The American bass Arthur Woodley has been acclaimed for his performances in both opera and concert.
This season, Mr. Woodley returns to the Seattle Opera for its productions of
Fidelio, La Cenerentola, and
La Bohéme, and creates the role of Emille Griffith in the world premiere of Terrance Blanchard’s
Champion at the Opera Theater of St. Louis.
Mr. Woodley has appeared with prestigious opera companies all over the U.S. including the San Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Dallas Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Pittsburgh, Opera, and the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. His many roles have included Varlaam in
Boris Godunov, Bartolo in
Le nozze di Figaro, the Four Villains in
Les Contes d’Hoffman, Kuno in
Die Freischütz, Banquo in
Macbeth, Nick Shadow in
The Rake’s Progress, Sulpice in
La Fille du Régiment, Leporello in
Don Giovanni, Rocco in
Fidelio, Publio in
La Clemenza di Tito, Angelotti in
Tosca, Achillas in
Guilio Cesare, and Dansker in
Billy Budd. ...
read full bioThe American bass Arthur Woodley has been acclaimed for his performances in both opera and concert.
This season, Mr. Woodley returns to the Seattle Opera for its productions of
Fidelio, La Cenerentola, and
La Bohéme, and creates the role of Emille Griffith in the world premiere of Terrance Blanchard’s
Champion at the Opera Theater of St. Louis.
Mr. Woodley has appeared with prestigious opera companies all over the U.S. including the San Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Dallas Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Pittsburgh, Opera, and the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. His many roles have included Varlaam in
Boris Godunov, Bartolo in
Le nozze di Figaro, the Four Villains in
Les Contes d’Hoffman, Kuno in
Die Freischütz, Banquo in
Macbeth, Nick Shadow in
The Rake’s Progress, Sulpice in
La Fille du Régiment, Leporello in
Don Giovanni, Rocco in
Fidelio, Publio in
La Clemenza di Tito, Angelotti in
Tosca, Achillas in
Guilio Cesare, and Dansker in
Billy Budd.
Mr. Woodley has a distinguished history with the role of Porgy in
Porgy and Bess. He sang the role in concert with the San Francisco Symphony, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, and on tour in Italy, including Santa Cecilia in Rome, with Yuri Temirkanov. In staged performances, he has appeared with the Opera Company of Philadelphia, the Indianapolis Opera, Opera Colorado, the Bregenz Festival, the Savolinna International Festival in Finland, and the Catfish Row Opera Company of Charleston, South Carolina, in a gala celebration of the 50th anniversary of the opera's debut.
In concert, Mr. Woodley has appeared with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Symphony, the Modesto Symphony, the American Composers Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, the Collegiate Chorale at Lincoln Center, and at the Bard Music Festival. He also sang the world premiere of
God, Mississippi, and Medgar Evers with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and was the bass soloist in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in Mexico City with Sir Neville Marriner and The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.
Mr. Woodley was born in New York City and raised in Saint Croix. He current resides in Montclair, NJ.
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