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Darren Perry
Baritone

 

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Requiem - Brahms
American baritone Darren Perry has been praised for his powerful vocal ability, flawless musicianship, and compelling performances.  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 the coming season Darren performs Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem with the Masterworks Chorale at Shepherd University and at Foundry United Methodist Church in Washington, DC, along with Faure’s Requiem with the Columbia Pro Cantare in Maryland. He makes several appearances with Opera Lafayette, as Aronte & Ubalde in Gluck’s Armide, and later as the title role in Philidor’s Sancho Panza, which will be recorded for NAXOS Records. He will also be singing Masetto in Don Giovanni with Opera Omaha in 2011.

This past June, Darren was invited to Castleton, Virginia to sing several roles for the inaugural season of the Castleton Festival with Maestro Lorin Maazel. He will return there this summer to sing Lockit in Beggar’s Opera. Other engagements include Sam in Pirates of Penzance with Opera Omaha, Le Courchemin in Monsigny’s Le Deserteur with Opera Lafayette, Ramiro in L’Heure Espangol with the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, and Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with the Prince William Symphony Orchestra. He also sang Bach’s St. John Passion at Shepherd University and performed with Sangerfest in DC.

Other performances include Judas Maccabaeus with the Pro Arte Chorale in NJ, Broadway Classics with the Westfield Symphony Orchestra 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 at the Donnell Library in New York City. Other past roles of note are Sid in Albert Herring (San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program), 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, Le Courchemin in Le Dėserteur, and in the ensemble of Rebel & Francouer’s Zelindor at 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 is a student of François Loup.

2/16/10