This season, baritone Michael Todd Simpson returns to the Pittsburgh Opera for the title role in
Don Giovanni and to the Seattle Opera as Marcello in
La Bohéme. He also appears in performances of
Carmina Burana and in special Christmas concerts with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. He recently made his debut at the Barbican in London in performances of
Carousel with Opera North, and appeared at the Metropolitan Opera as Lescaut in the new production of
Manon.
His many roles include the title role in
Eugene Onegin, Count in
Le nozze di Figaro, Guglielmo in
Così fan tutte, Enrico in
Lucia di Lammermoor, Silvio in
Pagliacci, Escamillo in both
Carmen and
Le Tragedie de Carmen, Zurga in
The Pearl Fishers, Hermann and Schlemil in
Les Contes d’Hoffmann, and the Pirate King in
The Pirates of Penzance. He also sang the role of Tooley in the American premiere of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett’s
The Mines of Sulphur at the Glimmerglass Opera, which was recorded and released by Chandos Records in 2005. He has appeared all over the U.S. in opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Dallas Opera, Seattle Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Cleveland Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Portland Opera, Ft. Worth Opera, and recently made his debuts at Opera Australia and in China and Taiwan. ...
read full bioThis season, baritone Michael Todd Simpson returns to the Pittsburgh Opera for the title role in
Don Giovanni and to the Seattle Opera as Marcello in
La Bohéme. He also appears in performances of
Carmina Burana and in special Christmas concerts with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. He recently made his debut at the Barbican in London in performances of
Carousel with Opera North, and appeared at the Metropolitan Opera as Lescaut in the new production of
Manon.
His many roles include the title role in
Eugene Onegin, Count in
Le nozze di Figaro, Guglielmo in
Così fan tutte, Enrico in
Lucia di Lammermoor, Silvio in
Pagliacci, Escamillo in both
Carmen and
Le Tragedie de Carmen, Zurga in
The Pearl Fishers, Hermann and Schlemil in
Les Contes d’Hoffmann, and the Pirate King in
The Pirates of Penzance. He also sang the role of Tooley in the American premiere of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett’s
The Mines of Sulphur at the Glimmerglass Opera, which was recorded and released by Chandos Records in 2005. He has appeared all over the U.S. in opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Dallas Opera, Seattle Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Cleveland Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Portland Opera, Ft. Worth Opera, and recently made his debuts at Opera Australia and in China and Taiwan.
A native of Gastonia, NC, Mr. Simpson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in vocal performance from Erskine College in Due West, SC, and earned his Masters of Music degree at the College Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati. He is also a graduate of the Seattle Opera Young Artists Program and the Glimmerglass Opera Young American Artists Program. His many awards include regional winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the Spanish Prize in the 2007 José Iturbi International Music Competition, first prize in the first annual Marguerite McCammon Voice Competition, the Sara Tucker Study Grant awarded by the Richard Tucker Foundation and the Richard F. Gold Career Grant, and first place winner of the 1996 and 1999 South Carolina National Association of Teachers of Singing vocal competition.
A native of Gastonia, NC, Mr. Simpson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in vocal performance from Erskine College in Due West, SC, and earned his Masters of Music degree at the College Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati. He is also a graduate of the Seattle Opera Young Artists Program and the Glimmerglass Opera Young American Artists Program. His many awards include regional winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the Spanish Prize in the 2007 José Iturbi International Music Competition, first prize in the first annual Marguerite McCammon Voice Competition, the Sara Tucker Study Grant awarded by the Richard Tucker Foundation and the Richard F. Gold Career Grant, and first place winner of the 1996 and 1999 South Carolina National Association of Teachers of Singing vocal competition.
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