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Terry Cook, bass...

b i o g r a p h y...........back to roster....up September 2011 Bass Terry Cook has appeared with most of the major opera companies and symphony orchestras around the world. He’s known especially for his portrayal of the title role in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. He took part in New York Harlem Productions’ Porgy and Bess in Germany, Norway, Spain and Italy, with the Houston Grand Opera at Opera Bastille and at La Scala, as well as at the Bregenzer Festspiele and in a new production at the Treatro Real in Madrid. Mr. Cook has sung in over twenty productions at the Metropolitan Opera, most recently in La Gioconda, La Fanciulla del West (new production), II Trovatore, Un Ballo in Maschera (telecast on PBS' "Live from the Met") and Les Troyens. Other productions included La Traviata, Billy Budd, ldomeneo, Simone Boccanegra, Samson et Dalila, Aida, Tannhäuser, La Clemenza di Tito, Giulio Cesare, Salome, Porgy and Bess, Semiramide and Parsifal. The 2009/10 season brought his signature portrayal of Crown in Porgy and Bess to the Washington National Opera. He also sang Banquo in Macbeth at the Fresno Grand Opera and appeared with the Atlanta Symphony. In 2008/09 he reprised the role of Crown at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and during 07/08 he sang the title role in Rise for Freedom: The John P. Parker Story (premiere) with Cincinnati Opera, as well as Crown with both National Philharmonic and Fresno Grand Opera. In season 2006/07, Mr. Cook performed the role of Zuane in La Gioconda with the Metropolitan Opera, as Crown in Porgy and Bess with Los Angeles Opera, in a workshop of Hailstork’s We Rise for Freedom: The John P. Parker Story with Cincinnati Opera and Christmas Oratorio with Xalapa Symphony in Mexico. In the Fall of 2005, Mr. Cook sang the role of Crown in Porgy and Bess with the Washington National Opera. In the summer of 2006, he sang Osmin in Mozart’s Zaide, a new, joint production of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, Barbican Centre, London, and Wiener Festwochen, Vienna, directed by Peter Sellars and conducted by Louis Langrée. Orchestral engagements have included the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Atlanta, Seattle, Detroit, Baltimore and Houston Symphonies. Mr. Cook has performed under such esteemed conductors as James Levine, Charles Dutoit, Seiji Ozawa, Erich Leinsdorf, Robert Shaw, Sir Simon Rattle, Pinchas Zukerman, Trevor Pinnock, Sir Colin Davis, Christopher Hogwood, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Gerard Schwarz. Terry Cook's recordings include Beethoven's Choral Fantasy with the Cleveland Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy on London Records and Aida with James Levine for Sony Classical. b i o....r e v i e w s....o p e r a - r e p e r t o i r e o r c h e s t r a - r e p e r t o i r e back to roster...up . . . .

