I am excited to make a long overdue announcement here that I will be making my debut with Atlanta Opera this fall.  I will be [...]]]> Liebe Grüsse aus Deutschland!  I am writing from Germany, where I am currently traveling a bit and doing some auditions.  The ever adventurous life of an opera singer!

I am excited to make a long overdue announcement here that I will be making my debut with Atlanta Opera this fall.  I will be singing Colline in Puccini’s masterpiece, La Bohème, with performances Oct. 2, 5, 8, and 10.  I am also thrilled to be joining fellow alumni from both schools where I did my undergraduate and graduate degrees.  A fellow member of the Wolfpack at Loyola U. New Orleans, Bryan Hymel will be singing Rodolfo.  Timothy Kuhn, another of the many talents coming out of Indiana University, will be singing Marcello.

It will be a true Bohemian reunion!

In the build up to the VOX Showcase at New York City Opera last week, I was featured on the NYCO blog with a round of questions.  Check it out for insights into the mind of a red [...]]]> Sounds like a middle school game, no?    Well, it’s just about ALMOST as much fun.

In the build up to the VOX Showcase at New York City Opera last week, I was featured on the NYCO blog with a round of questions.  Check it out for insights into the mind of a red headed American bass.

Click the link below.

Questions with Matthew Curran

Yours truly singing Als Büblein klein, Falstaffäs aria from Die Lustigen Weibern von Windsor by Otto Nicolai.

(….and chugging a beer for the cause.)

GRASS

by: Carl Sandburg [...]]]> I just received a new CD of songs by Peter Flint on which I sing one called Grass on a text of Carl Sandburg.  I really like the song and am very pleased with how the recording came out.  For information on the music and how to purchase, visit www.avianmusic.com

GRASS

by: Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)

ILE the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo,

Shovel them under and let me work–

I am the grass; I cover all.

And pile them high at Gettysburg

And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.

Shovel them under and let me work.

Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:

What place is this?

Where are we now?

I am the grass.

Let me work.

Have a listen.

Grass by Peter Flint

text by Carl Sandburg

Enjoy.

I am very pleased to be joining the New York Virtuoso Singers for an amazingly unique and interesting program of contemporary choral music.  Not only we will be singing in English, Latin, German and Portuguese, and some sort of ancient greek, we’ll be accompanied on different pieces by a trombone choir and what [...]]]>

I am very pleased to be joining the New York Virtuoso Singers for an amazingly unique and interesting program of contemporary choral music.  Not only we will be singing in English, Latin, German and Portuguese, and some sort of ancient greek, we’ll be accompanied on different pieces by a trombone choir and what is said to be one of the best saxophone quartets in the world, The Raschèr Saxophone Quartet.

In a program of contemporary choral music, the ensemble of singers will only be 12 people, so it should make for a beautiful and intimate sounding of these very complex and intriguing works. Furthermore, the acoustics in the beautiful church where we’re performing are fantastic.  This should prove to be a unique and rare musical experience of the utmost caliber.

The Details:

For a Google Maps look at the location, click here.

For further information and tickets, visit The New York Virtuoso Singers website.

January 10th and 16th.

I am very much looking forward to singing a fantastic role in Susanna, an oratorio by Handel on the apocryphal tale of Susanna and the elders (Book of [...]]]>

January 10th and 16th.

A Gripping Tale of Blackmail and Lies that Threaten to Send an Innocent Young Woman to her Death .  .  .

I am very much looking forward to singing a fantastic role in Susanna, an oratorio by Handel on the apocryphal tale of Susanna and the elders (Book of Daniel).  This is the same story on which the great American opera, Carlyle Floyd’s Susanna is also based.

I will be joining the Hudson Valley Singers and the New York Metamorphoses Orchestra as the 2nd Elder with two awesome arias among other numbers and a whole mess of bad intentions.  Performances are on Sunday, January 10 in White Plains, NY and Saturday, January 16 in New York City.  For more information, visit the Hudson Valley Singers website.

AOP presents the true story of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis who battled [...]]]> I am very much looking forward to returning to the role of Ignaz Semmelweis in this performance with American Opera Projects at the Galapagos Arts Space in the “Dumbo” area of Brooklyn.  It’s a great piece and a wonderful role for me.

AOP presents the true story of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis who battled the
19th-century European medical establishment and his own personal demons to convince the world he had discovered what was killing mothers at a horrific rate.

This a really cool, unique venue.  Enjoy cocktails in a space with an ultra chill vibe and lounge seating over water!  You can check out their photo tour here.

For more information and tickets, visit here.

I will be singing the role of The Player in a workshop performance of scenes from this Opera in Progress.  Based on the play by Tom Stoppard, the opera is being written by Herschel Garfein.  These performances will be conducted by Steve Osgood and directed by Mark Morris.  For more info on the [...]]]>

I will be singing the role of The Player in a workshop performance of scenes from this Opera in Progress.  Based on the play by Tom Stoppard, the opera is being written by Herschel Garfein.  These performances will be conducted by Steve Osgood and directed by Mark Morris.  For more info on the performances, check out the American Opera Projects website.
Friday, November 20 & Saturday November 21, 2009 – 4 PM

Mark Morris Dance Center
3 Lafayette Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11217

ADMISSION: $20.00

Tickets go on sale Oct 1, 2009.