Robert McPherson
(Eric)
tenor committed to the bel canto repertoire,
this young tenor in rapidly earning international
recognition. He made his international debut in
Avignon, France as Rodrigo in Rossini’s La Donna
del Lago, a role he reprised in Genoa, Italy and
La Coruña, Spain. Genoa also marked his Italian
debut as Count Libenskof in Rossini’s Il Viaggio
a Reims. Earlier this season made his debuts
with Washington National Opera as Don Ramiro in
Cenerentola, Sacramento Opera as Roméo in
Roméo et Juliette, and Intermountain Opera as
Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor. Next season
he will debut in Madrid, Spain as Constantino in
Ramón Carnicer’s Elena e Constantino.
Mr.
McPherson’s versatility and range have led to
success in a variety of roles, including Ferrando in
Così fan Tutte, Don Ottavio in Don
Giovanni, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte,
Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Lindoro
in L'Italiana in Algeri, Don Narciso in Il
Turco in Italia. Ernesto in Don Pasquale,
Tonio in La Fille du Régiment, Tom Rakewell
in The Rake's Progress, Sam in Susannah,
Curley in Of Mice and Men, and Il Duca in
Rigoletto. He has appeared with Dallas Opera,
Opera Orchestra of New York, Lyric Opera of Kansas
City, Opera Santa Barbara, Pacific Opera Victoria,
Greensboro Opera, Opera Memphis, and was a resident
artist at Opera San José. He had the honor of
inaugurating a new opera company, New York’s Henry
Street Opera Company (now Gotham City Opera),
singing the eponymous role in Mozart’s rarely
performed Il Sogno di Scipione. Of this
performance, the New York Times noted that
“Robert McPherson gamely dispatched Mozart’s da capo
arias, replete with elaborate Handelian passagework
and high C’s galore. Mr. McPherson sang with
considerable power and energy.”
Equally
adept in concert repertoire, Mr. McPherson made his
professional debut with the Seattle Symphony at the
age of twenty-three, and has since performed the
Messiah, Bach's Magnificat, Britten's
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, and the
Shepherd in Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex. He has
performed with the Mexico City Philharmonic, Santa
Fe Symphony, American Sinfonietta, Masterworks
Chorale of San Mateo, New West Symphony, Northwest
Chamber Orchestra, and the Carmel Bach Music
Festival in such works as Beethoven's Ninth
Symphony, Mozart's Requiem and Coronation Mass, and
Haydn’s Creation. A world finalist in the 5th
Luciano Pavarotti International Vocal Competition,
he was also a winner in the 1998 Ellen Faull Gordon
Vocal Competition, and the 1997 Metropolitan Opera
National Council's Northwest Regional Auditions. Mr.
McPherson is a native of Seattle, Washington, where
he continues his vocal studies with Mr. William
Eddy.
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