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| Gregory Mercer, tenor... | |
b i o g r a p h y...........back to roster....up March 2008 “An elegant and high-spirited tenor, whose singing is both suave and full-throated, he handled the score’s luscious melodies beautifully.” American tenor Gregory Mercer has been hailed throughout the world for the clarity and agility of his voice, his musicality and his acting ability. He is equally at home on opera, concert and recital stages. Highlights for 2007/08 include a Carmen concert at the Hollywood Bowl, the role of Beppe in I Pagliacci at the Belleayre Music Festival and engagements at the Asheville Choral Society and at the Quick Center of St. Bonaventure University. Last season, Mercer was Pang in Turandot with both Kentucky Opera and Westfield Symphony, Remendado in Carmen with Princeton Summer Music Festival. He performed Beethoven’s Mass in C with both Clarion Music Society and St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dubois’ Seven Last Words with St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Charpentier’s Midnight Mass with Fairfield County Chorale, Handel’s Joshua with Great Neck Choral Society, Bach’s Mass in B-Minor with Westchester Choral Society, Gounod’s St. Cecilia Mass with Long Island Diocesan Choir and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with MYO at Avery Fisher Hall. Among the many opera companies in the United States with whom he has sung are The Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera’s Western Opera Theater, Virginia Opera, L’Opera Francais de New York, Orlando Opera, Kentucky Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera Delaware, Opera Festival of New Jersey, Skylight Opera Theatre, Connecticut Grand Opera and Opera Roanoke. Overseas, he has appeared at the opera companies of Amsterdam, Monte-Carlo, Basel, Graz, Caracas and Prague, with whom he also toured Japan. A superb concert artist as well, Mercer has been featured with many major orchestras, including The Saint Luke’s Chamber Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Chicago’s Grant Park Symphony, Grenoble Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Rhode Island Philharmonic and the Westchester Philharmonic. Choral groups include Musica Sacra, Oratorio Society of New York, New York Choral Society, Dessoff Choirs, Pro Arte Choral, Princeton Pro Musica, Amor Artis, National Chorale, Baltimore Handel Choir, Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus and the Barnard-Columbia Chorus. He has also sung at several music festivals, such as the Tanglewood, Art Park, Stern Grove, Besancon, Brevard, Winter Park, Bard, Monadnock and Berkshire Choral Festivals. His television credits include appearances on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, German National Television, Czech National Television and Yugoslav National Television. He has recorded for the Albany, Caedmon, Vox, Koch, New World and Original Cast record labels. Gregory Mercer is assistant conductor, cantor and tenor soloist at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City and on the conducting and voice faculty at Hofstra University on Long Island. |
o p e r a - r e p e r t o i r e...........back to roster....up (All roles have been performed) Beeson — LIZZIE BORDEN — Harrington Bernstein — CANDIDE — Candide Bernstein — TROUBLE IN TAHITI — Trio Bizet — CARMEN — Remendado Bizet — JOLIE FILLE DE PERTH — Henri Borodin — PRINCE IGOR — Vladimir Britten — BURNING FIERY FURNACE — Misael Britten — DEATH IN VENICE — Gondolier/Boat Boy Britten — TURN OF THE SCREW — Quint Busoni — DOKTOR FAUST — Lieutenant/Student/Spirit Castelnuovo-Ted. — TOBIAS AND THE ANGEL — Tobias Cimarosa — MATRIMONIO SEGRETO — Paolino Corigliano — GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES — Ghost Quartet Donizetti — DON PASQUALE — Ernesto Donizetti — ELISIR D'AMORE — Nemorino Floyd — SUSANNAH — Hayes, Gleaton Floyd — MICE AND MEN — Curley Gluck — IPHIGENIE EN AULIDE — Achille Janacek — CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN — Golden Mane Janacek — EXCURSIONS OF MR. BROUCEK — Miroslav/Harfoboj/Taborite Lehar ? LUSTIGE