MEET THE SOLOIST: Michael Dean, bass

Bass Michael Dean performs Beethoven's Ninth
May 7, 2022 at 8PM

Background:

Lauded by the New York Times for his “strong appealing bass-baritone,” American Michael Dean has been hailed by the San Jose Mercury News as “the standout, his voice a penetrating wake-up call.” Recent highlights include Mozart’s Requiem with the Eugene Symphony, Handel’s Messiah with the Rochester Philharmonic, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem at the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Haydn’s The Creation with the Florida Orchestra and Verdi’s Requiem with the Eugene Symphony. 

Highlights:

• Recent highlights include a soloist performance in Mozart’s Requiem with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah with the Eugene Symphony and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and returns to the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park. He has also been a featured soloist in Messiah with the Richmond Symphony, in Faure’s Requiem and Mozart’s Requiem with the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park (the latter recorded and released), Messiah with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and the Milwaukee Symphony and Beethoven’s Mass in C with the Naples Philharmonic.
• On opera stages, Mr. Dean has made frequent appearances with the legendary New York City Opera, where he performed the title role in Le nozze di Figaro, Leporello in Don Giovanni, George in Of Mice and Men, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, and was seen and heard as Jason McFarlane in the Live from Lincoln Center broadcast of Lizzie Borden. Other notable operatic performances include Gregorio in Roméo et Juliette with Los Angeles Opera; the title role in Don Giovanni and Silva in Ernani at the Landestheater in Linz, Austria; Le nozze di Figaro in Antwerp, Belgium; Of Mice and Men at Arizona Opera; and Colline in La bohème in Strasbourg and Berlin. Michael Dean has received high critical praise for his numerous recordings of baroque opera, including Agrippina, Ottone, Dido and Aeneas, Radamisto, Giustino and Serse.
• Michael Dean is currently the Chair of Vocal Studies and Professor of Voice at The University of California, Los Angeles.

Critical Praise:

• "A standout, his voice a penetrating wake-up call.” San Jose Mercury News
• "A strong, appealing bass-baritone" The New York Times

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