2009-10 Studio Artist

Adam Cioffari, bass-baritone
Marjorie A. Evans Fellow

Bass-baritone Adam Cioffari, a second-year artist with the Houston Grand Opera Studio appears this season as one of the Four Nobles in Lohengrin and as the Jailer in Puccini’s Tosca. Last season at HGO he appeared as Snug in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Count Ceprano in last season’s Rigoletto, and created the role of Stanley in the world premiere of Previn’s Brief Encounter. He holds bachelor and master of music degrees, both in voice performance, from Indiana University, where his credits include Monterone in Rigoletto. He participated in the 2008 Merola Opera Program, singing Masetto in Don Giovanni. Last summer he made his debut with Aspen Opera Theater as Colline in Puccini’s La bohème. He was a finalist in HGO’s 2008 Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers.