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date = "2019-01-18T19:42:03+00:00"
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Baritone, Scott Ballantine, maintains a busy performing schedule year-round in New England and across the United States. He has worked with companies such as Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, Boston Lyric Opera, Connecticut Lyric Opera, MassOpera, Opera Steamboat, Odyssey Opera and the Janiec Opera Company. A recent young artist with the Janiec Opera Company in Brevard, NC, Ballantine had his role debut as Sharpless in _Madama Butterfly_, covered the role of Maximillian in _Candide_, and was a Street Singer Soloist in Bernstein’s _Massunder_ the baton of Maestro Keith Lockhart. Following his performances in North Carolina, Ballantine joined the Southern Vermont Lyric Theatre as Baron in _La Traviata_.

In the 2018-19 season, Ballantine returns as a young artist with Boston Opera Collaborative to sing the title role in _Don Giovanni_ and will portray the role of Father in _The Scarlet Ibis_. Following his engagements with BOC, Ballantine will make his company debut with the Natchez Festival of Music. There, he will sing the role of Miles Gloriosus in Sondheim’s _A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum_ and cover Marcello in _La Bohème_.

Previous operatic credits include Schaunard in _La Bohème_, Mercutio in _Roméo et Juliette_, Hannah Before in _As One_, Valmont in _The Dangerous Liaisons_, Sid in _Albert Herring_, John Brooke in _Little Women_, and the title role in Tobias Picker's _Fantastic Mr. Fox_. Feeling equally at home in musical theatre, Ballantine was a young artist with The Utah Festival of Opera and Musical Theatre in 2017, singing Oliver Hix in _The Music Man_ and covering Captain Phoebus in _The Hunchback of Notre Dame_. Additionally with the festival, Ballantine sang on numerous outreach concerts, cabarets and had the opportunity to Cover the role of Sharpless in _Madama Butterfly_.

A native of Colorado, he left the mountain west in pursuit of his Master's of Music in Voice Performance at The Boston Conservatory in 2015. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Voice Performance from Northern Arizona University in 2013. In addition to ongoing stage productions, Ballantine performs year-round in the Boston area: at restaurants and bars with Opera on Tap (bringing music to the masses), in professional holiday caroling gigs, as baritone section leader of Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church, and various youth outreach events.