McFAMI

Clark Sturdevant , Lyric Tenor

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 .

FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS

Beppe	*I Pagliacci*	Opera Seabrook, Salem , NJ October 2008
Beppe	*I Pagliacci*	Opera Co. So. Jersey, Bridgeton, NJ October 2008
Tamino	*Magic Flute*	Opera Seabrook, Salem , NJ Performances: January 2009
Tamino	*Magic Flute*	Op. Co. So. Jersey, Bridgeton, NJ Performances: January 2009
Artist in Residence		Dayton Opera, Dayton , Oh Performances: 2009-2010 season

OPERATIC ROLES PERFORMED

First Priest	Die Zauberflöte	Union Avenue Opera
Der Offizier	Ariadne auf Naxos	Union Avenue Opera
The Sailor	Dido and Aeneas	Union Avenue Opera
Emperor	Turandot	Union Avenue Opera
Damis	Tartuffe	Washington University
Elder Hayes	Susannah	Washington University
Belaev	A Month in the Country	Washington University
Curley	Of Mice and Men	Washington University
Wilson Ford	The Village Singer	Washington University
Don Curzio	The Marriage of Figaro	The University of Iowa
Monostatos	The Magic Flute	The University of Iowa
Second Slave	The Magic Flute	The University of Iowa

ORATORIO and CONCERTS PERFORMED

Chorale Fantasy	Beethoven	University of Iowa
Oratorio Messiah	Handel	Washington University
Mass in C	Beethoven	University of Iowa

Role Prepared

Tamino	Die Zauberflöte	Mozart
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.

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.