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Michael J. Scott
Michael J. Scott’s current and future engagements include CASCA Battistelli’s Julius Caesar (world premiere) Teatro dell-Opera di Roma, HOST OF THE BALL/ VESTOVOJ/IVANOV War and Peace Grand Théâtre de Genève, DER OFFIZIER Reimann’s Ein Traumspiel Oper Halle, PONTIO PILATO Das Liebesverbot Opera Zuid, and return engagements to Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Grand Théâtre de Genève.
Most recent work includes AHAB Elias Theater an der Wien, SPOLETTA Tosca Nationale Reisopera, and SLIMBROEK Der Schmied von Gent, MARQUIS The Gambler, MALCOLM Macbeth, KOMMISSAR CLEMENS Les Bienveillantes (world premiere) De Vlaamse Opera, LOGE Der Ring des Nibelungen Theater an der Wien, LIPPO FIORENTINO Street Scene Teatro Real, Madrid, SHABBY PEASANT (cover) Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, FATTY Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, MONOSTATOS Die Zauberflöte, SOPEL Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sadko, SYPHAX Der König Kandaules, SCRIBE Khovanshchina, TATTERED PEASANT Lady Macbeth of Mtsenk, ERSTER GEHARNISCHTER Die Zauberflöte, ABDALLO Nabucco, KNAPPE Parsifal, HAUSHOFMEISTER Der Rosenkavalier and roles in Candide Opera Vlaanderen, Antwerp, POLICEMAN/OLD MAN/STUDENT The Nose Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, TITORELLI/FLOGGER/STUDENT Glass’ The Trial Theater Magdeburg, as well as KNAPPE Parsifal and HAUSHOFMEISTER Der Rosenkavalier Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg. Other international engagements include ERSTER JUDE Salome Teatro Comunale di Bolzano, Teatro Comunale di Modena and Teatro Municipale di Piacenza, RODOLFO La Bohème Nationale Reisopera Resident Artists Programme and DON JOSÈ Carmen Co-Opera.
Michael has a Bachelor of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music and a Masters from the Royal College of Music. He made his debut in 2005 as DON CURZIO Le Nozze di Figaro New Jersey Opera Theater. Other roles include MALE CHORUS The Rape of Lucretia with the MSM Accompanying Seminar, RODOLFO La Bohème Co-Operative Opera Company in London, the TENOR ROLES Lost Childhood IVAI-Tel Aviv, PASEK The Cunning Little Vixen, ERSTER GEHARNISCHTER Die Zauberflöte, and JENIK The Bartered Bride RCMIOS.