Masterworks: April 6 & 8

Rachelle Durkin, soprano

Australian Soprano Rachelle Durkin joined the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program after being selected as winner of the 2001 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut as First Handmaiden in Sly and has subsequently appeared there as Young Girl and Naked Virgin in Moses und Aron, Barena in Jenufa, Masha in Pique Dame, (Teresa) in Benvenuto Cellini, (Konstanze) in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, (Elvira) in L’Italiana in Algeri, and First Flower Maiden in Parsifal, a role she also performed at the Salzburg Festival as part of the MET tour under the baton of Maestro James Levine. Read More...

Emily Golden, mezzo-soprano

The New York Times has described Emily Golden’s voice as “lustrously dark” and her performances as “positively virtuosic.” She has built her reputation as a consummate singing actress both in the United States and abroad in repertoire encompassing the Baroque to the Contemporary. Read More...

Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor

A native of North Carolina, tenor Anthony Dean Griffey has captured critical and popular acclaim with opera companies and symphony orchestras worldwide. The combination of his beautifully lyric, yet powerful, tenor voice, a gift for exceptional communication and excellent musicianship has earned him the highest approbations. Read More...

Tom Fox, Choral Society of Greensboro

Tom Fox, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, received his early musical education there at the College Conservatory of Music. In 1974, he became a resident member with the Texas Opera Theatre and the following year with Houston Grand Opera. Between 1976 and 1980 he became a resident member of the Cincinnati Opera. In 1981 Tom Fox took up a Fest contract at the Frankfurt Opera as Principal Bass-Baritone and his debut there was as Orest in Elektra. His roles with this company, among others, included Amonasro in Aida, Escamillo in Carmen, Don Pizarro in Fidelio, Klingsor in Parsifal, Thoas in Iphigénie en Tauride, Ford in Falstaff, Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro and Nick Shadow in The Rake's Progress. Read More...