Clark Sturdevant , Lyric Tenor
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Clark Sturdevant, Lyric Tenor, having just landed the Artist in Residence program with Dayton Opera, while competing with over 50 of the finest tenors in the US , will be performing the role of St. Brioche on their Main Stage in a new production of The Merry Widow . The 2008 - 2009 season finds Mr. Sturdevant with the roles of Beppe in I Pagliacci and Tamino in Magic Flute with Opera Seabrook and Opera Company of South Jersey . During his undergraduate work at the University of Iowa, he performed the roles Monostatos in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and Don Curzio in Le nozze di Figaro along with the duties of tenor soloist with the University Chorus. After moving to St. Louis and beginning his Master degree program at Washington University , the tenor performed major roles with their opera program including Curly in Floyd's Of Mice and Men, Belaev in Hoiby's A Month in the Country, Damis in Mechem's Tartuffe and Elder Hayes in Floyd's Susannah. Mr. Sturdevant has also performed the roles of The Sailor in Dido and Aeneas , Emperor Altoum in Puccini's Turandot , and Der Offizier in Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos .
OPERATIC ROLES PERFORMED
| Donald Hopewell * |
Gallantry |
St. Louis City Opera |
| Father Grenville* |
Dead Man Walking |
Union Avenue Opera |
| Pang |
Turandot |
Union Avenue Opera |
| Comte Ory |
Le Comte Ory |
Katydid Productions |
| King Kaspar |
Amahl and the Night Visitors |
Union Avenue Opera |
| Tchaplitsky |
Pique Dame |
Union Avenue Opera |
| Almaviva |
Il barbiere di Siviglia |
Capital Heights Opera |
| Eisenstein |
Die Fledermaus |
Washington University Opera |
| Gastone |
La Traviata |
Kentucky Opera |
| Alfredo(cover) |
La Traviata |
Kentucky Opera |
| Ballad Singer |
Of Mice and Men |
Kentucky Opera |
| Goro |
Madama Butterfly |
Kentucky Opera |
| St. Brioche |
The Merry Widow |
Dayton Opera |
| Tamino |
The Magic Flute |
Opera Seabrook |
| Beppe |
I Pagliacci |
Opera Seabrook |
| Ruiz |
Il Trovatore |
Union Avenue Opera |
| Erster Preister |
Die Zauberflöte |
Union Avenue Opera |
| Der Offizier |
Ariadne auf Naxos |
Union Avenue Opera |
| The Sailor |
Dido and Aeneas |
Union Avenue Opera |
* denotes future engagement
ORATORIO and CONCERTS PERFORMED
| Chorale Fantasy |
Beethoven |
University of Iowa |
| Oratorio Messiah |
Handel |
Washington University |
| Mass in C |
Beethoven |
University of Iowa |
ROLE PREPARED
| Nemorino |
L’ Elisir d’Amore |
Donizetti |
| Werther |
Werther |
Massenet |
| Ottavio |
Don Giovanni |
Mozart |
| Nadir |
Pearl Fishers |
Bizet |
| Tom Rakewell |
The Rake’s Progress |
Stravinsky |
TRAINING
Voice Teachers: John Stewart, Dr. John Muriello, Dr. Frank Aiello
Directors: Robert McFarland, Jolly Stewart, Mark James Meier, Brian Luedloff, Sally Stunkl, William Theisen.
Conductors: Scott Schoonover, John Stewart, William LaRue Jones.
Coaches: Gail Hintz, Henry Palkes, Shari Rhoads.
PROGRAMS
2009 |
Artist in Residence |
Dayton Opera |
2009 |
Studio Artist |
Kentucky Opera |
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Music (Voice); The University of Iowa; Iowa City, IA1997 - 2002
Bachelor of Arts (Anthropology); The University of Iowa; Iowa City, IA1997 - 2002
Master of Music; Washington University; St. Louis, MO 2003-2005
LANGUAGES
English, French.
