Tenor resume as of June, 2015

SHAWN THURIS, TENOR
(310) 717-1338 · [email protected] · www.thuris.com
“His big, muscular voice easily scaled the role's myriad of high B-flats, and, even better, he made
Hoffmannsthal's allusive text sound like poetry.” – James Jorden, NY Observer (June 2015)
ROLES WITH ORCHESTRA
Ariadne auf Naxos
Bacchus
Der Freischütz
Max
Pagliacci
Canio
Carmen (Fr. dialogue)
Don José
Ariadne auf Naxos
Bacchus
I due Figaro
Il Conte
Ariadne auf Naxos
Bacchus
Die Fledermaus
Eisenstein
Die Fledermaus
Eisenstein
Ariadne auf Naxos
Bacchus
La traviata
Gastone
Tosca
Cavaradossi
La traviata
Gastone
Manon Lescaut (Auber)
Gervais
Tosca
Spoletta
Lucia di Lammermoor
Arturo
Tosca
Spoletta
La traviata
Alfredo
Il tabarro
Luigi
Utopia Opera Company, NYC (William Remmers)
Utopia Opera Company, NYC (William Remmers)
Utopia Opera Company, NYC (William Remmers)
dell'Arte Opera Ensemble, NYC (Christopher Fecteau)
Opera Nuova, Edmonton, Alberta (Timothy Vernon)
Amore Opera (G. Buchalter) – North Am. premiere
dell'Arte Opera Ensemble, NYC (Christopher Fecteau)
Amore Opera of Manhattan (Scott Jackson Wiley)
Brooklyn Repertory Opera (Francesco Lecce-Chong)
Brooklyn Repertory Opera (Francesco Lecce-Chong)
Center Stage Opera, L.A. (Brian Onderdonk)
Palisades Symphony, L.A. (Joel Lish)
Redlands Bowl Festival (Frank Fetta)
Lyric Opera of Los Angeles (Robert Sage)
Nevada Opera Theatre (Frank Fetta)
Center Stage Opera, L.A. (Brian Onderdonk)
Redlands Bowl Festival (Frank Fetta)
Casa Italiana Opera, L.A. (Kent Kornmeyer)
Opera Nova Santa Monica (Sean Bradley)
2015
2014
2013
2012
2012
2011
2011
2011
2010
2009
2007
2006
2006
2006
2006
2005
2005
2004
2003
ROLES WITH PIANO
Yeomen of the Guard
Fairfax
Iolanthe
Tolloller
Die Zauberflöte
1er Geharn.
Les contes d’Hoffmann
Hoffmann
A Hand of Bridge
Bill
G&S Society of New York (Peter Fancovic)
Utopia Opera Company, NYC (Peter Fancovic)
Opera Nova Santa Monica (Christopher Luthi)
Repertory Opera of Los Angeles (Brian Farrell)
Santa Monica College (Yuichi Hoshino)
2012
2011
2006
2005
2002
ROLES COVERED
Königskinder
Königssohn
La traviata
Alfredo
I pagliacci
Canio
Tosca
Cavaradossi
dell'Arte Opera Ensemble (Christopher Fecteau)
Redlands Bowl Festival (Frank Fetta)
El Dorado Opera (Carmine Aufiero)
Redlands Bowl Festival (Frank Fetta)
2010
2006
2006
2005
ROLES PREPARED
Radames
Samson (Saint-Saëns)
Siegmund
ROLES IN PREPARATION
Florestan
Parsifal
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RECITALS AND CONCERTS
Degree recital
Die Walküre, Act 1 scene 3
Winterreise
Excerpts: Die Meistersinger
Excerpts: Walkuere, Otello, Lohengrin
Winterreise
Siegfried, Prolog and Act 1 of GD
Tristan, highlights of Tristan und Isolde
Schubert, Fauré, Rachmaninov
Bridges of Love cycle (world premiere)
Excerpts: Les Troyens, Meistersinger
Dichterliebe
Arensky, Fauré, Rachmaninov, Schubert
Arensky, Fauré, Grainger, Schubert
Grainger et al.; presented masterclass
Arensky, Berlioz, Grainger, Schubert
Arensky, Busoni, Coward, Schubert
Scenes: Siegfried, Parsifal, Lohengrin
Winterreise
Fauré, Rachmaninov, Sibelius, Wagner
Schubert “Nachthelle”
“Introducing Wagner’s Ring”
Fauré, Sibelius, spirituals
Fauré, Grainger, Schubert, Wagner
“Tribute to L. Melchior” with orchestra
Robert Thies, pno.
Gerard Chiusano, cond.
Robert Thies, pno.
Steven Crawford, pno.
Scott Crowne, pno.
Robert Thies, pno.
Richard Nechamkin, pno.
Sung Jin Hong, cond.
Robert Thies, pno.
Sharon Farber, comp.
Michael Fennelly, pno.
Robert Thies, pno.
Robert Thies, pno.
Robert Thies, pno.
Starla Hibler, pno.
Robert Thies, pno.
Steven Vanhauwaert, pno.
Yulia Levin, pno.
Robert Thies, pno.
Barbara Ebert, pno.
Mark Hilt, cond.
Henri Venanzi, pno.
Dennis Boe, pno.
Kirill Gliadkovsky, pno.
Kevin McKeown, cond.
Claremont, CA
Opera Theatre of Montclair
Pasadena Schubertiade
Chelsea Opera, NY
Resonanz Found., Albany
Metropolitan Opera Guild
New York Opera Forum
One World Symphony, NY
Pasadena City College
Pacific Serenades, L.A.
Bel Canto New York
Pasadena Presbyterian
Pierce College, L.A.
Los Angeles City College
East Central Univ. of Okla.
Brand Library and Art Ctr.
Santa Monica Presbyterian
Wagner Society of So. Cal.
Christuskirche, L.A.
Pasadena Central Library
Jacaranda Concerts
Opera Pacific (OCPAC)
East Central Univ. of Okla.
Santa Monica Presbyterian
Santa Monica College
2014
2013
2013
2013
2012
2012
2011
2011
2010
2010
2008
2008
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2006
2006
2005
2005
2005
2004
2003
TRAINING
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Pitzer College, Claremont, CA
Santa Monica College
dell'Arte Opera Ensemble
Opera Nuova, Edmonton, AB
dell'Arte Opera Ensemble
Musicology, voice, piano and clarinet.
Opera workshop, voice, conducting, orchestration.
Summer program (2011) – focus: character study
Summer program (2012) – focus: acting, Alexander tech., dance
Summer program (2012) – focus: French diction
Voice teachers: Marvin Hayes, Gail Gordon, Dennis Parnell, Heidi Skok, J. Patrick Raftery
Coaches: Vladimir Chernov, Frank Fetta, Laura Loewen, Roger Malouf, Henri Venanzi, William Vendice