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b i o g r a p h y...........back to roster....up September 2006 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. 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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