2012-2013
SEASON
March-April 2013
Engagement TBA -- Season Announcement Soon
Opera Company of Philadelphia
www.operaphila.org
Philadelphia,
PA
February-March 2013
Engagement TBA -- Season Announcement Soon
Pittsburgh Opera
www.pittsburghopera.org
Pittsburgh,
PA
September 2012
Engagement TBA -- Season Announcement Soon
Lyric Fest
Laura
Ward, Pianist and Co-founding Artistic Director
www.lyricfest.org
Philadelphia,
PA / Pittsburgh, PA
Friday, July 27
2012
Project
in Collaboration with
The Carnegie Museum of Art
Benjamin Binder, Artistic Director
and
Curatorial Staff of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
www.pghsong.org
www.cmoa.org
Pittsburgh, PA
2011-2012
SEASON
April 9-May 6, 2012
Mozart's THE ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO
(Pedrillo)
Pittsburgh Opera
Lisette Oropesa, Constanze
David Portillo, Belmonte
Paolo Pecchioli, Osmin
Joseph Gaines, Pedrillo
James
Robinson, Stage Director
Antony
Walker, Conductor
www.pittsburghopera.org
Pittsburgh, PA
March 2012
Rachmaninoff's
Vespers (Tenor Soloist)
The Pittsburgh Concert Chorale
Susan Medley, Music Director/Conductor
Saturday,
March 3, 2012, 8:00 p.m.
Ingomar United Methodist Church
Sunday, March 4, 2012, 3:00 p.m.
Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church
www.pccsing.org
Pittsburgh, PA
Sunday, February 12 at 4:00 p.m.
A Bach Tryptich: Three
Cantatas
with Chatham Baroque, the Pittsburgh Baroque Ensemble
and the Calvary Choirs
BWV
21: Ich hatte viel bekümmernis (Tenor Soloist)
BWV 77: Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben (Tenor Soloist)
Calvary Episcopal Church
Alan Lewis, Music Director
www.calvarypgh.org
www.chathambaroque.org
www.pittsburghbaroque.org
Pittsburgh, PA
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 5:30
p.m.
Tenor Soloist
Glenn Lewis, Head of Music
Staff at Pittsburgh Opera, in Recital
Music of Shubert
Four Impromptus, Opus 90
Schubert Lieder, and the "Trout" Quintet.
www.pittsburghopera.org
Pittsburgh, PA
Friday,
December 9, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.
Handel's
MESSIAH, Part I (Tenor Soloist)
St.
Mark's Episcopal Church
Brian-Paul
Thomas, Music Director
www.stmarksnewcanaan.org
New Canaan, CT
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 7:30
p.m.
Mozart's REQUIEM (Tenor
Soloist)
Calvary Episcopal Church
Alan Lewis, Music Director
www.calvarypgh.org
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh Concert Society
Winners Concert
Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 2:30 p.m.
Works by Mozart, Poulenc, Barber, and Cage
with Glenn Lewis, Piano
www.pittsburghconcertsociety.org
Pittsburgh, PA
and
September 2011
Recording for SONO LUMINUS
Domenico Scarlatti's
LA DIRINDINA
Ars Lyrica
Jamie Barton, Mezzo-soprano (Dirindina)
Joseph Gaines, Tenor (Liscione)
Brian Shircliff, Baritone (Don Carissimo)
Matthew Dirst, Music Director
www.arslyricahouston.org
www.sonoluminus.com
Houston, Texas
PAST
SEASONS
2010-2011
SEASON
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Riccitelli's I COMPAGNACCI (Noferi)
Giordano's IL RE (Colombello/cover)
Teatro Grattacielo
David Wroe, Music Director/Conductor
www.grattacielo.org
The Rose Theater / Jazz at Lincoln Center
New York City
Thursday, May 12, 2011
"Illumniations: Music, Poetry and Art"
at
The Carnegie Museum of Art
Sari Gruber, Soprano
Joseph Gaines, Tenor
Benjamin Binder, Piano
Robert Frankenberry, Piano
Benjamin Binder, Artistic Director
and
Curatorial Staff of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
www.pghsong.org
www.cmoa.org
Pittsburgh, PA
Saturday, April 30 - 8:00pm
Sunday, May 1 - 4:00pm
Bach
St. John Passion (aria soloist)
Bach Choir of Pittsburgh
Thomas W. Douglas, Artistic Director
PPG Wintergarden
www.bachchoirpittsburgh.org
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh Concert Society
Annual Competition
Friday, April 15:
Works by Mozart, Poulenc, Barber, and Cage
WINNER
with Glenn Lewis, Piano
2011 Pittsburgh Concert Society Major Auditions
www.pittsburghconcertsociety.org
Pittsburgh, PA
March 26-April 3, 2011
Puccini's TURANDOT
Pittsburgh Opera
Susan Neves, Princess Turandot
Frank Porretta, Prince Calaf
Hao Jiang Tian, Timur
NaGuanda Nobles, Liù
Joseph Frank, Emperor Altoum
Craig Verm, Ping
Joseph Gaines, Pong
Jamie Flora, Pang
Renaud Doucet, Stage Director and Choreographer
Antony Walker, Conductor
www.pittsburghopera.org
Pittsburgh, PA
March 2010
Haydn's The Creation (Uriel)
The Pittsburgh Concert Chorale
Susan Medley, Music Director/Conductor
Saturday, March 5 at 8:00 p.m.
