Adam Cioffari

Bass-baritone Adam Cioffari, a second-year Houston Grand Opera Studio Artist, will sing Elviro in Handel’s Xerxes this spring. Mr. Cioffari sang the role of a Noble in Lohengrin last fall and appears this winter as the Jailer in Puccini’s Tosca. During the 2008/09 season, he appeared as Snug in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Count Ceprano in Rigoletto, and Stanley in the world premiere of Brief Encounter by André Previn. 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 where he sang 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.