- John Relyea
John Relyea is a
Bass-Baritone Opera Singer and winner of the 2003 Richard Tucker Award. [ [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/aleksandr_solzhenitsyn/index.html?query=RELYEA,%20JOHN&field=per&match=exact Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn News — The New York Times — Narrowed by 'RELYEA, JOHN' ] ]He was born in Toronto, Canada [ [http://www.operainfo.org/broadcast/operaBio.cgi?person=207&language=1 Metropolitan Opera International Radio Broadcast Information Center — 2007–08 Broadcasts ] ] to
Gary Relyea , one of Canada's distinguished opera singers andAnna Tamm-Relyea , also a noted professional singer [ [http://www.fanfaire.com/aria/relyea.html John Relyea: bass-baritone ] ]John Relyea is a 1998 graduate of the
Curtis Institute of Music , inPhiladelphia and studied under renowned Opera BassJerome Hines as well as his father. [http://media.www.michigandaily.com/media/storage/paper851/news/2001/04/12/Arts/Opera.Talent.Relyea.Offers.Variety.In.Styles.Languages-1408975.shtml Opera talent Relyea offers variety in styles, languages — Arts ] ] John Relyea has performed with major symphony companies across the country, such as theNew York Philharmonic , Santa Fe Opera,Seattle Opera and theMetropolitan Opera in addition to the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. His roles also include Figaro inLe Nozze di Figaro , the Four Villains inThe Tales of Hoffman , Raimondo inLucia di Lammermoor , Giorgio inI Puritani , Escamillo inCarmen , Don Basilio inIl barbiere di Siviglia , Colline inLa Bohème , Marke inTristan und Isolde , Caspar inDer Freischutz , Banquo inMacbeth (opera) , Collatinus inThe Rape of Lucretia and Garibaldo inRodelinda .http://www.imgartists.com/?page=artist&id=818&c=2] and appears on the Metropolitan Opera’s DVD presentations of Don Giovanni, and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, both released by Deutsche Grammophon.John Relyea is married with two sons.
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* [http://www.johnrelyea.com/ John Relyea's web page]
* [http://www.ffaire.com/aria/relyea.html FanFaire]
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