Ingomar United Methodist Church
Sunday, March 6 at 4:00 p.m.
Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church
www.pccsing.org
Pittsburgh, PA
Friday, December 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Handel's MESSIAH
Calvary Episcopal Church
Lily Abreu, Soprano
Susan Schafer, Alto
Joseph Gaines, Tenor
Richard Teaster, Baritone
Alan Lewis, Conductor
with
Chatham Baroque
www.calvarypgh.org
www.chathambaroque.org
Pittsburgh, PA
November 2011
Donizetti's LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
Pittsburgh Opera
Arturo (cover)
Antony Walker, Conductor
www.pittsburghopera.org
Pittsburgh, PA
November 21, 2010
BWV 29 "Wir danken dir, Gott" (Tenor Soloist)
The Choir of Sewickley Presbyterian Church
and members of the
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Craig Dobbins, Conductor
http://www.sewickleypresby.org/
Pittsburgh, PA
October 2010
Fifth Annual Charles A. Lynam Vocal Competition
October 23: SEMI-FINALIST
October 24: FINALIST
University of North Carolina Greensboro Opera Theater
and
The Greensboro Symphony
http://www.uncg.edu/mus/opera/CALVC/index.html
Greensboro, NC
Thursday, October 21, 2010
"A Warhol Life Imagined in Song"
A Recital Featuring Works of
Cage, Barber, Musto, Rorem, Harbison, and Bolcom
Pittsburgh Song Collaborative
A
Special Event for Carnegie Museum Members
at
The Andy Warhol Museum
Joseph
Gaines, Tenor
Benjamin Binder, Piano
and Visual Elements from the Warhol Collection
by Eric Shiner, Curator
5:30
p.m. Reception
6:30 p.m. Performance
www.warhol.org
Pittsburgh, PA
September 2010
Domenico Scarlatti's LA DIRINDINA
Ars Lyrica Houston
Jamie Barton, Mezzo-soprano (Dirindina)
Joseph Gaines, Tenor (Liscione)
Brian Shircliff, Baritone (Don Carissimo)
Matthew Dirst, Music Director
Tara Faircloth, Stage Director
Friday,
September 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Zilkha
Hall, The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
Monday,
September 27 at 7:30 p.m.
San Jacinto College
www.arslyricahouston.org
Houston, Texas
PAST
SEASONS
2009-2010
Summer 2010
Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Goro)
Central City Opera
Matthew Halls, Conductor
Catherine Malfitano, Stage Director
www.centralcityopera.org
Central City, CO
May 24, 2010
** LINCOLN CENTER DEBUT **
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's I GIOIELLI DELLA MADONNA (Cicillo)
Teatro Grattacielo
David Wroe, Music Director/Conductor
www.grattacielo.org
The Rose Theater / Jazz at Lincoln Center
New York City
May 15, 2010
Masterworks of Mozart and Beethoven (Tenor Soloist)
The Combined Choirs of
Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church and
Sewickley Presbyterian Church
Katherine Mueller, Conductor
http://www.sewickleypresby.org/Music_Arts_Events.html
Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church
Pittsburgh, PA
April 24-May 2, 2010
Mozart's LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Don Basilio/Curzio)
Pittsburgh Opera
Oren Gradus, Figaro
Sari Gruber, Susanna
Kevin Glavin, Bartolo
Lindsay Ammann, Marcellina
Zheng Cao, Cherubino
Joseph Gaines, Basilio/Curzio
Michael Todd Simpson, Count
Pamela Armstrong, Countess
Liam Moran, Antonio
Lara Lynn Cottrill, Barbarina
Gary Thor Wedow, Conductor
www.pittsburghopera.org
Pittsburgh, PA
April
18, 2010
Bach's B-Minor Mass (Tenor Soloist)
The
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Betsy Burleigh, Conductor
East Liberty Presbyterian Church
Pittsburgh, PA
www.themendelssohn.org
February
14, 2010
Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 (Tenor Soloist)
Calvary
Episcopal Church
with
Chatham Baroque
and
The Spiritus Collective
Alan Lewis, Conductor
www.calvarypgh.org
Pittsburgh, PA
Saturday,
January 30, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Britten's Serenade (Tenor Soloist)
Charlottesville
Chamber Orchestra
Ian Zook, Horn
Kate Tamarkin, Conductor
www.cvillesymphony.org/
Charlottesville, VA
Thursday,
January 14, 2010
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Stravinsky's THE RAKE'S PROGRESS (Sellem)
The
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
William Burden, Tom Rakewell
Heidi Stober, Anne Trulove
Peter Coleman-Wright, Nick Shadow
Nancy Maultsby, Baba the Turk
Kevin Langan, Trulove
Judith Christin, Mother Goose
Joseph Gaines, Sellem
Edo de Waart, Conductor/Artistic Partner
www.thespco.org
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Handel's MESSIAH (Tenor Soloist)
The Choir of Men and Boys of
St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, NYC
with John Scott, Conductor
www.saintthomaschurch.org
November
19, 2009
