Stephen Lavonier (Baritone) is a native of Oswego,
NY. Most recently, Stephen was a guest artist at George Mason
University where he performed the role of Sam in Trouble in
Tahiti. This past summer he was Benoit/Alcindoro in La Boheme
at the Opera Company of Middlebury in Vermont. Prior to that
Stephen spent a season with Tri-Cities Opera in Binghamton
where he performed Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, El Danciro in
Carmen and the title role in Don Giovanni. Stephen has sung
Mercutio in Romeo et Juliette and Emperor Altoum in Turandot
with New Jersey Opera. Also at NJO, Stephen sung the roles of
Spinelloccio and the Magistrate in the double bill of Gianni
Schicchi and Buoso’s Ghost as well as covering the role of
Guglielmo in Cosi fan Tutte. Stephen has performed Nerone in L’
incoronazione di Poppea, Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro
and Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors with Purchase
College Opera.
Prior to his Master’s Degree at Purchase, Stephen sang the role of
Frank Maurrant in Street Scene at Hunter College, Marullo in
Rigoletto with Prism Works Opera and was an apprentice artist
with Sarasota Opera. Stephen holds a bachelor’s degree from
the Hartt School, where he performed the roles of Sam in Trouble
in Tahiti, Don Alfonso in Cosi fan Tutte, Baron Douphol in La
Traviata, The Second Hermit in Stephen Paulus’s The Three
Hermits and Zuniga in Carmen. Stephen will be seen as the title
role in Don Giovanni at Cornell Unversity in November 2008.
This season with Opera Manhattan, Stephen will sing the roles of
Valentin in Gounod's Faust and Giorgio Germont in La Traviata.
NY. Most recently, Stephen was a guest artist at George Mason
University where he performed the role of Sam in Trouble in
Tahiti. This past summer he was Benoit/Alcindoro in La Boheme
at the Opera Company of Middlebury in Vermont. Prior to that
Stephen spent a season with Tri-Cities Opera in Binghamton
where he performed Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, El Danciro in
Carmen and the title role in Don Giovanni. Stephen has sung
Mercutio in Romeo et Juliette and Emperor Altoum in Turandot
with New Jersey Opera. Also at NJO, Stephen sung the roles of
Spinelloccio and the Magistrate in the double bill of Gianni
Schicchi and Buoso’s Ghost as well as covering the role of
Guglielmo in Cosi fan Tutte. Stephen has performed Nerone in L’
incoronazione di Poppea, Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro
and Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors with Purchase
College Opera.
Prior to his Master’s Degree at Purchase, Stephen sang the role of
Frank Maurrant in Street Scene at Hunter College, Marullo in
Rigoletto with Prism Works Opera and was an apprentice artist
with Sarasota Opera. Stephen holds a bachelor’s degree from
the Hartt School, where he performed the roles of Sam in Trouble
in Tahiti, Don Alfonso in Cosi fan Tutte, Baron Douphol in La
Traviata, The Second Hermit in Stephen Paulus’s The Three
Hermits and Zuniga in Carmen. Stephen will be seen as the title
role in Don Giovanni at Cornell Unversity in November 2008.
This season with Opera Manhattan, Stephen will sing the roles of
Valentin in Gounod's Faust and Giorgio Germont in La Traviata.
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