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Matthew Lord
Tenor
A native of California, tenor Matthew Lord
is recognized as a versatile performing artist
with a voice capable of encompassing repertoire
from the 18th Century to works by composers of
today. His stage work is consistently praised
for its naturalness, intensity, and commitment.
His engagements include the San Francisco Opera
production of Peter Grimes, A Streetcar Named
Desire and Turandot. Mr. Lord also has performed
in The Crucilbe (Washington Opera), Mice and Men
(Cleveland Opera), L’Incoronazione di Poppea
(Utah Opera), The Love for Three Oranges
(Portland Opera). Other companies Lord has
performed with include: Opera Theatre of Saint
Louis, Glimmerglass Opera, Tulsa Opera, Lyric
Opera of Chicago, Berkshire Opera Company, Opera
Delaware, Dallas Opera. Prolific in all kinds of
music, Mr. Lord also performed in Andrew Lloyd
Weber’s Phantom of the Opera as Piangi in the
Hamburg Germany production. Lord’s concert
appearances include engagements with the Detroit
Symphony, the Juilliard Orchestra and Santa Fe
Symphony. Mr. Lord was also a member of the
prestigious Juilliard Opera Center. In January 2004, Mr. Lord made his Metropolitan
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Alex Bumpas
Tenor
Alex Bumpas is a high energy, up and coming
tenor who is well versed in opera, oratorio,
recital, and concert performances. Mr. Bumpas has
been a soloist in many professional organizations
including the Dallas Symphony, Dallas Bach Society,
Orchestra of New Spain, and Orpheus Chamber Singers.
He has performed with and attended the Seagle Music
Colony in New York and Festivalia di musika al
Casalmaggiore in Italy. In addition to
singing, Mr. Bumpas is also an accomplished trumpet
player having performed with artist such as Steve
Tyrell, Larry Willis, and former Blood, Sweat &
Tears saxophonist Bill Tilman. Mr. Bumpas
recently recorded a 21st century oratorio
with the Russian National Orchestra entitled
Every Matter Under Heaven by L. Johnson. The native Texan holds a bachelor degree in vocal
performance from The University of North Texas. |
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Blake Davidson
Baritone
Blake Davidson is acclaimed for his
versatility in opera, orchestral works,
operetta, musical theatre, and in demand for
leading roles in premieres of new works. The
Dallas Symphony presents Blake on A Dallas
Christmas Gala CD. His many appearances with the
Dallas Symphony include Bravo! Vail, where he
partnered with Sylvia McNair, as well as many
Broadway and Christmas concerts. Performances of
symphonic works and semi-staged operas include
the Auckland Philharmonia, and Dallas, Florida,
and Fort Worth Symphonies. He can be heard as
Bob in Menotti’s The Old Maid and the Thief,
released by Albany Records. Blake’s extensive
musical theatre engagements include Casa Maņana,
Dallas Summer Musicals, and many symphonic
Broadway concerts. His musicals roles include
Juan Peron in Evita, Fred Graham/Petruchio in
Kiss Me, Kate, Billy Bigelow in Carousel,
Caiaphas in Jesus Christ, Superstar, and Emile
de Becque in South Pacific. Opera engagements
include Dallas, Sarasota, Anchorage and
semi-staged operas with the orchestras of Fort
Worth and Auckland Philharmonia. |
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Steven Sanders
Tenor
Grammy
nominated tenor Steven Sanders has performed
with many prestigious opera companies including
New York City Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Opera
Theatre of Saint Louis, Boston Lyric Opera,
Opera Boston, Chautauqua Opera, Austin Lyric
Opera and Des Moines Metro Opera. Mr. Sanders
has also performed as a soloist at Carnegie Hall
and Avery Fisher Hall in New York City. A native
of Ninnekah, OK, Mr. Sanders holds degrees in
Music Education from the University of Science
and Arts of Oklahoma from which he received the
2004 Distinguished Young Alumni Award. He
received his Masters Degree in Vocal Performance
from Oklahoma City University and a Certificate
of Performance from Boston University. |
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Dinny McGuire
Bass
In the earliest years of his illustrious career,
Mr. McGuire found employment is such varied
positions as choir director, music teacher on
the Alaskan tundra, TV talk show host, sit-com
warm-up guy, and Vaudeville director and MC at
the nationally renowned Great American Melodrama
& Vaudeville Theatre. He has spent the last
quarter of a century as ringmaster for circuses
around the world including Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey Circus and most recently, New
York City's Big Apple Circus. |
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