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American baritone Robert Mellon has been acclaimed by _Opera News_ for having "excellent comic timing" and a "domineering baritone, gleaming like polished copper." During the 2022-2023 season he will be making his house debuts at Lyric Opera of Kansas City as Escamillo in _Carmen_, Tulsa Opera in _L'italiana in Algeri_ as Taddeo, and Opera Tampa as Tonio in _Pagliacci_. Mr. Mellon will then return to Pensacola Opera to reprise the role of Marcello in _La bohème_ and to Syracuse Opera and Tri-Cities Opera for Figaro in _Le nozze di Figaro_. With Opera Las Vegas he will debut the role of Germont in _La traviata_. He will also sing the roles of Le Père, Ludovic and L'Usurier in a concert performance of _La Belle et la Bête_ with Present Music in Milwaukee, WI. In the 2021-2022 season, Mr. Mellon debuted the roles of Marcello in _La bohéme_ and Gubetta in _Lucrezia Borgia_ with Opera de Oviedo and made his Pensacola Opera debut reprising the role of Papageno in _Die Zauberflöte_. He also debuted the role of Iago in a reimagined production of Verdi's _Otello_ with In Series Opera in Washington, D.C.

For his house debut with Opera Philadelphia, Mr. Mellon reprised the role of Marullo in _Rigoletto_. With Union Avenue Opera he debuted as the title role in _Falstaff_. In recent seasons Mr. Mellon has performed the roles of Schaunard in _La bohème_ with San Diego Opera; Malatesta in _Don Pasquale_ with Opera Las Vegas; Figaro in _Il barbiere di Siviglia_ with Union Avenue Opera; and Simone in _Eine Florentinische Tragödie_ and Tonio in _Pagliacci_ with Opera de Oviedo. With Livermore Valley Opera he performed the title role in _Gianni Schicchi_ and Simone in _Eine Florentinische Tragödie_ about which the San Francisco Chronicle wrote: "Baritone Robert Mellon was both the musical star of the performance and its dramatic vertex. . .with a steely vocal edge that never interfered with the beauty and flexibility of his singing."

Other roles include Leporello in _Don Giovanni_, Don Alfonso in _Così fan tutte_, Escamillo in _Carmen_, Pizarro in _Fidelio_, Sam in _Trouble in Tahiti_, and Macbeth in the U.S. Premiere of Ernest Bloch's _Macbeth_. Mr. Mellon was a studio artist with Opera Maine, a resident artist with Shreveport Opera, and a Gerdine Young Artist and Gaddes Festival Artist with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. He is also a Sullivan Foundation Career Grant recipient. Concert work includes Rossini's _Petite Messe Sollennelle_, Mozart's _Requiem_, Durufle's _Requiem_, Dvorak's _Te Deum_, Bach's _Magnificat_, Faure's _Christmas Oratorio_, and Mussorgsky's _Songs and Dances of Death_.