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Bryan Jackson; Baritone
•“Jupiter (Orpheus), as sung by Bryan Jackson, emerged as a fitting ruler of the evening... In November, in a small role in Washington Concert Opera's "Maria Padilla," he already showed he has a warm, firm voice; here, as Jupiter, he showed that he can carry a leading role, sing well and be both commanding and funny on stage.”
(Anne Midgette, Washington Post)
•“Baritone Bryan Jackson is perfectly cast as Jupiter (Orpheus), who with that wonderfully lush, thunderbolt baritone voice galvanizes the gods… Bryan Jackson delivers Jupiter’s melody like a delirious snake, infatuated to the point of delirium. Jackson doesn’t just sing; he acts out the inebriated fly weaving and buzzing around Eurydice. It’s funny to watch and pleasurable to hear.”
(Rosalind Lacy, DC Theatre Scene)
•“There are a numerous standouts in this production's excellent cast. Chief among them is baritone Bryan Jackson as a jolly, over-the-top Jupiter(Orpheus). The stage crackles with energy when he and his booming voice join the festivities.”
(T.L. Ponick, Washington Times)
•“Some moments are outstanding. Baritone Bryan Jackson knocks us out of our seats with his powerful, resonant voice as Count Almaviva …… expressively sung for nuance”
(Rosalind Lacy, DC Theatre Scene)
•“Bryan Jackson brings a really stunningly gorgeous baritone to the role of Guglielmo (Le Villi), Anna’s father. In his grief-stricken, embittered lament for his lost daughter, his voice fills the theater, full of passion, anger and regret.”
(Connie Lyons, Fauquier Times Democrat)
•” Baritone Bryan Jackson projected enormous energy and considerable beauty in everything he touched”
(Joan Reinthaler; Washington Post)
•“The best vocal work of the evening came from baritone Bryan Jackson, who was a snarling Scarpia…”
(Charles T. Downey, Washington Post)
•"Baritone Bryan Jackson was suavely sinister and malevolent in his portrayal of the evil Baron Scarpia, chief of police. His voice is impressive in its size and rich timbre. He had no trouble whatever in soaring over the large chorus in the “Te Deum” which concludes Act I."
(Micaele Sparacino, ConcertoNet.com)
•Bryan Jackson brought to the role of Figaro (Nozze) both a strong voice and a deft comic sense of acting.
(Stephen Neal Dennis, www.allartsreview4u.com)
•“As Scarpia, baritone Bryan Jackson had the strong voice, menacing demeanor and the sinister aura of evil to make the audience hate him, which is the mark of a good Scarpia”
(Herman Trotter; The Buffalo News)
•“In the role of Figaro (Nozze), Bryan Jackson combined a voice both rich and agile with a strong personality”
(Joseph McLellan; RedLudwig.com)
•“Bryan Jackson brings a sonorous, subtly shaded baritone to the role of Aleko.”
(Joseph McLellan; Washington Post)…
•“Baritone Bryan Jackson was also at the top of his game as the evil Enrico (Lucia), projecting a cold authority with his knife-edged voice and excellent diction”
(TL Ponick, Washington Times)
BIOGRAPHY
Most recently seen as Il Duca D’Albuquerque in Donizetti’s Maria Padilla with the Washington Concert Opera; Jupiter in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld for The In-Series; The Wolf in Little Red Riding Hood for Belcantanti; Alidoro in Cinderella for the Opera Theater of Northern Virginia; Amonasro in Aida of The Aria Club of DC; Count Almaviva in Mozart’s Men for The In-Series; Scarpia in Tosca for The American Center for Puccini Studies (ACPS); Marcello in La Bohème for Belcantanti; Guglielmo Wolf in Puccini’s Le Villi with the Piedmont Orchestra (VA), baritone soloist for the Gala Lirica Concert for the Teatro Nacional of Panama; Death in Gustav Holst’s Savitri for the In Series; Father in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel for the Opera Theater of Northern Virginia and the Embassy of Germany; Enrico in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor for Belcantanti (Washington, DC); Figaro in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro for The Austrian Embassy; Amonasro (Aida) and Scarpia (Tosca) for The Amato Opera (NYC); Monterone in Rigoletto, Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rachmaninoff’s Aleko, Father in Hansel and Gretel, and Ibn-Hakia Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta all for Belcantanti; Second Mate in Britten’s Billy Budd for the Washington National Opera; and Schaunard in both the Puccini and Leoncavallo versions of La Bohème, Guglielmo Wolf in Le Villi, and Jack Rance in La Fanciulla del West, all for ACPS. Bryan won second place in the Meistersinger Competition in Graz, Austria (AIMS 2002) and was a Mac Allister Award semi-finalist.
