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David Kravitz, baritone

SCHEDULE

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Raphael/Adam in Haydn: The Creation
Mt. Washington Valley Choral Society
George Wiese, conductor
May 12, 2024, 3 pm
Majestic Theatre, Conway, NH
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Vassal in Wagner: Goetterdaemmerung (Act III)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
July 20, 2024
Tanglewood, Lenox, MA
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Eccles: The Judgment of Paris and Purcell: Songs
Aston Magna
Daniel Stepner, artistic director
Aug. 1, 2024 (7 pm) & Aug. 4, 2024 (3 pm)
8/1: Slosberg Music Center at Brandeis University, Waltham MA; 8/4: St. James Place, Great Barrington, MA
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Schlendrian in Bach: Coffee Cantata, BWV 211
Boston Baroque
Martin Pearlman, artistic director
Dec. 31, 2024 (8 pm) & Jan. 1, 2025 (3 pm)
12/31: GBH Calderwood Studio, Brighton, MA; 1/1: Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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SCHEDULE ARCHIVE (selected)

2024

Shostakovich - Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Millhand)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (Nelsons)

Sondheim - A Little Night Music (Fredrik)
Opera Huntsville (Bohn/Boyles)

Bach - Saint Matthew Passion (Pilate/aria soloist)
Emmanuel Music (Ryan Turner)

Brahms - Liebeslieder Walzer
Essex (CT) Winter Series (Mihae Lee)

2023

Cohen - They Burn, the Fires of the Night (premiere)
Defiant Requiem Foundation - Reviews 1, 2

Bartok - Bluebeard's Castle (Bluebeard) & Weill - Seven Deadly Sins (Mother)
Redeemer Concert Series

Mahler/Schoenberg - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Arpeggione Ensemble (Carroll/LeBlanc)

Bartok - Bluebeard's Castle (Bluebeard)
MIT Symphony Orchestra (Adam Kerry Boyles)

2022

Mendelssohn - Elijah (Elijah)
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (Jun Märkl)

COVID-19 cancellations (partial list)

Wagner - Tristan und Isolde, Act III (Helsman)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (Andris Nelsons)

Weill - The Firebrand of Florence (Duke Alessandro)
Emmanuel Music (Nathan Troup/Ryan Turner)

Mozart - Cosi fan tutte (Don Alfonso)
Boston Baroque (Tara Faircloth/Martin Pearlman)

2019

Janacek - The Cunning Little Vixen (The Forester)
Boston University Opera Institute (Loren Meeker/William Lumpkin) - Review

2018

Schumann - Neujahrslied
Boston Symphony Orchestra (Andris Nelsons) - Review

Wagner - Tristan und Isolde, Act II (Kurwenal)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (Andris Nelsons) - Reviews 1, 2, 3

Various composers - On Behalf of a Madman (The President)
Grand Harmonie (Julia Mintzer/Geoffrey McDonald) - Reviews 1, 2

Rachmaninoff - The Bells
New England Philharmonic (Richard Pittman) - Review

Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
Falmouth Chamber Players (John Yankee) - Review

2017

Berlioz - The Damnation of Faust (Brander)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (Charles Dutoit) - Reviews 1, 2, 3, 4

Tchaikovsky - The Maid of Orleans (Dunois)
Odyssey Opera (Gil Rose) - Reviews 1, 2, 3

Bernstein - Arias and Barcarolles
Longy School of Music (with Sandra Piques Eddy) - Reviews 1, 2

Schoenberg - Ode to Napoleon
Boston Chamber Music Society

Janacek - The Cunning Little Vixen (Forester)
Opera Santa Barbara (Crystal Manich/Kostis Protopapas) - Review

Bach - St. Matthew Passion (Pilate & aria soloist)
Emmanuel Music (Ryan Turner) - Reviews 1, 2

2016

Moro - Love Hurts (De Sade/Gilles de Rais) - world premiere
Associazione SoloCanto/Center for Contemporary Opera (Federica Santambrogio/James Ross) - Review

Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier (Notary)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (Andris Nelsons) - Reviews 1, 2, 3

Poulenc - Le bal masqué; Ullmann - Liederbuch des Hafis; Brahms - Liebeslieder Walzer
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival

Purcell - King Arthur (Cold Genius)
Henry Purcell Society of Boston (Scanlan/I. Watson) Review

Beethoven - Fidelio (Pizarro)
Grand Harmonie (Julia Mintzer/Geoffrey McDonald)

Donizetti - Il Campanello (Enrico)
Boston Midsummer Opera (Antonio Ocampo-Guzman/Susan Davenny Wyner) - Reviews 1, 2, 3

Bach - Der Streit zwischen Phoebus und Pan (Pan)
Weill - Seven Deadly Sins (Mother)
Emmanuel Music & Urbanity Dance (Betsi Graves/Ryan Turner)
- Reviews 1, 2

Hoffer - Lear in the Wilderness (world premiere)
Boston Musica Viva (Richard Pittman) - Reviews 1, 2

Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
Cape Symphony (Jung Ho Pak) - Review
New Bedford Symphony/Back Bay Chorale (David MacKenzie/Scott Allen Jarrett) - Review

2015

Puccini - Tosca (Scarpia)
Skylight Music Theatre (Jill Anna Ponasik/Viswa Subbaraman) - Reviews 1, 2, 3, 4

Rossini - La cenerentola (Don Magnifico)
Opera Saratoga (Lawrence Edelson/Gary Thor Wedow)

Schuller - The Fisherman and his Wife (The Fish)
Odyssey Opera (Gil Rose) - Reviews 1, 2, 3

Moravec - The Blizzard Voices
Boston Modern Orchestra Project (Gil Rose) - Review

Ben Moore - Enemies, A Love Story (Rabbi Lampert) - world premiere
Palm Beach Opera (Sam Helfrich/David Stern) - Review

Beethoven - Missa Solemnis
Back Bay Chorale (Scott Allen Jarrett)

Matthew Aucoin - Crossing
American Repertory Theater (Diane Paulus/Matthew Aucoin)

2014

Bock - Fiddler on the Roof (Tevye)
Ash Lawn Opera (Crystal Manich/Mark Sforzini) - Review

Verdi - Un giorno di regno (Tesoriere La Rocca)
Odyssey Opera (Joshua Major/Gil Rose) - Reviews 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Sondheim - A Little Night Music (Fredrik Egerman)
Emmanuel Music (Lynn Torgove/Ryan Turner) - Reviews 1, 2

Britten - War Requiem
Boston University Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (Scott Allen Jarrett & David Hoose) - Review

2013

Sparr - Approaching Ali (Davis Miller) - world premiere
Washington National Opera (Nicole Watson/Steven Jarvi) - Reviews 1, 2, 3, 4

Britten - Peter Grimes (Captain Balstrode)
Chautauqua Opera (Jay Lesenger/Steven Osgood) - Review

Wagner - Rienzi (Paolo Orsini)
Odyssey Opera (Gil Rose) - Reviews 1, 2, 3, 4

MacMillan - Clemency (Abraham) - U.S. premiere
Boston Lyric Opera (Andrew Eggert/David Angus) - Reviews 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Harbison - The Great Gatsby (Nick Carraway)
Emmanuel Music (Ryan Turner) - Reviews 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Handel - Radamisto (Farasmane)
English Concert (Harry Bicket) - Reviews 1, 2, 3, 4

Mahler (arr. Schoenberg) - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival

Gilbert & Sullivan - The Mikado (Pooh-Bah)
Lyric Opera of Kansas City (Theisen/Ferrell) - Reviews 1, 2

Verdi - Arias and Duets
Symphony Pro Musica (Mark Churchill) - Review

Pergolesi - La serva padrona (Uberto)
Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman) - Reviews 1, 2, 3, 4

Fairouz - Anything Can Happen (NY and Boston premieres)
Cantori New York (Mark Shapiro) and Back Bay Chorale (Scott Allen Jarrett) - Reviews 1, 2

Fairouz - Symphony No. 3 (Poems and Prayers) (west coast premiere)
UCLA Philharmonia (Neal Stulberg)

Haydn - Die Schöpfung (Raphael & Adam)
Newton Choral Society (David Carrier) - Review

Verdi - Rigoletto (Monterone)
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra (Federico Cortese)

2012

Tippett - The Midsummer Marriage (King Fisher)
Boston Modern Orchestra Project (Gil Rose) - Reviews 1, 2, 3

Stravinsky - Le Rossignol (Chambellan)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (Charles Dutoit)

Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Boston Pops (Keith Lockhart)

Musto - The Inspector (Cosimo)
Boston Lyric Opera (Leon Major/David Angus) - Reviews 1, 2, 3, 4

Donizetti - Don Pasquale (Dr. Malatesta)
Boston Midsummer Opera (Austin Pendleton/Susan Davenny Wyner) - Reviews 1, 2, 3

J. Strauss - Die Fledermaus (Dr. Falke)
Opera Memphis (Ned Canty/Steven Osgood) - Review

Handel - Almira (Raymondo)
Operamission (Jeff Caldwell/Jennifer Peterson) - Reviews 1, 2, 3

Lazar Weiner - Yiddish Art Songs
Boston Jewish Music Festival (Yehudi Wyner, piano) - Reviews 1, 2

Haydn - The Seasons
Back Bay Chorale (Scott Allen Jarrett, conductor)

Walton - Belshazzar's Feast
Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra (Paul Phillips, conductor)

2011

Puccini - Turandot (Ping)
Florentine Opera (Eric Einhorn/Joseph Rescigno) - Reviews 1, 2, 3, 4

Stravinsky - The Rake's Progress (Nick Shadow)
Emmanuel Music (Ryan Turner) - Reviews 1, 2, 3

Bach - St. John Passion (Pilate, Peter)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (Masaaki Suzuki) - Reviews 1, 2, 3

Wachner - Come my dark eyed one
Washington Chorus (Julian Wachner) - Reviews 1, 2

