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date = "2015-11-28T18:04:00-05:00"
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Baritone Tobias Greenhalgh is a versatile singer on the rise, whom Opera News recently claimed was "so clearly headed for success.” Mr. Greenhalgh joins Boston Lyric Opera for his first performances of Silvio in _I Pagliacci_ in the 2019/20 season. He also joins the ensemble at Aalto-Musiktheater Essen where his roles will include the Count in _Le nozze di Figaro_, Valentin in _Faust_, and Ottokar in _Der Freischütz_. Last season, he sang his first performances of Don Giovanni with both Virginia Opera and Baltimore Concert Opera, Dr. Malatesta in _Don Pasquale_ with Opéra national de Montpellier, Dr. Falke in _Die Fledermaus_ with Palm Beach Opera, Tom Joad in _The Grapes of Wrath_ with Michigan Opera Theatre, Belcore in _L’elisir d’amore_ with Opera Las Vegas, and joined the Britten _Sinfonia_ for the world premiere of Joby Talbot’s cantata _A Sheen of Dew on Flowers_ at the Barbicon in London. 

Recent performances include Figaro in _Il barbiere di Siviglia_ with the Glyndebourne Opera Tour, the title role in _Dido and Aeneas_ with Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Cecil in _Maria Stuarda_ and Demetrius in _A Midsummer Night’s Dream_ with Theater an der Wien, Riff in _West Side Story_ with the Grand Teton Music Festival under Maestro Gerard Schwarz, Tom Joad in Gordon’s _The Grapes of Wrath_ with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Belcore in _L’elisir d’amore_ with the Orlando Philharmonic, a quartet of roles in King Arthur with Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Maximilian in _Candide_ and Sam in _Pirates of Penzance_ with Palm Beach Opera, Jud Fry in _Oklahoma!_ with Charlottesville Opera, Ned Keene in _Peter Grimes_ and Littore and Tribuno in _L’incoronazione di Poppea_ at the Theater an der Wien, Escamillo in _Carmen_ and the Father in _Hänsel und Gretel_ at the Wiener Kammeroper, Doctor Falke in _Die Fledermaus_ at the Franz Lehár Festival in Bad Ischl, Austria and returned to Palm Beach Opera as Moralès in _Carmen_. 

While a member of the Junges Ensemble of the Theater an der Wien, he made his European debut as the title role of _Eugene Onegin_ at the Wiener Kammeroper, followed by performances of Argante in _Rinaldo_, which he reprised in a tour to the Bolshoi Theater, Ramiro in _L’heure Espagnole_, Le Directeur and Le Gendarme in _Les mamelles de Tirésias_, Cecco in _Gli Uccellatori_, and was presented in solo concert and recital. 

As a Gerdine Young Artist at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, he created the roles of Leo Stein and Man Ray in the world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon’s _27_ (released on Albany Records). He also joined Wolf Trap Opera as a Filene Artist, singing La Mari in _Les mamelles de Tirésias_ and Le Dancaïre in _Carmen_. He sang Schaunard in _La bohème_ with Palm Beach Opera with Palm Beach Opera in a return to the company after being a member of the company’s young artist program at which he sang Figaro in family performances of _Il barbiere di Siviglia_ as well as Fiorello in the company’s mainstage performances and Hermann and and Schlémil in _Les contes d’Hoffmann_. 

On the concert stage, he recently made two Carnegie Hall debuts singing Smyth’s The Prison with the Cecilia Chorus of New York along with a recital at Weil Recital Hall. In addition, he has sung Bach’s _Saint Matthew Passion_ with Soli Deo Gloria, The Druid Priest in Mendelssohn’s _Die erste Walpurgisnacht_ and Vaughan Williams’ _Five Mystical Songs_ with Saint George’s Choral Society, and a gala concert at Alice Tully Hall with the Opera Orchestra of New York. He was presented by the Brooklyn Art Song Society in a recital of Wolf’s _Mörike Lieder_ with the Brooklyn Art Song Society and joined the New York Festival of Song for three concert programs, and was a Schwab Vocal Rising Star at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts. Additionally he was a vocal fellow in the 2013 Toronto Summer Music Festival.

Mr. Greenhalgh is a graduate of The Juilliard School, from which he earned both his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees. In his final year at Juilliard, he sang Malatesta in _Don Pasquale_ and the Ferryman in _Curlew River_ following previous performances of Demetrius in _A Midsummer Night’s Dream_, Aeneas in _Dido and Aeneas_, and The Voice of Pokaye in Davies’ _Komilitonen!_. 

He is a first place winner of the 2013 Liederkranz Competition in the opera divison. In past seasons, his other competition wins included grand prize in the Metropolitan International Music Festival Competition, first place in the Mario Lanza Competition, second place in the Oratorio Society of New York Competition, third place in the Gerda Lissner Competition, an encouragement award in the Marilyn Horne Song Competition, and career grants from The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, Giulio Gari Foundation, and Opera Index, Inc. Additionally, he is the co-creator of Operation Superpower, a superhero opera for kids that promotes an anti-bullying stance from early school years. The program was recently featured on a PBS Newshour special on entrepreneurship in the classical arts.