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date = "2019-04-01T00:33:23+00:00"
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John Bitsas, baritone, is a recent graduate of The Boston Conservatory, where he received his Masters of Music in Opera Performance under the tutelage of Dr. Rebecca Folsom. At Boston Conservatory at Berklee, John performed the role of Guglielmo in Mozart's _Così fan tutte,_ Owen Hart in Heggie's _Dead Man Walking,_ Melisso in Handel’s _Alcina_, Herr Reich in Nicolai’s _Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor_, and covered the role of The Prophet/Larry King in Muhly’s _Dark Sisters_.

Having received his Bachelors of Music in Voice Performance from Simpson College, John performed such roles as Figaro in Mozart’s _Le nozze di Figaro_, Simone in Puccini’s _Gianni Schicchi_, Le fauteuil in Ravel’s _L’enfant et les sortilèges_, Endimione in Cavalli’s _La Calisto,_George Jones in Weill’s _Street Scene_, and The Abbot in Britten’s_Curlew River_. At Simpson College, John studied under Matthew Lau and coached with Dr. Robert L. Larsen.

On the concert stage, John has been a soloist in Bach's _Magnificat_, Schubert’s _Mass in G_, Bach Cantatas 113 and 94, Handel’s _Messiah_, Duruflé’s _Requiem_, Handel’s _Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate Deo_, Beethoven’s _Fantasia in C minor_, Bernstein’s _Chichester Psalms_, and Britten’s _Rejoice in the Lamb._

John has trained in the past as a young artist at the Ad Astra Music Festival (2016), where he performed Duruflé's _Requiem_ as well as various art song recitals and at Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre (2016, 2015) where he covered the role of Marchese d'Obigny and performed the role of Commissario in Verdi's _La traviata_. In the summer of 2017, John performed the role of Betto di Signa in Puccini’s _Gianni Schicchi_ with the Crested Butte Opera Studio along with performing in an art song recital and a cabaret. John has also been a young artist at the Bach Institute in collaboration with Emmanuel Music in Boston, MA (2017).