OPERA

• Kaspar, Der Freischütz
             Bayerische Staatsoper  (Munich), 2021   ***
• Adahm, Die Ersten Menschen, Stephan   ***
             Dutch National Opera  (Amsterdam), 2021   
• Méphistophélès, Le Damnation de Faust, Berlioz
            Dutch National Opera (Amsterdam), 2021  (Canceled - COVID)
• Figaro, Le Nozze di Figaro
            Dallas Opera, 2021 (Canceled - COVID)
            Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona), 2008 & 2016 
            Staatsoper Berlin, 2014
            Festival d'Aix-en-Provence (France), 2012
            Lyric Opera of Chicago, 2010
            Lyric Opera of Boston, 2007
            Royal Opera Covent Garden (London), 2006
            Opera di Genova (Italy), 2005
            Opera Pacific (Costa Mesa), 2005
            New York City Opera, 2004
            Indiana Univ. (Bloomington), 1998
• St. François d'Assise, St. François d'Assise
            Grand Théâtre de Genève, 2020 (Canceled - COVID)
• Escamillo, Carmen
•           Metropolitan Opera (New York), 2012, 2016, 2018, 2020 (Canceled- COVID)
            San Francisco Opera, 2006, 2019
            Teatro Real (Madrid), 2003 & 2017
            Chorégies d’Orange (France), 2015
            Minnesota Opera (Minneapolis), 2015
            Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, 2014
            Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich), 2010, 2011 , 2014
            Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Tokyo, 2011
            Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona), 2011
            Lyric Opera of Chicago, 2000, 2010, 2011
            Los Angeles Philharmonic, 2010
            Dutch National Opera (Amsterdam), 2009
            Royal Opera Covent Garden (London), 2008
            Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, 2004
            Washington National Opera (DC), 2002
            Michigan Opera Theatre (Detroit), 2001
            Orlando Opera, 2001
            Dayton Opera, 1999
            New Jersey State Opera (Newark), 1999
• Villains, Les Contes d'Hoffmann
            New National Theatre Tokyo (Japan), 2020 (Canceled - COVID)
            Staatsoper Hamburg (Germany), 2007
            Washington National Opera (DC), 2001
            Indiana Univ. (Bloomington), 1996
• Leporello, Don Giovanni
            Washington National Opera (DC), 2020
            Staatsoper Hamburg, 2019
            Opéra National de Lyon, 2018
            Dallas Opera, 2018
            NHK Symphony (Tokyo), 2017
            Santa Fe Opera, 2016
            Canadian Opera Company (Toronto), 2015 
             Lyric Opera of Chicago, 2014 
            Houston Grand Opera, 2013
            Teatro Real (Madrid), 2013
            Festival d'Aix-en-Provence (France), 2010 & 2013
            Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich), 2013
            Metropolitan Opera (New York), 2012
            Royal Opera Covent Garden (London), 2007 & 2008
            Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona), 2008
            Los Angeles Opera, 2007
            Glimmerglass Opera (Cooperstown), 2003
            Michigan Opera Theatre (Detroit), 2003
            Kentucky Opera (Louisville), 2003
            Opera Pacific (Costa Mesa), 2002
            Madison Opera, 2001
• Golaud, Pelléas et Mélisande
            Metropolitan Opera (New York), 2019
            Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Paris), 2017
            Opernhaus Zürich (Switzerland), 2016
• Nick Shadow, The Rake's Progress
            Dutch National Opera (Amsterdam), 2018
            Festival d'Aix-en-Provence (France), 2017
            Royal Opera Covent Garden (London), 2010
• Méphistophélès, Faust
            Opernhaus Zürich (Switzerland), 2013 & 2016
            Lyric Opera of Chicago, 2009
            Minnesota Opera (Minneapolis), 2009
            Michigan Opera Theatre (Detroit), 2004
• King of Scotland, Ariodante, Lyric Opera of Chicago, 2019
• Count Rodolfo, La Sonnambula,  Opernhaus Zürich  (Switzerland), 2019
• Selim, Il Turco in Italia
            Opernhaus Zürich (Switzerland), 2019
            Indiana Univ. (Bloomington), 1997
• Zoroastro, Orlando
            The English Concert, 2016
            Royal Opera Covent Garden (London), 2007
• Somnus & Cadmus, Semele, Canadian Opera Company (Toronto) at Brooklyn Academy of Music, 2015
• Basilio, Il Barbiere di Siviglia
            Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich), 2015
            Lyric Opera of Chicago , 2014
            Houston Grand Opera, 2011
            Greensboro Opera, 2001
            Connecticut Opera (Hartford), 1999
• Pharaon, Moïse et Pharaon (Rossini), Collegiate Chorale (NYC), 2011
  
