John Relyea continues to distinguish himself as one of today’s finest bass-baritones, appearing in many of the world’s most celebrated opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera (where he is an alumnus of the Merola Opera Program and a former Adler Fellow), Santa Fe Opera, Seattle Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Paris Opera, Munich State Opera, and the Vienna State Opera. He has appeared numerous times with prestigious orchestras throughout the world.
This season Mr. Relyea makes his debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in La Damnation de Faust, and returns to the Metropolitan Opera for Le Nozze di Figaro. He also makes appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, London Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Dresden Staatskapelle.
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“Relyea’s voice is a true bass-baritone, black-hued, big and deeply textured. It is doubtless capable of reaching the Metropolitan Opera’s farthest corners with little strain and carries a strong promise of Wagnerian gods and Mussorgsky czars to come in future years.”
– Chicago Sun-Times
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