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Michael B. O’Halloran, baritone, has performed over 40 roles domestically and internationally. This summer, he will be seen as Robert in Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta, Papageno in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, and will debut as a featured soloist singing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the California Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Recently, he has been seen as Marcello in Puccini’s La bohème, Mizgir’ in the West Coast premiere of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Снегурочка, Guglielmo in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Mercutio in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, Don Annibale in Donizetti’s Il Campanello, Dancaïro in Bizet’s Carmen, King Melchior in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors, Peter in Hansel and Gretel, and Lysander in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen.
He workshopped the role of Tenorio in Armienta’s Bless Me, Ultima with Opera Southwest, and performed the role of the Policeman, as well as covered Orphée in Philip Glass’ Orphée as an Emerging Artist at Virginia Opera. Michael made his Virginia Opera debut as a Spectrum Resident Artist, singing Il Principe Yamadori and covering Sharpless in Madama Butterfly. While at Manhattan School of Music, he was seen as Pisandre in Fauré’s Pénélope, and Vernon in Summer and Smoke, having the honor of being a part of the world premiere recording, which was hailed as one of the “Top Ten New Recordings” by Opera News.
Additional performance credits include Belcore in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, Demetrius in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Jupiter in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, The Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas, Ben in Menotti’s The Telephone, and the Officer in Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites. He also sang the role of Hanezò in Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz in Lucca, Italy, and was the first American vocalist to be a junger Künstler Bayreuth at the Bayreuther Festspiele.
Equally comfortable on the concert stage, he has performed as a featured soloist with the Aspen Festival Orchestra, the Marina del Rey Symphony, and the Lucca Festival Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. O’Halloran received first place in the Student Division of the Chicago Bel Canto competition, and first place in Division V of the Chicago area chapter National Association of Teachers of Singing auditions. He has participated in Master Classes with Richard Goode, John Wustman, Frank Corsaro, and Mark Delavan. He is a student of William Neill.