. r e v i e w s..........back to roster....up As Don Giovanni in Don Giovanni - “For he’s very, very, charming, Terry Cook (Don Giovanni), a splendor of sparkling white satin, led the Eugene Opera’s Friday night performance of Mozart’s masterpiece. Stunning, debonair, swashbuckling and seductive, Cook nailed the role of the greatest seducer of all time.” - Ari Seligmann, Eugene Weekly This production featured three fabulous leads, including the magnificent Terry Cook as the Don. . . - Brett Campbell, Eugene Weekly . . . Start with Terry Cook. He had it all – a gorgeous bass voice and accomplished acting skills. His presence was kingly and his every utterance was clear, direct, and full of vitality. He threw himself into the immense title role with such ferocity that when he finally met his match, his fall was satisfying . . . Cook’s stunning performance was marked by a colorful voice so powerful that he could have easily blown everyone else off the stage. - Fred Crafts, The Register-Guard Don Fernando in Fidelio Terry Cook . . . rounded out the concert with their performances of Don Fernando - Jeff Rhoads, Amarillo Globe News Porgy in Porgy and Bess Bass Terry Cook created an endearing Porgy who instantly captured hearts with his beautiful smile and glorious voice. At his first entrance with his well-behaved goat, it was easy to see why the entire population of Catfish Row wanted to help him and protected him from the wicked Bess. His singing of “I Got Plenty of nuthing’” radiated carefree contentment. His “Oh Lawd, I’m on my way” communicated the same feeling of optimism in the face of adversity. In Cook’s characterization, Porgy emerged as a genuine folk hero. - Wilma Salisbury, The Plain Dealer They were hits Wednesday night, as well, especially Cook’s mellow rendition of A Woman is a Sometime Thing, I Got Plenty O Nuttin’ and It Ain’t Necessarily So. This is the song the audience was humming at the intermission of the two-hour concert. - Sally Falk Nancrede, The Indianapolis Star Cook, a Metropolitan Opera regular, sported tones as rich as French-roast coffee throughout the register – and a fair sense of drama to boot. His “I got plenty o’ Nothin” was a knockout. - Robert V. Palmer, Democrat and Chronicle But this is also a strong-acting ensemble. Terry Cook’s Porgy was completely believable – vulnerable but proud and optimistic. - Susan Elliott, New York Post Colline in La Boheme . . . while bass Terry Cook as the scholar/philosopher Colline, created a tension-relieving moment with his Act IV farewell to his overcoat. - Mary Ellyn Hutton, The Cincinnati Post b i o....r e v i e w s....o p e r a - r e p e r t o i r e o r c h e s t r a - r e p e r t o i r e back to roster...up . . . .

. o p e r a - r e p e r t o i r e ..........back to roster....up Beethoven — Fidelio — Don Fernando Bellini — Norma — Oroveso Berlioz — La Damnation de Faust — Brander / Mephistopheles Berlioz — Les Troyens — Hector's Ghost Boito — Mefistofele — Mefistofele Donizetti — Anna Bolena — Enrico VIII Donizetti — Lucia di Lammermoor — Raimondo Gershwin — Porgy and Bess — Porgy Handel — Rinaldo — Argante Handel — Samson — Harapha Joplin — Treemonisha — Simon / Parson Mozart — Die Zauberflöte — The Speaker / Sarastro Mozart — Le Nozze di Figaro — Figaro Mozart — Idomeneo — High Priest of Neptune Mozart — La Clemenza di Tito — Publius Puccini — La Boheme — Colline Puccini — La Fanciulla del West — Jake Wallace Rossini — Il Barbiere di Siviglia — Basilio Rossini — Semiramide — Assur / Oroe Saint-Saëns — Samson et Dalila — Abimelech Verdi — Aida — Ramfis Verdi — Otello — Lodovico Verdi — Rigoletto — Sparafucile Verdi — Simon Boccanegra — Fiesco Verdi — Luisa Miller — Wurm / Count Walter Verdi — Un Ballo in Maschera — Sam Verdi — Il Trovatore — Ferrando Wagner — Parsifal b i o....r e v i e w s....o p e r a - r e p e r t o i r e o r c h e s t r a - r e p e r t o i r e back to roster...up . . . .

. o r c h e s t r a - r e p e r t o i r e..........back to roster....up J.S. BACH St. Mark Passion J.S. BACH St. Matthew Passion J.S. BACH St. John Passion J.S. BACH B Minor Mass J.S. BACH Magnificat J.S. BACH Christmas Oratorio BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy BERLIOZ Messe Solennelle BRAHMS Ein Deutsches Requiem BRUCKNER Te Deum ELGAR Dream of Gerontius FAURE Requiem HANDEL Messiah HANDEL Judas Maccabeus HANDEL Samson JANACEK Glagolithic Mass LAZAROF Choral Symphony No. 3 MAHLER Symphony No. 8 MENDELSSOHN Elijah MOZART Great Mass in C minor MOZART Requiem PROKOFIEFF Ivan the Terrible ROSSINI Petite Messe Solennelle ROSSINI Stabat Mater SCHUBERT Mass No. 6 in E-flat VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Five Mystical Songs VERDI Messa da Requiem WALTON Belshazzar's Feast b i o....r e v i e w s....o p e r a - r e p e r t o i r e o r c h e s t r a - r e p e r t o i r e back to roster...up . . . .