• Enrico VIII, Anna Bolena, Minnesota Opera (Minneapolis), 2012
• Mr. Flint, Billy Budd, Metropolitan Opera (New York)
• Don Fernando, Fidelio
            National Symphony Orchestra (Washington D.C.), 2012
            Houston Grand Opera, 2011
• Alidoro, La Cenerentola, Canadian Opera Company (Toronto), 2011
• Raimondo, Lucia di Lammermoor, Madison Opera, 2008
• Angelotti, Tosca
•           Metropolitan Opera (New York), 2006
            Greensboro Opera , 1999
• Henrik, Maskarade, Royal Opera Covent Garden (London), 2005
• Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni
            Minnesota Opera (Minneapolis), 2006
            Indiana Univ. (Bloomington), 1996
• Sprecher, Zauberflöte
            Washington National Opera (DC), 2005
            Royal Opera Covent Garden (London), 2005
• Masetto, Don Giovanni, Lyric Opera of Chicago, 2004
• Guglielmo, Così fan Tutte, Opera Pacific (Costa Mesa), 2004
• Frère Laurent, Roméo et Juliette, Madison Opera, 2003
• Oroveso, Norma, Washington National Opera (DC), 2003
• Colline, La Bohème
            Opera Pacific (Costa Mesa), 2002
            Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, 2002
            Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, 2001
            Madison Opera, 2000
            Michigan Opera Theatre (Detroit), 2000
• Abimelech, Samson et Dalila, Washington National Opera (DC), 2005
• Ferrando, Il Trovatore, Madison Opera, 2002
• Ashby, La Fanciulla del West, Canadian Opera Company (Toronto), 2001
• St. Peter, Too Many Sopranos, by Edwin Penhorwood, Cedar Rapids Opera, 2000 WORLD PREMIERE
• Bonzo, Madama Butterfly, Opera Company of North Carolina (Raleigh), 2000
• Araldo, Otello, Opera Orchestra of New York, 2000
• Don Magnifico, La Cenerentola, Indiana Univ. (Bloomington), 1999
• Zuniga, Carmen, Greensboro Opera, 1998
• Fred Graham/Petruchio, Kiss Me Kate, Indiana Univ. (Bloomington), 1998
• Sciarrone, Tosca, Kentucky Opera (Louisville), 1998
• Gremin, Eugene Onegin, Indiana Univ. (Bloomington), 1997
• Fiorello, Sergeant, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Cincinnati Opera, 1997
• Deputy, Don Carlo, Kentucky Opera (Louisville), 1996
• Antonio, The Marriage of Figaro, Des Moines Metro Opera, 1995
• King René, Iolanta, Tchaikovsky, Univ. of Iowa (Iowa City), 1995
• Adonis, Venus and Adonis, John Blow, Univ. of Iowa (Iowa City), 1994
• Phanuel, Hérodiade, Massenet, Univ. of Iowa (Iowa City), 1994
• Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Quad City Mozart Festival (Rock Island, IL), 1994
• Micha, The Bartered Bride, Smetana, Univ. of Iowa (Iowa City), 1993
• Fiorello & Ambrosius, The Barber of Seville, Cedar Rapids Symphony, 1993

