McFAMI

Roderick George, Lyric Tenor

website: www.roderickgeorge.com

Lyric Tenor Roderick George recently performed the role of Tamino in DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE with Union Avenue Opera in Saint Louis. His operatic repertoire also includes Rodolfo in LA BOHEME, Alfredo in LA TRAVIATA, Don Ottavio in DON GIOVANNI, Ferrando in COSÍ FAN TUTTE, Camille de Rosillion in THE MERRY WIDOW, the title role in ALBERT HERRING, Benedict in BEATRICE AND BENEDICT, Dr. Cajus in FALSTAFF, Ralph Rackstraw in HMS PINAFORE, the Duke of Dunstable in PATIENCE, Satyavan in SÀVITRI, and Aaron James in DIFFERENT FIELDS. On the concert stage, the tenor has performed Orff’s CARMINA BURANA, Mendelsohn’s ELIJAH, Bach’s MAGNIFICAT, Hadyn’s CREATION, Bruckner’s TE DEUM, Schubert’s MASS IN G and STABAT MATER, Honneger’s KING DAVID, Mozart’s MASS IN C and CORONATION MASS, Beethoven’s NINTH SYMPHONY, Dubois’ SEVEN LAST WORDS, and Handel’s MESSIAH and ISRAEL IN EGYPT. He made his European debut in a series of orchestral concerts at the American Institute of Musical Studies in Austria, including a benefit concert for Doctors without Borders with conductor Alexander Kalajdzic. In addition to his opera and concert career, he endeavors to preserve and expand the performance of the American Negro spiritual as a regular soloist with the acclaimed American Spiritual Ensemble under the direction of Everett McCorvey. In competition, he has been a regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Southeastern Regional Finalist in the NATS Artist Awards, Chicago Regional Finalist in the San Francisco Opera Center Auditions, and a finalist in the National Society of Arts and Letters Voice Competition, Mobile Opera Rose Palmai-Tenser Competition, Florida Suncoast Opera Guild, and the 2005 Orpheus National Competition for Vocalist where he received the Giacomo Puccini Award. He completed a Doctor of Music degree at The Florida State University under the tutelage of Larry Gerber, and he was an apprentice artist with Des Moines Metro Opera and a Resident Artist with Amarillo Opera (TX). He has participated in master classes and coachings with Marilyn Horne, Gabriella Lechner, Stanford Olsen, Diana Soviero, Robert Larsen, Douglas Fisher, Roger Malouf, Richard Miller, Timothy Hoekman, and Clifton Ware. In addition to his performance schedule, he teaches voice at the University of Montevallo in Montevallo, Alabama. He will sing the role of Don Ottavio in DON GIOVANNI with Asheville Lyric Opera this fall.

OPERATIC ROLES PERFORMED

Don Ottavio	Don Giovanni	Asheville Lyric Opera
Tamino	Die Zauberflöte	St. Louis, Union Avenue Opera
Ralph Rackstraw	H.M.S. Pinafore	Summer Opera Series (NC)
Rodolfo	La Bohéme	St. Louis, Union Avenue Opera
Alfredo	La Traviata	Amarillo Opera
Rodolfo	La Bohéme	Alabama Opera Theater
Satyavan	Sávitri	Alabama OperaWorks
Dominique	The Cabildo	Alabama OperaWorks
Camille de Rosillion	The Merry Widow	Jefferson Performing Arts Society
Aaron James	Different Fields	Alabama OperaWorks
Gastone	La Traviata	Opera Birmingham
David	I was looking at the Ceiling…	Lyric Opera Cleveland
Dr. Cajus	Falstaff	Florida State Opera
Don Ottavio	Don Giovanni	Florida State Opera
Gherardo	Gianni Schicchi	Des Moines Metro Opera
Henry	Street Scene	Des Moines Metro Opera
Albert	Albert Herring	Florida State Opera
Benedict	Beatrice and Benedict	Florida State Opera
Ferrando	Cosi fan tutte	Southern Illinois University Opera

ROLES PREPARED

Count Almaviva	Il Baribiere di Siviglia	Mozart
Edgardo	Lucia di Lammermoor	Bizet
Nemorino	L’Elisir d’Amore	Donizetti
Sportin’ Life	Porgy & Bess	Gershwin
Duke	Rigoletto	Verdi

ORATORIO PERFORMED

Magnificat	Bach	Troy University Symphony
Ninth Symphony	Beethoven	Tuscaloosa Symphony
Te Deum	Bruckner	Florida State Symphony
Seven Last Words	Dubois	Columbus, Mississippi
Messiah	Handel	Columbus, MS; Alabama Civic Chorale
Creation	Haydn	Southeastern Chamber Orchestra
King David	Honegger	University of Alabama Symphony (Birmingham)
Elijah	Mendelssohn	Northwest Florida Symphony
C Minor Mass	Mozart	Tuscaloosa Symphony
Coronation Mass in C Major	Mozart	Alabama Choral Society
Carmina Burana	Orff	Troy University, World Piano Pedagogy Conference
Stabat Mater	Schubert	Southern Illinois University Symphony
Mass in G Major	Schubert	University of Montevallo

TRAINING

Voice Teachers/Coaches: Larry Gerber, Everett McCorvey, Jeanine Wagner, Roger Malouf, Timothy Hoekman, Clifton Ware, Peter Marshall.

Directors: Mark James Meier, Jolly Stewart, Michael McConnell, G. William Bugg, Jayme McDaniel, Marciem Bazell, Jonathan Field.

Conductors: Scott Schoonover, Robert Larsen, Alexander Kalajdzic, Shinik Hahm, Jim Setapen, Mark Graf, Douglas Fisher, Dennis Assaf.

Master Classes: Marilyn Horne, Gabriella Lechner, Diana Soviero, Stanford Olsen, Richard Miller, Bernard Uzan, Alphonse Anderson

AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS

San Francisco Opera Center Auditions, Chicago Regional Finalist (2005); Orpheus National Competition, Finalist (2005); NATS Artist Awards, Southeastern Regional Finalist (2004); NATS Intern (2004); Metropolitan Opera Auditions, Regional Finalist (2001); NATS Young Artist Winner (1999); Florida Suncoast Opera Guild, Finalist (2000); Rose Palmai-Tenser Competition, Finalist (1999); Florida Grand Opera Young Artist Auditions, National Finalist (1999)

EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS

Artist in Residence, Amarillo Opera (2006); Opera Studio, American Institute of Musical Studies, Graz, Austria (2005)

Apprentice Artist, Des Moines Metro Opera (1999); Florida State University, DM; Southern Illinois University, MM.