American tenor Richard Cox possesses a remarkable voice that combines lyric and heroic qualities, and is equally suited to opera, concert, and recitals.
This season, Mr. Cox returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Froh in
Das Rheingold and makes his debut at the New Orleans Opera as the title role in
Samson et Dahlila.
A former ensemble member at Oper Frankfurt, Mr. Cox appeared in several new productions there, including
The Tempest, Arabella, Owen Wingrave, and
Das Rheingold (which was recorded by Oehms Classics). He also appeared as Florestan in
Fidelio, Peter Quint in
Turn of the Screw, the Bishop of Bujoja in
Palestrina, and Aegisth in
Elektra. Other recent opera engagements have included Malcom in
Macbeth and First Armored Man in
Die Zauberflöte at the Metropolitan Opera, Don José in student performances of
Carmen at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, his role debut as Bacchus in
Ariadne auf Naxos and Sergei in
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile, Ruprecht in Viktor Ulmann’s
Der zerbrochene Krug at the Los Angeles Opera (released on DVD for Arthaus Musik), Adolar in Weber’s
Euryanthe at the Staatsoper Dresden as Adolar, and Claudio in the first fully-staged North American production of Wagner’s
Das Liebesverbo at the Glimmerglass Festival. ...
read full bioAmerican tenor Richard Cox possesses a remarkable voice that combines lyric and heroic qualities, and is equally suited to opera, concert, and recitals.
This season, Mr. Cox returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Froh in Das Rheingold and makes his debut at the New Orleans Opera as the title role in Samson et Dahlila.
A former ensemble member at Oper Frankfurt, Mr. Cox appeared in several new productions there, including The Tempest, Arabella, Owen Wingrave, and Das Rheingold (which was recorded by Oehms Classics). He also appeared as Florestan in Fidelio, Peter Quint in Turn of the Screw, the Bishop of Bujoja in Palestrina, and Aegisth in Elektra. Other recent opera engagements have included Malcom in Macbeth and First Armored Man in Die Zauberflöte at the Metropolitan Opera, Don José in student performances of Carmen at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, his role debut as Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos and Sergei in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile, Ruprecht in Viktor Ulmann’s Der zerbrochene Krug at the Los Angeles Opera (released on DVD for Arthaus Musik), Adolar in Weber’s Euryanthe at the Staatsoper Dresden as Adolar, and Claudio in the first fully-staged North American production of Wagner’s Das Liebesverbo at the Glimmerglass Festival.
An accomplished concert singer and recitalist, Mr. Cox was on the roster of the Marilyn Horne Foundation and made his New York recital debut in the On Wings of Song recital series. He has also appeared with the Seattle Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and the Kennedy Center.
The recipient of numerous awards and scholarships, Richard Cox has earned grants from the George London Foundation, Sullivan Foundation, Opera Index Inc., the Olga Forrai Foundation, Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, and the Shoshana Foundation. He has been honored with a Lucrezia Bori Grant for foreign study, the Vocal Arts Honors Recital at Alice Tully Hall, and the Campbell Watcher Memorial Award for singers from Santa Fe Opera. He holds degrees from Tennessee Technological University, Florida State University, and The Juilliard School.
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