Stephen Powell Curriculum Vitae
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STEPHEN POWELL CURRICULUM VITAE [email protected] www.stephenpowell.us EDUCATION Lyric Opera Center for American Artists, 1993-1995 Opera Apprenticeship: Lyric Opera of Chicago - Chicago, IL, USA Voice, 1993 Certificate in Performance: DePaul University - Chicago, IL, USA Vocal Performance, 1991 Master of Music, with Distinction: DePaul University - Chicago, IL, USA Theory and Composition (piano emphasis), 1986 Bachelor of Music: Northwestern University - Evanston, IL, USA PRINCIPAL VOICE TEACHERS Professor of Voice - Mannes School of Music, The New School, New York, NY Arthur Levy: Professor of Voice - Northwestern University, DePaul University, Norman Gulbrandsen: Evanston, IL and Chicago, IL, respectively VOICE TEACHING EXPERIENCE Adjunct Voice Professor, 2016 - present Mannes School of Music, The New School: 2010 - present Private Voice Studio: Potomac Vocal Institute: Visiting/Guest Instructor, 2018 - present Master Classes: Georgia State University (2) Michigan Opera Theatre Young Artists Minnesota Opera Young Artists Northeastern Illinois University Portland State University Portland Opera Young Artists Potomac Vocal Institute San Diego State University University of Denver University of Michigan University of South Florida Virginia Opera Young Artists PERFORMANCE AWARDS AND HONORS 1997 – Critic/Media award, Belvedere International Singing Competition 1996 – First place, Altamura/Caruso International Vocal Competition 1996 – First place, Licia Albanese-Puccini Competition 1996 – First prize, George London Foundation Awards Competition 1995 – Five year Study Grant, Sullivan Foundation 1995 – First place, Washington International Voice Competition 1995 – Winner, Liederkranz Foundation Ostermann/Reimann Scholarship Award 1995 – Richard F. Gold Career Grant, Shoshana Foundation 1994 – Fourth place, MaCallister Vocal Awards Competition 1993 – First place, Union League of Chicago Vocal Competition 1991 – First place, Bel Canto Vocal Competition (Chicago) 2015 – Distinguished Achievement Award, Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE Operatic Roles 1993 Don Inigo L’HEURE ESPAGNOLE Lyric Opera Center for American Artists 1994 Eisenstein DIE FLEDERMAUS Lyric Opera Center for American Artists Sheriff ORPHEUS DESCENDING Lyric Opera Center for American Artists Bill Bobstay HMS PINAFORE Grant Park Music Festival 1995 Papageno THE MAGIC FLUTE New York City Opera Mathis MATHIS DER MALER New York City Opera Pish Tush THE MIKADO New York City Opera Royal Herald CINDERELLA New York City Opera Jack Point THE YEOMEN OF THE Glimmerglass Opera GUARD Marcello LA BOHEME Indianapolis Opera 1996 Marullo (debut) RIGOLETTO Metropolitan Opera Sharpless MADAMA BUTTERFLY New York City Opera Schaunard LA BOHEME New York City Opera Faninal DER ROSENKAVALIER New York City Opera Malatesta DON PASQUALE Glimmerglass Opera Masetto DON GIOVANNI New York City Opera George Picquart THE DREYFUS AFFAIR New York City Opera Danilo (cover) THE MERRY WIDOW New York City Opera Morales CARMEN New York City Opera 1997 Dancairo CARMEN Metropolitan Opera Dancairo CARMEN Metropolitan Opera in the Parks Dancairo CARMEN Metropolitan Opera, Japan Tour Ping TURANDOT Metropolitan Opera Papageno THE MAGIC FLUTE New York City Opera Ping TURANDOT San Diego Opera Felipe Nunez THE CONQUISTADOR San