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date = "2017-09-15T20:37:00-04:00"
discipline = "Bass-baritone"
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publishDate = "2017-09-15T20:37:00-04:00"
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slug = "philip-cokorinos"
title = "Philip Cokorinos"
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Hailed by Opera News for his “comedic high jinks” and “first-rate singing,” Philip Cokorinos was winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 1985, and went on to sing his début during the Met’s 1987-1988 season. Since then, he appeared in more than 400 performances of 40 operas at The Met, including “Live from The Met” telecasts of Don Giovanni; the world première of *The Ghosts of Versailles*; and The Met’s premières of *Sly*, *Cyrano de Bergerac*, and *The Gambler*, to name a few. He appeared many times in their productions of the standard repertoire including *Tosca*, *La bohème*, *La fanciulla del West*, *La traviata*, *Adriana Lecouvreur*, *La rondine*, *Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg*, *Macbeth*, *Manon*, *Don Carlo*, *Tosca*, *Il barbiere di Siviglia*, *Manon Lescaut*, *Le nozze di Figaro*, under the baton of Maestro James Levine, and Shostakovich’s verismo expressionist opera *Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk*. His recent appearances at this esteemed house include several The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD broadcasts including *Manon*, *La fanciulla del West*, *The Nose*, *Werther*, *Manon Lescaut*, *Le nozze di Figaro*, *La bohème* and *Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk*. This season, Mr. Cokorinos will perform as Zuniga in *Carmen* in a return to Los Angeles Opera and return to The Metropolitan Opera for their productions of *Le nozze di Figaro*, *Tosca*, and *La bohème*. Mr. Cokorinos will also be performing in New York City Opera’s production of *L’amore dei tre re* and as a soloist at The Metropolitan Opera Guild’s 83rd Annual Luncheon. 

A house favorite with Los Angeles Opera, he’s appeared many times with the revered opera house. In past seasons, he made a triumphant return to the company for their “Beaumarchais Trilogy,” singing Bartolo in Rossini’s *Il barbiere di Siviglia*, Antonio in Mozart’s *Le nozze di Figaro*, and Pasha in Corigliano’s *The Ghosts of Versailles*, all under Maestro James Conlon. He later returned as Betto di Signa in their production of *Gianni Schicchi*/*Pagliacci*. He also appeared in a variety of roles with the house including Benoit/Alcindoro in *La bohème*, Baron Duphol in *La traviata*, Sacristan in *Tosca*, Zaretsky in *Eugene Onegin*, Duke of Verona in *Roméo et Juliette*, and Ser Amantio di Nicolao in *Gianni Schicchi* with director Woody Allen.

Elsewhere in recent seasons, he performed the title role in *Don Pasquale* with Opera Santa Barbara; débuted the role of Riolobo in *Florencia en el Amazonas* and performed the role of the Priest in La campana sommersa both with New York City Opera; sang Daland in *Der fliegende Holländer* with Lyric Opera of Kansas City; and added Swallow in *Peter Grimes* to his many roles with Chautauqua Opera, which include Méphistophélès in *Faust*, Oroveso in *Norma*, The Forester in *The Cunning Little Vixen*, and Raimondo in *Lucia di Lammermoor*. With Opera Colorado, he sang Don Magnifico in *La Cenerentola* and Sacristan in *Tosca*; with the Spoleto Festival USA, Coley in Flora and Capellio in Bellini’s *I Capuleti e i Montecchi*; and with Central City Opera, Don Marco in *The Saint of Bleecker Street*, Pandolfe in *Cendrillon*, and his most frequently performed role: Leporello in *Don Giovanni*.

Additional engagements in the US include Frère Laurent in *Roméo et Juliette* with Opera Carolina and Nashville Opera; Rocco in *Fidelio* with Palm Beach Opera; and Timur in *Turandot* with Florida Grand Opera. Canadian appearances include Banquo in *Macbeth* with Edmonton Opera and Basilio in *Il barbiere di Siviglia* with Calgary Opera and Opera Lyra Ottawa.

On the concert stage, Mr. Cokorinos’ notable symphonic appearances include Haydn’s *Creation* and Händel’s *Messiah* at Carnegie Hall, Herod in Berlioz’ *L’enfance du Christ* telecast with NHK Symphony in Tokyo. He appeared in concert with the Minnesota Orchestra; Cincinnati May Festival; Spoleto Festival USA; Spokane Symphony; Jacksonville Symphony; The Little Orchestra Society of New York; and in several performances with Opera Orchestra of New York including Don Magnifico in *La Cenerentola*, Raimondo in Wagner’s *Rienzi*, Rochefort in *Anna Bolena*, Astarote in *Armida*, Cardinal de Brogni in *La Juive*, the Prefect in *Linda di Chamounix*, Capellio in *I Capuleti e i Montecchi*, and Sarastro in *Die Zauberflöte*, staged in the Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

His discography includes two works of Hector Berlioz with the Montreal Symphony under Charles Dutoit: Herod in *L’enfance du Christ* and Wagner in *Huit Scenes de Faust*, both released on DECCA. He can also be heard on the world-première recording of Stephen Paulus’ oratorio *To Be Certain of the Dawn* with the Minnesota Orchestra under Osmo Vanska. 