Rossini - L'italiana in Algeri (Taddeo)
Boston Midsummer Opera (Drew Minter/Susan Davenny Wyner) - Reviews 1, 2, 3, 4

Ravel - Histoires naturelles; Poulenc - Le bestiaire
Boston Chamber Music Society (Mihae Lee & Randall Hodgkinson, piano) - Reviews 1, 2

Hindemith - Cardillac (Gold Merchant/Provost Marshall)
Opera Boston (Nic Muni/Gil Rose) - Reviews 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Machover - Death and the Powers (U.N. Delegate) - U.S. premiere
American Repertory Theater (Diane Paulus/Gil Rose) - Review

2010

Strauss - Intermezzo (Ein Kommerzienrat)
New York City Opera (Leon Major/George Manahan)

Handel - Messiah
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (Edward Polochick)

Britten - War Requiem (cover baritone soloist)
Saito Kinen Orchestra (Seiji Ozawa)

MacMillan - St. John Passion (Christus - cover)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (Sir Colin Davis)

Mendelssohn - Elijah (bass in double quartet)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos)

Bloch - Sacred Service (Cantor)
Chorus pro Musica (Betsy Burleigh) - Review

Garfein - Scenes from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Guildenstern)
Boston Classical Orchestra (Steven Lipsitt) - Reviews 1, 2

Ash - The Golden Ticket (Lord Salt) - world premiere
Opera Theatre of St. Louis (James Robinson dir.; Timothy Redmond cond.) - Review

Mozart - Requiem
Britten - Cantata misericordium
Providence Singers (Andrew Clark)

2009

Menotti - The Consul (Mr. Kofner) - Reviews 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Verdi - La traviata (Dr. Grenvil) - Review
Glimmerglass Opera (Helfrich/Angus; J. Miller/Agrest)

Haydn - Die Schöpfung (Raphael)
Emmanuel Music (John Harbison) - Reviews 1, 2

Verdi - La traviata (Germont)
Pioneer Valley Symphony (Paul Phillips)

Cimarosa - Il maestro di cappella
Mozart - Bastien und Bastienne (Colas)
Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman) - Reviews 1, 2

Harbison - Winter's Tale (Leontes)
Boston Modern Orchestra Project (Gil Rose) - Reviews 1, 2, 3

Bach - Magnificat
Boston Baroque, at the Casals Festival, San Juan, PR (Martin Pearlman)

Smetana - The Bartered Bride (Krusina)
Opera Boston (Daniel Pelzig/Gil Rose) - Reviews 1, 2

Puccini - Turandot (Ping)
Chorus pro Musica (Jeffrey Rink) - Reviews 1, 2, 3

Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem
Wachner - Come my dark eyed one (world premiere)
Back Bay Chorale (Scott Allen Jarrett) - Review

Vores - Goback Goback
Boston Modern Orchestra Project (Gil Rose) - Review

Mendelssohn - Elijah (Elijah)
Brookline Chorus (Lisa Graham)

2008

Handel - Messiah
Philadelphia Orchestra (Julian Wachner)

Bach - St. Matthew Passion (Pilate, Pontifex, Peter)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (Bernard Haitink) - Reviews 1, 2, 3

Berlioz - Les Troyens (Trojan Soldier, 1st Sentinel)
Boston Symphony Orchestra (James Levine) - Reviews 1, 2

Martin y Soler - Una Cosa Rara (Lisargo)
Opera Theatre of St. Louis (Rader-Shieber, dir.; Rovaris, cond.)

Yannatos - A Lear Symphony (world premiere)
Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (James Yannatos) - Review

Weber - Der Freischütz (Prince Ottokar)
Opera Boston (Helfrich, dir.; Rose, cond.)

Bach - St. Matthew Passion (bass arias)
Lincoln (NE) Symphony (Edward Polochick)

Britten - Cantata misericordium
Cantata Singers (David Hoose)

Fussell - High Bridge
Cantata Singers (David Hoose) - Review

Bach - B Minor Mass
Emmanuel Music (John Harbison) - Review

Purcell - King Arthur
Boston Baroque (Martin Pearlman) - Review

Mahler - Kindertotenlieder
Boston Conservatory Orchestra (Beatrice Jona Affron) - Review

Handel - Semele (Somnus, Cadmus)
Opera Boston (Martin Pearlman cond., Sam Helfrich dir.) - Reviews 1, 2, 3

Navok - And the Trains Kept Coming - world premiere
Cantata Singers (David Hoose) - Reviews 1, 2

2007

Berg - Wozzeck (Wozzeck)
New England Philharmonic (Richard Pittman)

Gilbert & Sullivan - The Mikado (Ko-Ko)
Opera Theatre of St. Louis (Joseph Illick cond., Ned Canty dir.) - Reviews 1, 2, 3, 4

Orff - Carmina Burana
Cantata Singers (David Hoose) - Review

Mahler - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
New England Philharmonic (Richard Pittman) - Review

Weill - Der Lindberghflug - Boston premiere
Cantata Singers (David Hoose) - Reviews 1, 2

Bach - St. Matthew Passion (Jesus)
Back Bay Chorale (Scott Allen Jarrett)