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OPERA/OPERETTA
Jupiter/Orpheus in the Underworld/ Atlas Theatre 2009
The Wolf/Little Red Riding Hood/Belcantanti 2009
Il Duca D'Albuquerque/Maria Padilla/Washington Concert Opera 2008
Alidoro/La Cenerentola/Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia 2008
Amonasro/Aida/Aria Club 2008
Count Almaviva/Mozart's Men/The Source Theatre 2008
Scarpia/ Tosca/ American Center for Puccini Studies 2008
Marcello/ La Bohème/ Belcantanti 2008
Guglielmo Wolf/ Le Villi/ Piedmont Orchestra (VA) 2008
Gala Lirica Soloist/ Teatro Nacional; Panama 2008
Death/ Savitri/ The In-Series (DC) 2008
Father/ Hansel and Gretel/ Belcantanti / Embassy of Germany 2007
Schaunard/ La Bohème/ American Center for Puccini Studies 2007
Marcello (cover)/ La Bohème/ American Center for Puccini Studies 2007
Father/ Hansel and Gretel/ Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia 2007
Jack Rance/ La Fanciulla del West/ American Center for Puccini Studies 2007
Enrico/ Lucia di Lammermoor/ Belcantanti 2007
Guglielmo Wolf/ Le Villi/ American Center for Puccini Studies 2007
Figaro/ Le Nozze di Figaro/ Belcantanti / Embassy of Austria 2006
Scarpia/ Tosca/ American Center for Puccini Studies 2006
Capelio/ I Capuleti e i Montecchi/ Chamber Opera DC 2006
Ibn-Hakia/ Iolanta/ Belcantanti 2006
Amonasro/ Aida/ Amato Opera 2006
Aleko/ Aleko/ Belcantanti 2006
Father/ Hansel and Gretel/ Belcantanti 2005
Scarpia/ Tosca/ Amato Opera 2005
Schaunard/ La Bohème/ American Center for Puccini Studies 2005
(Puccini and Leoncavallo)
Aleko/ Aleko/ Belcantanti 2005
Figaro/ Il Barbiere di Siviglia/ Belcantanti 2005
Monterone/ Rigoletto/ Belcantanti 2004
Second Mate/ Billy Budd/ Washington National Opera 2004
Baron Douphol/ La Traviata/ Washington National Opera (Cover) 2004
Don Giovanni/ Don Giovanni/ Washington Civic Opera 2004
Frank/ Die Fledermaus/ Washington Civic Opera 2003
Mephistopheles/ Faust/ Washington Civic Opera 2002
Rigoletto/ Rigoletto/ Washington Civic Opera 2001
Scarpia/ Tosca/ Buffalo Opera Unlimited 2000
Steno/ Marin Faliero/ Opera Camerata of Washington 2000
Undertaker/ Porgy and Bess/ New York City Opera 2000
3rd Nobleman/Valet/ Sly/ Washington National Opera 1999
Joseph/ Little Thieves of Bethlehem/ Opera Theater of Rochester 1997
Warm as the Autumn Light
Di Provenza il mar, il suol
Aleko's Cavatina
Nemico della Patria
Bella siccome un angelo
Non piu andrai
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