*** upcoming engagement

CONCERT

• Méphistophélès, Le Damnation de Faust, Berlioz
            Les Siècles (Paris), 2018
            St. Louis Symphony, 2009
• Dona Nobis Pacem, Vaughan Williams, Milwaukee Symphony, 2016
• Master Peter's Puppet Show , de Falla
            The Knights at Tanglewood, 2015
            Los Angeles Philharmonic, 2006
• The Messiah , Handel
            St. Louis Symphony, 2005 & 2015
            Chicago Symphony Orchestra , 2015
             Colorado Symphony (Denver), 2014
             Mormon Tablernacle Choir , 2014
             National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa), 2009
•           Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, 2009
            Richmond Symphony, 2000
            St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, 1999
            Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, 1995
• Ninth Symphony , Beethoven,
            Grand Teton Music Festival (Wyoming), 2009
            National Academy of Santa Cecilia (Rome), 2005
            Los Angeles Philharmonic, 2003
            Pacific Symphony Orchestra (Costa Mesa) with the Pacific Chorale (Costa Mesa), 1999
            Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, 1996
            Lafayette Symphony (IN), 1998
• Requiem ,  Mozart
            Colorado Symphony (Denver), 2014 
            Seattle Symphony, 2006
            Marion Philharmonic (IN), 1999
• C-Minor Mass , Mozart
            Madison Symphony, 2006
            Indiana Univ. (Bloomington), 1996
            Univ. of Iowa (Iowa City), 1994
• German Requiem , Brahms
            San Francisco Symphony, 2011
            Indiana Univ. (Bloomington), 1999
            Marion Philharmonic (IN), 1997
• Christmas Spectacular
            Madison Symphony Orchestra, 2011, 2018
• Requiem , Verdi
            Grant Park Music Festival (Chicago), 2011
            Madison Symphony, 2002 & 2009
            St. Louis Symphony, 2009
            Pasadena Symphony, 2001
            Bach Chorale Singers/Orchestra (Lafayette, IN), 1997
            Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, 1997
• Lélio , Berlioz
            Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 2010, 2011
            Los Angeles Philharmonic, 2004
• Harmoniemesse, Haydn
            St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, 2011
            Cleveland Orchestra, 2006
• Requiem, Dvorák, Grant Park Music Festival, 2010
• Scenes From Goethe's Faust, American Symphony Orchestra (New York), 2010
• Stars of Lyric Opera at Millennium Park - Free Concert Sponsored by the Lyric Opera of Chicago, 2009
• Pulcinella , Stravinsky, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 2009
• Creone & Messenger, Oedipus Rex, Stravinsky, London Philharmonia Orchestra, 2008
• Mozart Opera Highlights
            Monteverdi Orchestra (London), 2006
            Scottish Chamber Orchestra at the BBC Proms (Royal Albert Hall, London), 2006
• Roméo et Juliette , Berlioz, National Orchestra of France (Paris) , 2006
• Eighth Symphony , Mahler, Madison Symphony, 2005
• The Creation , Haydn
            Music of the Baroque (Chicago), 2004
            Oratorio Society of New York, 1999
            Southwest Florida Symphony (Ft. Meyers), 2001
            Carmel Symphony (Indianapolis), 1998
            Indiana Univ. (Bloomington), 1995
• Cinq reflets au l’Amour de loin , Kaija Saariaho, Los Angeles Philharmonic, 2004
• Christmas Oratorio , Bach, Indiana Univ. (Bloomington), 1998
• Te Deum , Dvorák, Anderson Symphony (IN), 1997
• St. Matthew Passion , Bach, Indiana Univ. (Bloomington), 1997
• Mass of the Sea , Paul Patterson, Univ. of Iowa (Iowa City), 1995
• Pilate, St. John Passion, Bach, Univ. of Iowa (Iowa City), 1995
• Virgin Islands Young Artist Recital Series (St. Thomas), 1993
• Requiem , Fauré, Mount St. Clare College (Ashford University, Clinton, IA), 1991
  

AWARDS

• Maria Callas Award, Dallas Opera, 2018
• Winner of Richard Tucker Music Foundation Career Grant, 2003
• National Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, 1998
• Finalist in Placido Domingo'sOperalia 2000 World Opera Contest in Los Angeles
• Winner of George London FoundationCareer Grant, 1999
• Winner of Sullivan Musical Foundation Career Grant, 1998
• First Place, Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation Vocal Competition, 2000
• First Place, Liederkranz Foundation Awards for Voice, 2000
• First Place, Opera Index Career Grant Auditions, 1998
• First Place, MacAllister Awards, 1999
• First Place (& Audience Choice Award), Marguerite McCammon Vocal Competition, Fort Worth Opera, 1999 - Read an article about this competition.
• First Place, Connecticut Opera Guild Annual Scholarship Auditions, 1999
• First Place, MacAllister Awards, College Division, 1997
• First Place, National Opera Association Competition, 2003
• Second Place, Orfeo 2000 International Singing Competition, Hannover Staatsoper, Germany, 2000
• Second Place (& Audience Choice Award), Eleanor McCollum Competition, Houston Grand Opera, 1999
• Third Place, Loren L. Zachary Society Vocal Competition, 2000
• Third Place, Jensen Foundation Voice Competition, 2000
• Third Place, Rehfuss Singing Actor Awards, Orlando Opera, 1998
• Finalist & Dutch Song Prize Winner, Dutch International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch, 2002

EDUCATION

• Master of Music , Indiana University, coursework completed May 1999
• Bachelor of Music , University of Iowa, May 1995

TEACHERS

• Scott McCoy , 2008-present
• Giorgio Tozzi , Indiana University, 1995-2000
• Albert Gammon, University of Iowa, 1991-1995