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Richard Cassell, Dramatic Baritone Richard Cassell, Dramatic Baritone

Richard Cassell, International Dramatic Baritone, will debut his first title role in Rigoletto with Opera Seabrook. Mr. Cassell also performs as a superb character actor internationally, appearing in over 50 supporting roles for Cleveland Opera, Natchez Opera Festival, Chattanooga Opera, Singapore Opera, Macao Opera, St. Petersburg Opera, Grand Opera of Maine, Berkshire Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival and many others. Specializing in Verdi and Puccini, his most recent debut of Iago in the Taconic Opera's Otello rendered him a review “with overpowering singing & acting”. His Giorgio Germont with Opera of the Hamptons and His performance of the title role in Falstaff with The New Opera Festival of Rome were equally riveting.

Richard Cassell created the role of Cipolla the Magician in Thorne's Mario and the Magician , based on a story by Thomas Mann & produced for The Center for Contemporary Opera (Albany Records, 2007). The result was The New York Times headline: "Audience Caught Under the Spell of Mann's Musical Magician." Richard also premiered the role of Frank in Richard Foreman and Stanley Silverman's Elephant Steps at The Tanglewood Music Festival under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas.

During his earlier career performing as a Bass-Baritone, Richard Cassell performed such roles as Escamillo in Carmen on BBC-TV, Leporello in Don Giovanni - RAI-TV(Rome), Alberich in Das Rheingold with Bangkok Opera, Dappertutto in Les Contes d'Hoffman with State Opera of New Jersey, the title role in Gianni Schicchi and Scarpia in Tosca for The Silesian State Opera (Czech Republic).

A regular with France 's Albert Roussel Festival, he will soon perform the role of Alaouddin in Roussel's Padmavati and record a series of CD's for the Albert Roussel Foundation.

Mr. Cassell's decision to move into the Dramatic Baritone repertoire is clearly a gift to the opera world – given his superb acting and stage ability.

A former student of the great Giuseppe Taddei and Renato Capecchi, Richard Cassell maintains residences in both Paris and New York to pursue his busy career.

Operatic Repertoire

Tonio	*I Pagliacci*
The Dutchman	*Der fliegende Holländer*
Sir John Falstaff	*Falstaff*
Baron Scarpia	*Tosca*
Jokanaan	*Salome*
Don Pizarro	*Fidelio*
Leporello,	*Don Giovanni*
Benoit, Alcindoro, Colline, Schaunard	*La Bohème*
Bartolo	*Le nozze di Figaro*
Sarastro	*Die Zauberflöte*
Alberich	*Das Rheingold*
Wotan	Siegfried
Wotan	Götterdämmerung
Mikado	*The Mikado*
Peter	*Hänsel und Gretel*
Hortensio, Sulpice	*La Fille du Regiment*
Baron Zita, Njegus	*The Merry Widow*
Sir Joseph Porter	*HMS Pinafore*
Cuno, Hermit	*Der Freischütz*
Don Alfonso	*Così fan tutte*
Commendatore	*Don Giovanni*
Raimondo	*Lucia di Lammermoor*
Don Pasquale	*Don Pasquale*
Bartolo, Basilio	*The Barber of Seville*
Doctor Dulcamara	*L'Elisir d'amore*
Sacristan	*Tosca*

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS

Chattanooga Opera

Opera Bangkok

Opera Memphis

Maine Grand Opera

Pacific Opera

Lyric Opera of San Antonio

Natchez Opera Festival

Amato Opera

Opera Festival of Rome

Bronx Opera

Silesian State Opera

Trinity Opera

Virgin Atlantic Festival

Lyric Opera of Cleveland

Opera Idaho

Wagner Festival Orchestra

Center for Contemporary Opera

State Repertory Opera of New Jersey

OTHER ROLES INCLUDE

Count Almaviva	*Le nozze di Figaro*
Osmin	*Die Entführung aus dem Serail*
Beckmesser	*Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg*
Bottom	*Midsummer Night's Dream*
Daland	*Der fliegende Holländer*
Klingsor	*Parsifal*
Melitone	*La Forza del destino*
Baron Ochs	Faninal Der Rosenkavalier
Orest	*Elektra*
Jokanaan	*Salome*
Don Pizarro	*Fidelio*

Operatic Repertoire

Wotan

Siegfried

Wotan

Götterdämmerung