Diego Opera Dancairo CARMEN San Diego Opera 1998 Ford FALSTAFF Glimmerglass Opera Figaro LE NOZZE DI FIGARO Montreal & Quebec Operas Schelkalov BORIS GODUNOV Metropolitan Opera Hermann/Schlemil LES CONTES Metropolitan Opera D’HOFFMANN 1999 Guglielmo COSI FAN TUTTE Florida Grand Opera Ford FALSTAFF New York City Opera Guglielmo COSI FAN TUTTE Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janiero Tsar Peter I ZAR UND ZIMMERMAN Syracuse Opera Guglielmo COSI FAN TUTTE San Diego Opera Slim OF MICE AND MEN San Diego Opera 2000 Ping (cover) TURANDOT Metropolitan Opera Germont LA TRAVIATA New York City Opera Don Giovanni DON GIOVANNI Berkshire Opera Dandini LA CENERENTOLA Cincinnati Opera Dandini (cover) LA CENERENTOLA Metropolitan Opera 2001 Ulisse IL RITORNO D’ULISSE IN New York City Opera PATRIA Germont LA TRAVIATA Portland Opera Guglielmo COSI FAN TUTTE Berkshire Opera Clayton McAllister COLD SASSY TREE San Diego Opera Ford FALSTAFF Florentine Opera 2002 Escamillo CARMEN Florentine Opera Escamillo (cover) CARMEN San Francisco Opera Figaro IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA Quebec Opera Sharpless MADAMA BUTTERFLY Arizona Opera Marcello (cover) LA BOHEME Metropolitan Opera Marcello LA BOHEME Lyric Opera of Chicago 2003 Enrico LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR New York City Opera Sharpless MADAMA BUTTERFLY San Diego Opera Eugene Onegin EUGENE ONEGIN Opera Festival of New Jersey 2004 Sweeney Todd SWEENEY TODD Cleveland Opera Valentin FAUST Opera Company of Philadelphia Sweeney Todd SWEENEY TODD Arizona Opera 2005 Eugene Onegin EUGENE ONEGIN Cleveland Opera Valentin FAUST (cover) Metropolitan Opera Malatesta DON PASQUALE Montreal Opera Zurga LES PÊCHEURS DE New York City Opera PERLES 2006 Athanaël THAÏS (excerpts) L’Opera Francais, New York Il Conte LE NOZZE DI FIGARO Indianapolis Opera Germont LA TRAVIATA Utah Opera 2007 Zurga LES PÊCHEURS DE Lyric Opera of Kentucky PERLES Jochanaan SALOME Opera Cleveland Sharpless MADAMA BUTTERFLY Aspen Music Festival Sharpless MADAMA BUTTERFLY San Francisco Opera 2008 Figaro IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA Hawaii Opera Theatre Ford FALSTAFF New York City Opera Germont LA TRAVIATA Arizona Opera Sharpless MADAMA BUTTERFLY Los Angeles Opera 2009 Germont LA TRAVIATA New Orleans Opera Germont LA TRAVIATA Los Angeles Opera Germont LA TRAVIATA San Francisco Opera Ford FALSTAFF Pittsburgh Opera 2010 De Guiche CYRANO DE BERGERAC San Francisco Opera 2011 Germont LA TRAVIATA Minnesota Opera Scarpia TOSCA Palm Beach Opera Rigoletto RIGOLETTO Cincinnati Opera Germont LA TRAVIATA Pittsburgh Opera Enrico LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR Atlanta Opera 2012 Germont LA TRAVIATA New York City Opera Francesco Foscari I DUE FOSCARI Los Angeles Opera (Domingo cover) 2013 Rigoletto RIGOLETTO Baltimore Opera Falstaff FALSTAFF Virginia Opera Germont LA TRAVIATA Michigan Opera Theatre 2014 Enrico LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR Los Angeles Opera Tonio I PAGLIACCI San Diego Opera Sweeney Todd SWEENEY TODD Virginia Opera 2015 Il Conte di Luna IL TROVATORE Cincinnati Opera Germont LA TRAVIATA Opera Company of Philadelphia 2016 Scarpia TOSCA Minnesota Opera Macbeth MACBETH Michigan Opera Theatre Jaraslov Prus THE MAKROPULOS CASE San Francisco Opera 2017 Germont LA TRAVIATA Seattle Opera Oliver Jordan DINNER AT EIGHT Minnesota