Guest Artist: Michael Chioldi, Baritone

Baritone Michael Chioldi has performed at nearly every major American opera house including: The Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, New York City Opera, Washington National Opera and Los Angeles Opera. Internationally he has traveled extensively in Japan with Maestro Seiji Osawa, and has appeared in Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Macau and Spain.
Michael returned to the Washington National Opera early in 2011 to perform his EMMY Award winning role of Sharpless in an Opening… Show more Night performance of Madama Butterfly, conducted by Plácido Domingo.
Earlier in January, he appeared in recital at Marywood University. A recital at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York followed in March. In early April, he appeared in Glory Denied with UrbanArias in Arlington, VA. Later in April he conducted a Master Class at Yale University's School of Music. In May, he again performed with Utah Opera - this time in the role of Ford in Verdi's Falstaff. The fall of 2011 saw his return to Lyric Opera of Kansas City for Turandot. At the end of the year, he returned to Washington National Opera to sing Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, and to Palm Beach Opera for Madama Butterfly.
Orchestra appearances include the New York Philharmonic, Washington National Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, New Haven Symphony, and the Houston Symphony.
Career highlights include his debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Fléville in Andrea Chénier in a cast that included Luciano Pavarotti and Aprile Millo, with James Levine conducting. At Washington National Opera he appeared as Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia - a role which marked his first lead role after attending the Houston Grand Opera Studio.

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