Mozart's CORONATION MASS (Tenor Soloist)
Stephen
Concordia, Conductor
Saint Vincent Archabbey
Latrobe, PA
www.saintvincentarchabbey.org
October
24-November 1, 2009
Verdi's FALSTAFF (Dr. Caius)
Pittsburgh Opera
Antony Walker, Conductor
www.pittsburghopera.org
Pittsburgh, PA
Friday, October 2, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Richard Strauss' ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (Scaramuccio)
Indianapolis Opera
www.indyopera.org
Indianapolis, IN
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 8:00p
Igor Stravinsky's Pulcinella (Tenor Soloist)
Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 8:00p
Mozart's Requiem (Tenor Soloist)
Mendocino Music Festival
Allan Pollack, Artistic Director & Conductor
www.mendocinomusic.com
Mendocino, CA
2008-2009
Sunday,
May 10, 2009
Handel's Il Trionfo del Tempo (Tempo)
Ars Lyrica Houston
Matthew Dirst, Music Director
www.arslyricahouston.org
Houston, TX
Friday,
April 24, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Puccini's GIANNI SCHICCHI (Gherardo)
Opera Theater of Pittsburgh
Bernie MacDonald, Conductor
www.operatheaterpittsburgh.org/
Pittsburgh, PA
Saturday,
March 28, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Bach's St. John Passion (Evangelist)
Carnegie
Mellon University
Maria Sensi Sellner, Conductor
www.sellner.org/maria/bio.html
Pittsburgh, PA
Friday,
November 7, 2008
CPE Bach's Der Frühling (Tenor
Soloist)
Ars Lyrica Houston
Matthew Dirst, Director
www.arslyricahouston.org
Houston, TX
Friday,
September 5, 2008
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Handel's Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day (Tenor Soloist)
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Conductor -- Douglas Boyd
www.thespco.org
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
2006-2007
Saturday,
May 19, 2007 at 8:00 p.m.
Haydn's Harmoniemesse
The Bronx Symphony Orchestra
José Alejandro Guzman, Conductor
Lovinger Theater, Lehman College
Bronx, NY
Friday,
May 4, 2007 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 6, 2007 at 2:00 p.m.
Verdi's Falstaff (Bardolfo)
Indianapolis Opera
With the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra
Falstaff -- Timothy Noble
Alice -- Amy Johnson
Conductor -- James Caraher
Stage Director -- Michael Ehrman
Indianapolis, IN
Saturday, March 24, 2006 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 25, 2006 at 4:00 p.m.
Mozart Great Mass in C minor (K.427)
Mozart Litaniae de venerabili altaris Sacramento
(K. 243)
The Master Singers of Westchester
Les Hadsell, Conductor
Bedford, NY
Tuesday,
December 12, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.
and Thursday, December 14, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.
Handel's Messiah
The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys with Concert Royale
Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue
New York City
Saturday, December 2, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.
I Pagliacci (Beppe)
by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Opera Brooklyn
New York City
Saturday, November 18, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.
and Sunday, November 26, 2006 at 3:00 p.m.
Madama Butterfly (Goro)
by Giacomo Puccini
Regina Opera
New York City
Summer 2006
Apprentice Artist, Central City Opera:
Mainstage roles in The Ballad of Baby Doe (Old Miner,
President Chester Arthur, Mayor of Leadville) and L'Incoronazione
di Poppea (Liberto, Soldato)
Central City, CO
2005-2006
Sunday, May 7, 2006 at 3:00 p.m.
The Splendor of Bach: Cantata Fest
Washington Bach Consort, J. Reilly Lewis, Conductor
Schlesinger Performing Arts Center
Alexandria, VA
Saturday, April 1, 2006 at 8:00 p.m.
Handel's Messiah
Atlanta Baroque Orchestra and Several Dancers Core
Antoine Plante, Conductor
The Rialto Center for the Performing Arts
Atlanta, GA
January
through March, 2006
Apprentice Artist, Sarasota Opera:
Concert Scenes include Cosi fan Tutte (Ferrando),
Wuthering Heights (Joseph), and Falstaff (Caius)
Sarasota, FL
Sunday, November 27, 2005 at 5:00 p.m.
J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Parts I & II
(Evangelist & aria soloist)
Houston Bach Society Choir and Orchestra
Christ the King Lutheran Church
Houston, TX
Monday,
September 19, 2005 at 7:30 p.m.
Recital with Tom Jaber, piano
Music of Bach, Britten, Howells, Hahn, Duparc, Kander/Ebb,
Verdi, Vaughn Williams
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Houston, TX
August
2005
World Premiere Recording
"Oratorio sopra la Concettione della Beata Vergine"
by Alessandro Scarlatti
Ars Lyrica Houston
Houston, TX
