This season baritone Edward Parks returns to the Metropolitan Opera for
La Rondine and makes his debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in a performance of the Duruflé
Requiem. He recently appeared as Sharpless in
Madama Butterfly at PORT Opera, Zurga in
The Pearl Fishers at the Michigan Opera Theater, and Ford in
Falstaff with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra.
A recent graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artists Development Program, Mr. Parks made his Metropolitan Opera debut in the 2009-2010 season as Fiorello in
Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and has since appeared as Schaunard in
La Bohème and as Larkens in
La Fancuilla del West, which was broadcast in HD around the world. He also appeared as Schaunard on the Met’s 2011 tour of Japan. Other recent engagements have included Schubert’s
Winterreise at both the Schubert Club in St. Paul and in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Count Almaviva in
Le Nozze di Figaro at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, his Carnegie Hall debut in an evening of songs by Charles Ives, Count Almaviva with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, Count Almaviva and Belcore in
L’Elisir d’Amore at Oberlin Conservatory, and Marcello in
La Bohéme, Jupiter in
Orphée aux Enfers, and Gabriel von Eisenstein in
Die Fledermaus at Yale Opera. He is also a member of the Marilyn Horne Foundation, which has presented him in recital in New York, and has participated in the Ravinia Festival’s prestigious Steans Institute for Young Artists. ...
read full bioThis season baritone Edward Parks returns to the Metropolitan Opera for
La Rondine and makes his debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in a performance of the Duruflé
Requiem. He recently appeared as Sharpless in
Madama Butterfly at PORT Opera, Zurga in
The Pearl Fishers at the Michigan Opera Theater, and Ford in
Falstaff with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra.
A recent graduate of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artists Development Program, Mr. Parks made his Metropolitan Opera debut in the 2009-2010 season as Fiorello in
Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and has since appeared as Schaunard in
La Bohème and as Larkens in
La Fancuilla del West, which was broadcast in HD around the world. He also appeared as Schaunard on the Met’s 2011 tour of Japan. Other recent engagements have included Schubert’s
Winterreise at both the Schubert Club in St. Paul and in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Count Almaviva in
Le Nozze di Figaro at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, his Carnegie Hall debut in an evening of songs by Charles Ives, Count Almaviva with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, Count Almaviva and Belcore in
L’Elisir d’Amore at Oberlin Conservatory, and Marcello in
La Bohéme, Jupiter in
Orphée aux Enfers, and Gabriel von Eisenstein in
Die Fledermaus at Yale Opera. He is also a member of the Marilyn Horne Foundation, which has presented him in recital in New York, and has participated in the Ravinia Festival’s prestigious Steans Institute for Young Artists.
A native of Indiana, PA, Mr. Parks received his bachelor’s degree from Oberlin Conservatory, and his master’s degree from Yale University. A National Winner of the 2008 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Mr. Parks was named a first place winner at the 2010 Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition and has received awards from the George London Foundation, the Marilyn Horne Foundation, the Irma M. Cooper Opera Columbus International Vocal Competition, the Connecticut Opera, the Palm Beach Opera Competition and the Music Academy of the West.
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“Avant de quitter ces lieux” from Gounod’s Faust. 2011 George London Foundation Awards Competition.
