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date = "2019-03-06T18:02:47+00:00"
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title = "Eric Ferring"
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Tenor **Eric Ferring**, a native of Dubuque, Iowa, graduated magna cum laude from Drake University in 2014 with his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and The Boston Conservatory in 2016 with his Master of Music in Opera Performance under the tutelage of Dr. Rebecca Folsom.

Currently, Mr. Ferring is a member of the Ensemble of the Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and will be singing Giuseppe/_La traviata_, Young Servant/_Elektra_, and covering Lurcanio/_Ariodante_ (among other roles) in Lyric’s 2018-2019 season.

Previously, Mr. Ferring was a Resident Artist at Pittsburgh for two seasons where he performed Spoletta/_Tosca_, Basilio/Curzio in _The Marriage of Figaro_, Ricky/_The Long Walk_, The Protagonist in the world premiere of _Ashes & Snow_ (now known as Savage Winter) in collaboration with American Opera Projects, Flask/_Moby-Dick_, Nemorino/_The Elixir of Love_ as well as Gastone/_La traviata_, Fourth Jew/_Salome,_ and Señor Alcalde in the world premiere of _The Summer King_. In the summer of 2017, Mr. Ferring was an Apprentice Singer at Santa Fe Opera where he covered Oronte/_Alcina_ and was awarded the Richard Tucker Memorial Scholarship. Mr. Ferring will return to Santa Fe for a major role debut in the summer of 2020.

Heralded by the Boston Musical Intelligencer for being “powerful and direct…while conveying a range of conflicting emotions with distinction and subtlety” and by having a “bold precision to his substantial sound,” Mr. Ferring has been seen at many prestigious summer programs and received a number of awards.

In the 2015-2016 summers, Mr. Ferring was seen at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as a Gerdine Young Artist performing Parpignol/_La bohème_, Zahir/_Shalimar the Clown_ (world premiere), as well as covering Scaramuccio/_Ariadne auf Naxos_ and Prunier/_La rondine_. While at OTSL, Mr. Ferring received a career award from the Richard Gaddes Fund for Young Artists given in recognition of his great vocal potential. Mr. Ferring has also been a Studio Artist at [Wolf Trap Opera ](http://www.wolftrap.org/opera.aspx)performing Lacouf/_Les mamelles de Tirésias_ and covering Remendado/_Carmen._

Mr. Ferring earned his Master of Music in Opera Performance at [The Boston Conservatory ](https://www.bostonconservatory.edu/)under the tutelage of Dr. Rebecca Folsom, where he performed as Alfredo/_La traviata_, Bill/_Flight_, Tom Rakewell/_The Rake’s Progress_ and Pylade/_Iphigénie en Tauride_. He received his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Drake University, where he performed as Nanki-Poo/_The Mikado_, Stage Manager/_Our Town_, and Nemorino/_The Elixir of Love_.

Mr. Ferring was a Young Artist at both the Seagle Music Colony and Cedar Rapids Opera and performed numerous roles with both companies. He has also been seen at Lakes Area Music Festival as Flute in Britten’s _A Midsummer Night’s Dream_. Mr. Ferring joined the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra in December 2017 as the Tenor Soloist for _The Messiah_ and will return in April 2019 for two performances of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.

A multi-talented artist, Mr. Ferring is also an accomplished conductor, having conducted _To Hell and Back, Old Maid and the Thief, A Chorus Line, Sweeney Todd, Anything Goes_, and _A Little Night Music_, as well as assistant conducting productions of _Iphigénie en Tauride_ and _Le nozze di Figaro_.

Mr. Ferring was a recipient of a 2018 Sara Tucker Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation and has received a Career Grant from the Sullivan Foundation, Third Prize at the 2017 Gerda Lissner Foundation International Voice Competition, three Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions District Encouragement Awards, as well as most recently a Regional Encouragement Award from the Great Lakes Region. Mr. Ferring took 2nd Place in the 2014 Hal Leonard Vocal Competition: Art Song Division, was a two-time finalist for the International Crescendo Music Awards, and a winner at the 2013 Central Iowa Symphony and Fort Dodge Symphony Competitions.

Mr. Ferring is managed by Fletcher Artist Management.