WITWE ? Camille Leoncavallo — PAGLIACCI — Beppe Liebermann — PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY — Dorian Monteverdi — INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA — Soldier Mozart — COSI FAN TUTTE — Ferrando Mozart — DON GIOVANNI — Ottavio Mozart — ENTFUEHRUNG A.D. SERAIL — Belmonte, Pedrillo Mozart — IDOMENEO — Arbace, High Priest Mozart — JEWEL BOX — Pedrolino Mozart — NOZZE DI FIGARO — Basilio, Curzio Mozart — SCHAUSPIELDIREKTOR — Vogelgesang Mozart — ZAIDE — Gomatz Mozart — ZAUBERFLOETE — Tamino Nicolai — LUSTIGEN WEIBER — Fenton Offenbach — BELLE HELENE — Paris Offenbach — POMME D'API — Gustave Pasatieri — SIGNOR DELUSO — Leandre Puccini — GIANNI SCHICCHI — Rinuccio, Gherardo Puccini — MADAMA BUTTERFLY — Goro Puccini — MANON LESCAUT — Edmondo Puccini — TOSCA — Spoletta Puccini — TURANDOT — Pong Purcell — DIDO AND AENEAS — Sailor Ravel — ENFANT ET LES SORTILEGES — Mathematics/Teapot/Frog Rimsky-Korsakov — GOLDEN COCKEREL — Astrologer Rimsky-Korsakov — MOZART AND SALIERI — Mozart Rossini — BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA — Almaviva Rossini — CENERENTOLA — Ramiro Rossini — ITALIANA IN ALGERI — Lindoro Rossini — TURCO IN ITALIA — Narciso Schnittke — LIFE WITH AN IDIOT — Lenin Strauss, J. — FLEDERMAUS — Alfred Strauss, J. — NACHT IN VENEDIG — Duke Strauss, R. — ROSENKAVALIER — Singer, Innkeeper Strauss, R. — ELEKTRA — Young Servant Stravinsky — NIGHTINGALE — Fisherman Stravinsky — RAKE'S PROGRESS — Tom Sullivan — H.M.S. PINAFORE — Ralph Sullivan — IOLANTHE — Tolloller Sullivan — PIRATES OF PENZANCE — Frederic Tchaikovsky — IOLANTA — Almeric Thomson — LORD BYRON — Murray Verdi — FALSTAFF — Bardolfo, Caius Verdi — RIGOLETTO — Borsa Verdi — STIFFELIO — Raffaele Verdi — TRAVIATA — Alfredo, Gastone Weinberger — SCHWANDA THE BAGPIPER — Judge Zimmermann — SOLDATEN — Young Count b i o......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 c o n d u c t o r s.... r e v i e w s. 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 (* Indicates works performed) Argento — Six Elizabethan Songs * Bach — Cantatas * Bach — Christmas Oratorio Bach — Magnificat * Bach — Mass in B Minor * Bach — Saint John Passion * Bach — Saint Matthew Passion * Beethoven — Adelaide * Beethoven — Missa Solemnis * Beethoven — Mount of Olives Beethoven — Ninth Symphony * Berlioz — Childhood of Christ Berlioz — Damnation of Faust Berlioz — Nuits d'ete Berlioz — Requiem * Berlioz — Te Deum * Britten — Les Illuminations Britten — Saint Nicolas * Britten — Serenade * Britten — Spring Symphony * Britten — War Requiem Bruckner — Te Deum * Bruckner — Masses * Carissimi — Jeptha Carter — In Sleep, In Thunder Charpentier — Lessons of Tenebre * Charpentier — Midnight Mass * Dubois — Seven Last Words Dvorak — Requiem Dvorak — Stabat Mater * Elgar — Dream of Gerontius Elgar — Kingdom Faure — Bonne chanson * Finzi — Dies Natalis Finzi — Farewell to Arms Foss — Measure for Measure * Foss — Parable of Death * Frank — Beatitudes Gounod — Redemption Gounod — Solemn Mass * Handel — Acis and Galatea Handel — Cecilia, volgi un sguardo Handel — Israel in Egypt * Handel — Judas Maccabaeus * Handel — Look Down, Harmonious Saint Handel — Messiah * Handel — Samson Haydn — Creation * Haydn — Seasons * Haydn — Seven Last Words * Haydn — Masses * Honegger — Joan of Arc Honegger — King David * Ives — Celestial Country * Liszt — Faust Symphony Loeffler — Five Irish Fantasies Mahler — Lied von der Erde Mendelssohn — Elijah * Mendelssohn — Hymn of Praise Mendelssohn — Saint Paul Monteverdi — Vespers of 1610 Mozart — Requiem * Mozart — Masses * Mozart — Misero, o sogno Mozart — Per pieta, non ricercate * Orff — Carmina Burana * Parker — Hora Novissima Puccini — Messa di Gloria Purcell — Ode for Saint Cecilia's Day Purcell — Rejoice in the Lord Alway Rachmaninoff — The Bells Respighi — Laud to the Nativity * Rossini — Petite Messe Solonnelle * Rossini — Stabat Mater * Saint-Saens — Christmas Oratorio * Schubert — Masses * Schutz — Christmas Oratorio * Stravinsky — Les Noces Stravinsky — Oedipus Rex Sullivan — Light of the World Sullivan — Prodigal Son Tchaikovsky — Romeo et Juliette * Thomson — Five Songs for Orchestra Tippett — Songs for Dov * Vaughn Williams — Hodie Vaughn Williams — Holy City Vaughn Williams — Four Hymns * Vaughn Williams — Mass in G * Vaughn Williams — On Wenlock Edge * b i o......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 c o n d u c t o r s.... r e v i e w s. back to roster...up . . . . |
