie Hall. The Bass-baritone’s frequent performances of Mendelssohn’s Elijah include appearances with the New York Philharmonic under Maestro Kurt Masur, and the Philadelphia Orchestra under Wolfgang Sawallisch. Mr. Bryant’s repertoire extends from Bach and Handel to today’s most prominent composers including Tan Dun. In standard repertoire, the Bass-baritone has performed Colline in La bohème (Indianapolis Opera), Leporello in Don Giovanni (Mobile Opera), Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte (Berkshire Opera), Escamillo in Carmen (Opera North), Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro (Madison Opera), the Bonze in Madama Butterfly (San Francisco Opera), and Capulet in Roméo et Juliette at (Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Michigan Opera Theatre, and Chautauqua Opera). He will be performing the role this fall with Toledo Opera as well. Additionally, Bryant has performed roles in a number of contemporary operas including Robert Gonzales in Stewart Wallace’s Harvey Milk (San Francisco Opera and New York City Opera), George Milton in Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men (Arizona Opera), Indiana Elliot’s brother in Virgil Thomson’s The Mother of Us All (Santa Fe Opera), and covered Claggart in Britten’s Billy Budd (San Francisco Opera). A premiere interpreter of the works of Academy Award-winning composer Tan Dun, Bryant created the role of Dante in the world premiere of the opera Marco Polo. He reprised the role at London’s Barbicon Center for a performance broadcast by the BBC. Numerous other performances include appearances at the Munich Biennale, the Holland Festival in Amsterdam, the Hong Kong Arts Festival, New York City Opera, the Japan Philharmonic in Tokyo, Settembre Musica in Torino, Italy, and at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in Scotland. The Times of London referred to the " . . . unearthly overtone singing, brilliantly accomplished by Stephen Bryant." Stephen holds a Bachelor’s from Oberlin and a Master’s from the University of Michigan. On the voice faculty at William Paterson University, he lives in Montclair, New Jersey with his wife Caryl, and their two sons, David and Andrew. b i o.....r e v i e w s back to roster...up

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