VITA

• 1992-1996 Lamont School of Music, University of Denver, Colorado
• 1997, 1998 Santa Fe Opera, Apprentice Artist Program for Singers
• 1999 Opera Colorado, Joseph and Loretta Law Artist Center
• 2004 San Francisco Opera, Merola Opera Program
• Lehrer: Mark Oswald, Dr. Ronald Worstell, Leigh Maclay

• 2005-2009 Festengagement am Staatstheater Kassel
• 2009-2010 Festengagement am Theater Oldenburg
• 2010-2012 Festengagement am Gärtnerplatztheater München

MEISTERKLASSEN

David Malis, Jane Eaglen, Robert Lloyd, Warren Jones, Martin Katz, Herbert Beattie,

Benita Valente, Jonathan Miller

AUSZEICHNUNGEN

2010 – Erna Schlüter Preis für außergewöhnliche, sängerische Leistungen

WETTBEWERBE

2006 - Semifinale - Competizione dell’Opera Dresden,

2004 - Rothman Award - Connecticut Opera Guild Competition

2003 - Finalist - Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Eastern Region

2003 - Finalist - Ellen Faull Gordon Competition

2003 - 3. Preis - Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Western Region

2003 - Finalist - Loren L. Zachary Competition,

2003 - 2. Preis - Denver Lyric Opera Guild Competition

2003 - 3. Preis - Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Western Region

GASTENGAGEMENTS

Staatsoper Hannover, Berliner Staatsoper (Biterolf 05), Oper der Stadt Bonn,

Aalto Theater Essen (Hercules), Wuppertaler Bühnen,

Schlosskonzert Neuschwanstein,

Theater Gera/Altenburg, Theater Bremen, Theater Detmold, Theater Dortmund

Händelfestspiele Halle 2011 (an Occasional Oratoria),

Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Oper Graz, Jopera Jennersdorf, , Stadttheater Klagenfurt

Emerald City Opera, Florentine Opera, Old Deerfield Productions,

Voyeur Theater Ensemble, Townsend Opera, Opera Company of Brooklyn,

Opera Orchestra of New York. American Opera Projects, Opera Delaware,

State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Opera Theater of Connecticut,

Riverside Opera Ensemble , Colorado Opera Festival, New York Repertory Ensemble Santa Fe Opera, Carnegie Hall (Lord Rochfort/Anna Bolena 03)

ZUSAMMENARBEIT MIT DIRIGENTEN

Howard Arman, Rasmus Baumann, Hermann Bäumer, Lukas Beikircher, Roland Böer,

Thomas Bönisch, Anthony Bramall, Michael Brandstätter, Horst Buchholz,

Evan Christ, Marco Comin, John Crosby, Will Crutchfield, Hubert Dapp,

Thomas Dorsch, Roger Epple, Dan Ettinger, Gabriel Feltz, Antonino Fogliani,

Georg Fritzsch, Giulia Glennon, Francis Graffeo, Hilary Griffiths, Peter Jaffe,

Johannes Kalitzke, Paul-Johannes Kirschner, Karsten Koch, Christoph König,

Jahbom Koo, Andreas Kowalewitz, Matthias Kuntzsch, Christopher Larkin,

Wolfgang Lischke, Stephen Lord, Nathan Matthews, Manfred Mayrhofer, Jay Meetze,

Nicholas Milton, Rainer Mühlbach, Steven Osgood, Roberto Paternostro, Ari Pelto,

Oleg Ptashnikov, Eve Queler, Benjamin Reiners, Caspar Richter, Patrik Ringborg,

Juan Carlos Rivas, Julius Rudel, Julien Salemkour, Andrea Sanguineti,

Michel Singher, Andreas Spering, Michael Spierman, Deborah Jenkins Teske,

Jens Troester, Erich Wächter, Christopher Ward, Jason Weaver, Sebastian Weigle,

Dean Williamson, David Wroe, Andreas Wolf

ZUSAMMENARBEIT MIT REGISSEUREN

Peter Baumgardt, Beverly Blankenship, Benedikt Borrmann, Linda Brovsky,

John Copley, Aurelia Eggers, Thomas Enzinger, Johannes Erath, Esterhazy,

KS Brigitte Fassbaender, Lorenzo Fioroni, Rosamund Gilmore, Lorraine Goodman,

Robin Guarino, Sabine Hartmannshenn, Niklaus Helbling, Robert Herzl,

Reinhild Hoffmann, Thomas Holliday, Julia Hölscher, Chuck Hudson,

Ronny Jakubaschk, Donald Jenkins, Josef E. Köpplinger, Stephen Lawless,

John Lehmeyer, Freo Majer, Alan Mann, Nathaniel Merchant, Sarah Meyers,

Peter Mussbach, Stephen Pickover, Gabriele Rech, Julius Rudel,

Joachim Schamberger, Ellen Schlaefer, Volker Schmalöer, K.D. Schmidt,

Andrea Schwalbach, Lydia Steier, Elisabeth Stöppler, Buck Townsend,

Sebastian Ukena

REPERTOIRE