. c o n d u c t o r s...........back to roster....up (Partial list) Abel — Andretta — Atherton — Bartoletti — Bedford — Bergman Bicket — Boder — Bohn — Bozic — Conlin — Conlon — Coppola Crawford — Decormier — Dorneman — Dunkel — Effron — Foss Fulton — Goodwin — Griffiths — Harvey — Janiec Kaiser — Keene — Lano — Levine — Lipton — Maderna Manahan — Marvin — Massey — Mercurio — Nadler Nagano — Nelson — Nierenberg — Rhodes — Robertson Rostrapovich — Rumstadt — Seiffart — Slade — Spano Steichen — Stenz — Tauriello — Taylor — Tiboris — Trifan Trittle — Venzago — Von Dohnanyi — Woitach — Woodside b i o......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 c o n d u c t o r s.... r e v i e w s. back to roster...up . . . . |
. r e v i e w s...........back to roster....up "A suave, full throated, resonant tenor Both elegant and high spirited beautifully handled A convincing and exciting performance!" NEW YORK TIMES "His brilliant, seductive tenor voice shone exquisitely obvious discipline and training An astonishing, romantic acting ability irresistable gestures!" SALZBURGER NACHRICHTEN "A handsome, unforced lyric tenor A rich, full voice used with dignity and elegance Technical virtuosity plus heart — felt conviction" CALGARY HERALD "A wonderful Mozart tenor! refined and consistent Intelligently controlled, yet strongly expressive" OPERNGLAS, HAMBURG "A round and velvety tenor voice with a natural, clear production His acting was radiant and thoroughly convincing." OPERA INTERNATIONAL, PARIS "He sang with gentle finesse, an uncloying sweetness and vocal security" LOS ANGELES TIMES " Bel canto singing A fiery Italian temperament His artistry was undeniably apparent" PRAGUE NEWS " stylish Mozart A flexible, attractively colored voice nicely centered" PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER "His singing was solidly cultivated and musically polished. hilarious comic acting!" WASHINGTON POST "A stunning tenor voice! Great comic versatility" WASHINGTON REVIEW "A natural, focused and secure voice intelligently handled An extraordinarily charming presence Moving entertainment at its best!" GRAZ NEUE ZEITUNG "Easy, refined and polished vocalism Rich shading and nuance with dramatic and expressive accents" GRAZ KLEINE ZEITUNG "A beautiful, pure voice Thoroughly rich and resonant impeccable pitch An extraordinarily insightful artist and musician!" ST. PETERSBURG TIMES "An obvious vocal beauty and ease irreproachable musicality A truly extraordinary style perfect and delectable!" GRENOBLE DAUPHINE "Lit up the performance! Expressive and nuanced singing every note a pleasure" NEWARK STAR — LEDGER "A beautiful lyric voice A responsive and subtle instrument confidence with lack of ostentation" ORLANDO SENTINEL "A beautiful, focused and disciplined tenor voice" RHEINISCHER MERKUR, FRANKFURT "Agile coloratura and secure high notes" OPERNWELT, FRANKFURT "A light, floating, honeyed tenor tailor — made for Rossini" SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER "A pleasant, clear, light tenor voice used with style and personality" BOSTON GLOBE "Heroically handled Rossini's fiendishly difficult writing" PRAGUE POST "Mastered Rossini's very high tenor range" PRAGUE DAILY TELEGRAPH "Mastered the many vocal and acting demands" PRAGUE THEATER NEWS "A light, perfectly constructed tenor voice and good interpretation" WIEN STANDARD "A masterfully cultivated and refined lyric tenor" OBEROESTEREICHE ZEITUNG, LINZ "Beautifully floated and spun high notes" NEW YORK DAILY NEWS "Expressive and spirited singing" NEW YORKER MAGAZINE "An expert characterization effective and convincing" CONNECTICUT POST, BRIDGEPORT "The most handsome Rossini tenor I have seen or heard" STAMFORD ADVOCATE b i o......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 c o n d u c t o r s.... r e v i e w s. back to roster...up . .  . . |