Harold Meers
Adjunct Instructor of Voice
Harold Meers has established himself as one of the outstanding American tenors of his generation and is known particularly for his interpretations of Puccini, Verdi, and French Romantic repertoire. He has garnered both critical and popular praise for his work at the most important venues in North America, including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, San Diego Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Minnesota Opera, Madison Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Omaha, Des Moines Metro Opera, New Orleans Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, and Baltimore Opera, among others.
Internationally, Mr. Meers has performed recently as Riccardo in Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden (Germany), Boris in Katya Kabanova with Opera North (United Kingdom), Cassio in Otello with the Filharmonica de Jalisco in Mexico at Teatro Degollado (Mexico), the title role of Hoffmann in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Boris in Katya Kabanova and Rodolfo in La Bohème with Theater Freiburg (Germany). He recently traveled to the Czech Republic to perform at the National Theater in Brno, Czechia, as the title character in Verdi’s Otello and reprised the role at the Thurn und Taxis Schlossfestspiele in Regensburg, Germany. Last season, he debuted the role of Manrico in Verdi’s Il Trovatore with Opera Santa Barbara. Mr. Meers is the Founder and Executive Artistic Director of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Opera Theater located in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, South Carolina.
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