Opera Germont LA TRAVIATA San Diego Opera Il Conte LE NOZZE DI FIGARO Michigan Opera Theatre 2018 Rigoletto RIGOLETTO Portland Opera Oliver Jordan DINNER AT EIGHT Wexford Festival, Ireland 2019 Rigoletto RIGOLETTO San Diego Opera Sweeney Todd SWEENEY TODD Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestral Works 1994 LaSalle Do-It-Yourself (Chicago) MESSIAH Fort Wayne Symphony BACH CHRISTMAS ORATORIO 1995 LaSalle Do-It-Yourself MESSIAH 1996 Grant Park Music Festival (Chicago) BERNSTEIN SONGFEST LaSalle Do-It-Yourself MESSIAH 1997 Berkshire Choral Festival SCHUBERT MASS IN Ab 1998 Les Violons du Roy (Quebec) MESSIAH Sydney Symphony (USA Tour) BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY 9 Spoleto Festival (SC) BEETHOVEN MASS IN C, BACH MAGNIFICAT Greenwich Choral Society CARMINA BURANA; SEA DRIFT, Delius 1999 Harrisburg Symphony LA BOHEME - Marcello 2000 Montreal Symphony Orchestra MESSIAH Philadelphia Orchestra (Saratoga) CARMINA BURANA San Francisco Symphony CARMINA BURANA Alabama Symphony Orchestra ST MATTHEW PASSION - Christus Les Violons du Roy ST MATTHEW PASSION - Christus California Symphony OLD AMERICAN SONGS, Copland Houston Symphony CARMINA BURANA 2001 Houston Symphony MESSIAH Handel and Haydn Society (Boston) MESSIAH Spokane Symphony LA BOHEME - Marcello (staged) San Francisco Symphony MAHLER SYMPHONY 8 Indianapolis Symphony EVENING OF GILBERT & SULLIVAN Milwaukee Symphony BRAHMS REQUIEM 2002 Montreal Symphony Orchestra MESSIAH Detroit Symphony Orchestra MESSIAH Santa Rosa Symphony Orchestra BRAHMS REQUIEM Highlander Concert Series (Dallas) ELIJAH New Jersey Symphony Orchestra PUCCINI EXCERPTS - Sharpless and Marcello Milwaukee Symphony STABAT MATER, Szymanowski Jacksonville Symphony SECRET OF SUSANNAH, TELEPHONE (staged) Montreal Symphony Orchestra BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY 9 Bellingham Festival (WA) MAGIC FLUTE - Papageno Dallas Symphony Orchestra (Vail) CARMEN - Escamillo 2003 Brooklyn Academy of Music DEATH OF KLINGHOFFER (staged) Jacksonville Symphony MADAMA BUTTERFLY (staged) Handel and Haydn Society BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY 9 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra LA BOHEME - Marcello 2004 Boston Baroque MESSIAH Choral Arts Society (DC) CARMINA BURANA Dallas Symphony Orchestra BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY 9 Philadelphia Orchestra (Saratoga) BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY 9; Chamber Music Eastern Music Festival MADAMA BUTTERFLY - Sharpless Philadelphia Orchestra CARMINA BURANA Cathedral Choral Society IN TERRA PAX, Frank Martin New Jersey Symphony LE NOZZE DI FIGARO - Il Conte Tower Arts Series (Dallas) BRAHMS REQUIEM Ars Vitalis (NJ) ELMER GANTRY (excerpts) Huntsville Symphony Orchestra CARMINA BURANA 2005 Cathedral Choral Society (DC) CARMINA BURANA; CANTATA 214, J.S. Bach Montreal Symphony Orchestra MESSIAH Florida Orchestra DVORAK REQUIEM Washington (DC) Chorus CARMINA BURANA Opera Orchestra of New York GUILLAUME TELL Cincinnati Symphony BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY 9 Philadelphia Orchestra CARMINA BURANA Dallas Symphony (Vail) LA TRAVIATA Philadelphia Orchestra BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY 9 Ottawa Symphony BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY 9 Boston Baroque MAGNIFICAT, J.S. Bach Nashville Symphony