 American baritone Darren Perry is constantly praised for his powerful vocal ability, flawless musicianship, and compelling performances within the lyric baritone repertoire. In November 2006, he was hailed by the Washington Post as “... an outstanding Don Giovanni, by turns charming and disgusting, vocally strong and a fine actor.” In June he returns to Castleton, Virginia to be a part of the first Castleton Festival with Maestro Lorin Maazel. In 2010, he will appear as Aronte & Ubalde in Gluck’s Armide, with Opera Lafayette. Then in May of 2010, he returns to the same company to sing the title role in Philidor’s Sancho Pança, which will be recorded for Naxos. Other upcoming performances include: Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem with the Masterworks Chorale at Shepherd University. Last year he appeared at Opera Omaha as Sam in Pirates of Penzance and performed in concert with the Omaha Symphony. In December, he performed a holiday concert at the Lincoln Center Library. In January he sang Courchemin in Le Déserteur with Opera Lafayette in Washington DC and Ramiro in L’Heure Espangol with the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra. In April he performed Papageno in Mozart’s Die Zauberflote with the Prince William Symphony Orchestra. He also sang the St. John Passion at Shepherd University and performed with Sangerfest in DC. Other performances included: Lockit in Britten’s Beggar’s Opera at Maestro Maazel’s private theater in Castleton, Virginia, Judas Maccabaeus with the Pro Arte Chorale in NJ, Broadway Classics with the Westfield Symphony Orchestra in NJ and Brahms’ Requiem with Master Singers of Milwaukee. He performed an All Bernstein program with the Fairfax Choral Society, was a winner in the DC District Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and performed Italian Opera Favorites at the Donnell Library, New York City. With the prestigious Merola program at San Francisco Opera, he performed Sid in Britten’s Albert Herring. Other credits include Baron Douphol/La Traviata and Mr. Lindquist/A Little Night Music (Opera Cleveland), the title role in Don Giovanni (Maryland Opera Studio); Hidroat/Armide (Opera Lafayette); Don Procolo/Viva La Mamma (Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia); and an Opera Gala with the Gibraltar Philharmonic. He can be heard on the Naxos label as Aronte in Lully’s Armide, as Le Courchemin in Pierre Alexandre Monsigny’s Le Déserteur, and in the ensemble of Rebel & Francouer’s Zelindor with Opera Lafayette. Mr. Perry is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park from which he received both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in vocal performance. He currently studies with François Loup.
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