Michael Dean, bass-baritone
Highlights of Opera Engagements (Recent and Future):
Le nozze di Figaro Figaro New York City Opera
De Vlaamse Opera
Glimmerglass Opera
Don Giovanni Leporello New York City Opera
Don Giovanni Landestheater Linz
Masetto Cincinnati Opera
Die Zauberflöte Papageno New York City Opera
The Rake’s Progress Nick Shadow Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Street Scene Frank Maurrant Pittsburgh Opera
Of Mice and Men George New York City Opera
Arizona Opera
Opera Grand Rapids
Eugene Onegin Gremin Opera Company of Philadelphia
La Bohème Colline Opera du Rhin, Strasbourg
Orlando Opera
Komische Oper Berlin
Il Viaggio a Rheims Don Alvaro New York City Opera
Ernani Silva Landestheater Linz
Acis and Galatea Polyphemus Opera da Camera Linz
Agrippina Pallante Göttingen Handel Festival
Claudio Opera da Camera Linz
Ottone Emireno Göttingen Handel Festival
Radamisto Tiridate Göttingen Handel Festival
Serse Ariodate Göttingen Handel Festival
Tolomeo Araspe Göttingen Handel Festival
Lizzie Borden Jason McFarlane New York City Opera
Live from Lincoln Center
Il Turco in Italia Selim Long Beach Opera
La Fanciulla del West Ashby De Vlaamse Opera
Il Barbiere di Siviglia Fiorello Dallas Opera
Lucia di Lammermoor Raimondo Western Opera Theater
Gianni Schicchi Betto Landestheater Linz
Partenope Arsace Skylight Opera
Highlights of Concert Engagements (recent and future):
Bach: Magnificat Toronto Symphony (Helmuth Rilling)
Columbus Symphony (Alessandro Siciliani)
Bach: St. John Passion Baltimore Choral Arts (Thomas Hall)
Bach: St. Matthew Passion Phoenix Symphony (Hermann Michael)
Choral Arts Society of Washington
Bach: B minor Mass Alabama Symphony (Richard Westerfield)
Bach: Cantatas Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (Helmuth Rilling)
Beethoven: Mass in C Houston Symphony
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Los Angeles Philharmonic (Lawrence Foster)
Cimarosa: Il Maestro di Cappella Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman)
Handel: Messiah Pittsburgh Symphony (Robert Page)
Baltimore Symphony (Edward Polochick)
Alabama Symphony (Richard Westerfield)
Apollo’s Fire (Jeannette Sorrell)
Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman)
Musica Sacra (Richard Westenburg)
Pacific Symphony (Mark Mandarano)
The Virgin Consort (Kyler Brown)
Haydn: Creation Choral Arts Society of Washington (Norman Scribner)
Kernis: Garden of Light New York Philharmonic (Kurt Masur)
Monteverdi: Marienvespers Opera da Camera Linz (William Mason)
Monteverdi: L’Orfeo Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman)
Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman)
Mozart: Requiem Brucknerorchestra (Martin Sieghart)
Carnegie Hall, Collegiate Chorale
Prague Radio Orchestra (Johannes Wetzler)
Buffalo Philharmonic (JoAnn Falletta)
New Hampshire Music Festival
Mozart: Coronation Mass New Jersey Symphony (Zdenek Macal)
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Philharmonia Baroque (Nicholas McGegan)
The Folger Consort (Christopher Kendall)
Verdi: Requiem Singapore Symphony (Lan Shui)
Prague Radio Orchestra (Johannes Wetzler)
Weill: Street Scene New York Philharmonic (Leonard Slatkin)
Recordings:
Handel Agrippina Cappella Savaria Harmonia Mundi
Ottone Freiburg Baroque Harmonia Mundi
Radamisto Freiburg Baroque Harmonia Mundi
Giustino Freiburg Baroque Harmonic Mundi
Serse Hanover Band BMG
Messiah Cleveland Baroque APF Records
Purcell Dido and Aeneas Philharmonia Baroque Harmonia Mundi
Burt Und Gott der Herr United Philharmonic NMC Europa
Teaching Experience:
New England Conservatory Voice Faculty 2001 to 2004
Private Studio New York 1997 to present
Vienna 1995 to 1997
Master Classes San Francisco Conservatory
Carnegie Mellon University
Musikhochschule, Linz
SUNY Fredonia
Education:
Curtis Institute of Music Performances Certificate in Opera
San Francisco Conservatory Voice Major
UC Santa Barbara Voice Major
Instituto per Stranieri, Perugia Advanced Italian Studies
Hochschule Linz, Austria Advanced German Studies
Apprenticeship:
Merola Opera Program 1989, 1990