Steven Cole, tenor

Flute in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Previous Engagements at HGO:

• Remendado in Bizet's Carmen (2006)
• Monostatos in Mozart's The Magic Flute (1985)
• Nelson and Crab Man in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (1976)
• Pong in Puccini’s Turandot (1982)
• Dr. Caius in Verdi's Falstaff (1978)
• Goro in Puccini's Madama Butterfly (1978)
  

Recent Engagements:

• Sellem in Heggie's The Rake’s Progress and Goro in Puccini’s Madame Butterfly at San Francisco Opera
• Bardolfo in Verdi's Falstaff and Sportin’ Life in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess at Opera Company of Philadelphia
• Spoletta in Puccini’s Tosca with Seattle Opera
• Goro in Puccini’s Madame Butterfly with Cincinnati Opera
• Dance Master in Verdi's Ariadne auf Naxos with Metropolitan Opera
• Monostatos in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at Genoa Opera and the Teatro San Carlo in Naples and in Cagliari

Awards/Accolades/Recordings:

• Mr. Cole sang the world premieres of Jean Prodromidès's La Noche Triste, Gavin Bryar's Medea, and the revised version of Le Grand Macabre in a Peter Sellars production at the Salzburg Festival, released on CD by Sony Classical
• He can also be heard in Carlisle Floyd's Susannah, recorded under Kent Nagano for Virgin records
• Mr. Cole can also be heard on full recordings of The Rake’s Progress (Erato) and Offenbach’s Orfée aux Enfers (EMI), and in highlights of The Magic Flute on the Elektra label.