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Timothy Simpson, Tenor 760 Campbell LN STE 106-170 Bowling Green, KY 42104 (270) 535-3991 [email protected] www.timothy-simpson.com Birthdate: June 19, 1960 (57) Resume August 2016 - December 2017 Western Kentucky University Adjunct Professor Music Appreciation Public Theater of Kentucky - Actor Neil Simon's "Rumors" Radio Play of "It's a Wonderful Life" Private Voice Teacher Marketing Entrepreneur August 2010 - August 2016 Freelance Singer Author - Boredom to Brilliance May 2007 to July 2010 Theater Krefeld Mönchengladbach Lyric Spinto Tenor Soloist - Full Time "Fest" Singer Opera Bonn August 2002 - May 2008 Lyric Spinto Tenor Soloist - Full Time "Fest" Singer and as Guest August 2000 - August 2002 Freelance Soloist Guest with the Flemish Opera - Antwerpen/Ghent Guest with the Eutiner Sommerspiele 1995, 98 - 2002 August 1998 - August 2000 Theater Gelsenkirchen/Wuppertal Lyric Spinto Tenor Soloist - Full Time "Fest Singer" August 1996 - August 1998 Freelance Singer Sommer Festival an der Saar Theater Erfurt September 1995 - August 1996 Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe Lyric Tenor Soloist -Full Time "Fest" June 1991 - July 1995 Städtische Bühnen Osnabrück Lyric Tenor - Full Time "Fest" Soloist August 8, 1988 - July 1991 Stadttheater Bremerhaven (Anfänger - Beginning Contract) Lyric Tenor - Full Time "Fest" Soloist Apprentice and Studio July 1988 Tour of France with Mozart's "Il re pastore" - Post Studio Engagement September 1987 - June 1988 The International Opera Studio of the Zurich Opera, Switzerland Summers of 1986 and 1987 The Chautauqua Opera Studio and AGMA Apprentice Artist Program Chautauqua, New York Education 1984 - 1986 Master of Music in Performance and Literature The Eastman School of Music Richard Pearlman Opera Director, Marcia Baldwin, Principle Teacher 1978 - 1984 Bachelor of Music Education K-12 Vocal and Instrumental Western Kentucky University Dr. Virgil Hale, Opera Director Dr. Charles S. Hausman Voice and Conducting Elizabeth Volkman, Voice Voice Teachers Outside of Academia Helmut Kolvenbach, Mönchengladbach, Germany, James McCray, The Hague, Netherlands Enrico Di Giuseppe, Philadelphia, Gemma Visser, Eijsden, Netherlands, Raphael Ortiz, Berlin Honors Who's Who in Deutschland Who's Who in American Colleges and University Performer's Certificate - Eastman School of Music Wall of Fame - Western Kentucky University Music Student of the Year - Western Kentucky University Guestings - Houses, Theaters, Festivals and Symphony Halls Semper Oper, Dresden, Festival House Baden-Baden, Süd-West Radio Orchestra, Kaiserslautern, Alte Oper Frankfurt am Main: Darmstadt, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Barga Italy, Freiburg, Flensburg, Erfurt, Detmold, Wiesbaden Stadthalle, Rostock, Oldenburg, Munster plus many smaller Venues for Gala Concerts. Other Projects - Recitals - Concerts - Choruses Summer 1981 - The Stephen Foster Story - Chorus - First Paid Professional Job Solo Recitals: Die schöne Müllerin, A Dream through the Twilight, Feelings of Spring, Valentines Special Symphonic Works: Beethoven's 9th, Verdi Requiem, Dvorak's Stabat Mater, Koldaly's Psalmus Hungaricus, Mendellsohn's Elijah, Lobgesang - Symphony # 2, Mozart's Requiem, Coronation Mass, Handel's Messiah, Acis and Galetea, Bach Cantatas, Puccini Messa di Gloria, Britten: Les Illuminations, Serenade for Tenor Horn and Strings, Bruckner Te Deum Eastman Chorale, Eastman Musica Nova, Eastman Early Music Ensemble, Eastman Opera. 1983 WKU Chamber Singer's Tour of Europe, Mozart Requiem with Neville Marriner WKU University Choir, Chamber Singers, Jazz Band, Recorder Ensemble, Opera Theater Western Shaker Singers - a reenactment of the traditional Shaker Worship service. Repertoire Opera, Operettas and Musicals Mozart Il re pastore - Alessandro La finta semplice - Fracasso La finta giardiniera - Belfiore Cosi fan tutte - Ferrando Die Zauberflöte - Tamino - Erster Geharnischer Idomeneo - Idomeneo Le nozze di figaro - Don Basilio Wagner Götterdämmerung - Siegfried Der fliegende Holländer - Erik - Der Steuermann Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Kunz Vogelgesang Puccini Gianni Schicchi - Rinuccio La Boheme - Rodolfo Tosca - Cavaradossi Madama Butterfly - Pinkerton Verdi La Traviata - Alfredo Aida - Radames Don Carlos - Carlos Simone Boccanegra - Gabriela Adorno Macbeth - Macduff I due Foscari - Barbarigo Il trovatore - chorus Otello - Cassio Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia - Almaviva Adina - Ali La cambiale di Matrimonio - Edward Haydn Lo Speziale - Mengone Orlando Paladino - Orlando Janacek Jenufa - Stewa Katia Kabanova - Kudriasch, Tichon Donizetti L'elisir d'amore - Nemorino Anna Bolena - Hervey Auber Fra Diavolo - Lorenzo Benatzky Im weissen Rössl - Dr. Otto Siegler Beethoven Fidelio - Jacquino Berg Wozzeck - Andres Bizet Carmen - Don Jose Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream - Snout Beggar's Opera - Captain MacHeath Gounod Faust - Faust Martinu The Marriage - Kokhkaryov Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors - Kaspar Massenet Manon - Des Grieux Millöcker Der Bettelstudent - Symon Lehar Der Graf von Luxemburg - Rene Die lustige Witwe - Camille Nicolai Die lustige Weiber von Windsor - Fenton Leoncavallo I pagliacci - Beppe Lortzing Undine - Hugo Zar und Zimmermann - Chateauneuf Offenbach Les contes des Hoffmann - Hoffmann Robinson Crusoe - Toby Pariser Leben (La vie Parisienne) - Bobinet Poulenc Les mamelles des Teresias The Husband Rimsky Korsakov Coq d'Or - Guidon Smetena The Bartered Bride - Jenik/Hans Stravinsky The Rakes Progress - Tom Rakewell A Soldier's Tale - The Soldier (Acting) Pulcinella - Tenor Hindemith Cardillac - Der Offizier Henze The Young Lord - Wilhelm Elegy for Young Lovers - Toni Strauss, Richard Salome - Narraboth Ariadne auf Naxos - Bacchus Der Rosenkavalier - Der Sänger, Ein Lakei, Ein Diener Strauss, Johann Eine Nacht in Venedig - The Duke and Caramello Der Zigeunerbaron - Barinkay Tchaikovsky The Queen of Spades - Herman .
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