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Jonathan Beyer has quickly established himself as a versatile performer in repertoire ranging from Count Almaviva in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro to Captain Gardiner in the World Premiere of Moby Dick with the Dallas Opera opposite tenor Ben Heppner. Jonathan has performed with the Pittsburgh Opera, Austin Lyric Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Fort Worth Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Opera Grand Rapids, The Chautauqua Institution, Tanglewood Music Center, Accademia Verdiana, and Teatro di Verdi in a wide variety of roles including Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Belcore in L’Elisir d’Amore, Malatesta in Don Pasaquale, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Germont in La Traviata, Marcello in La Boheme, and Richard Nixon in Nixon In China. He has also appeared with the Chicago Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Lorin Maazel’s Châteauville Foundation, Chatam Baroque, Baton Rouge Symphony, Vermont Symphony, the Erie Philharmonic and the Festival at Aix-en-Provence.
Upcoming engagements include L’Heure Espagnole with Opera Frankfurt, Ping in Turandot with Dallas Opera, Jonathan Dove’s Flight with Austin Lyric Opera, Schaunard in La Boheme with Hong Kong Opera, Morales/Zuniga in Carmen with Opera Company of Philadelphia, Marcello in La Boheme with Central City Opera, Malatesta in Don Pasquale with Opera North Carolina, Captain Gardiner in Moby Dick with Opera San Diego and Lescaut in Manon with Knoxville Opera. This summer he will be singing Beethoven 9 with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Haydn’s Creation with Netherlands Radio Orchestra, Candide with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Billy in Carousel with the Southwest Michigan Symphony and a concert with the MSFO at the Chautauqua Institution. Other upcoming concerts include a recital at Weill Hall with the Carnegie Hall Foundation, Mahler’s Knaben Wunderhorn with Symphony in C, Vier Ernste Gesänge at the Philadelphia Brahms Festival, and National Chorale’s Carmina Burana at Lincoln Center.
Mr. Beyer has performed in recital with Craig Rutenberg, Mikael Eliasen, Kristin Okerlund, Martin Katz and Brian Zeger. He has given recitals through the Vocal Arts Society, Marilyn Horne Foundation, Chicago Cultural Center, Judith Raskin Foundation, Bertlesmann Foundation, Huntsville Chamber Music Guild, Pittsburgh Concert Society, Over the Rainbow Foundation, Astral Artists, and the Marian Anderson Foundation. He has degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University.
Mr. Beyer was a National Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Competition. He was the 1st Place Winner at the Marian Anderson Prize for Emerging Classical Artists. He has also won the McCammon Competition, Irma M. Cooper Competition, Violetta DuPont Competition, Rochester’s Classical Idol, New Jersey Verismo Competition, Philadelphia Orchestra’s Greenfield Competition, Astral Artist Auditions, Pittsburgh Concert Society Auditions, SAI Competition, American Opera Society Competition, the Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Competition, and the Bel Canto Foundation. He has also received awards from the Sullivan Foundation, Gerda Lissner Foundation, Jensen Foundation, Solti Foundation, Loren L. Zachary, Irene Dalis, Liederkranz, Charles Lynam Competitions, Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation, Orpheus Competition, National Opera Association, Anna Sosenko Foundation, Shreveport Singer of the Year, Mario Lanza Foundation, Dresden Opera Competition, NATS, Giulio Gari Foundation, Palm Beach Opera, Jose Iturbi Foundation, Liederkranz and Neue Stimmen competitions.
INTERMEZZO ARTISTS MANAGEMENT For more information contact Filippo Anselmi at 212-531-1514, filippo@intermezzofoundation.org Mitchell Piper at 860-255-7618, mitchell@intermezzofoundation.org |