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date = "2019-01-21T21:24:59+00:00"
discipline = "Baritone"
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primary_image_credit = "Arielle Doneson"
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slug = "norman-garrett"
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title = "Norman Garrett"
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American baritone Norman Garrett, whose performances have been called “scene stealing” by the New York Times,is enjoying a varied and exciting career. Role and house debuts abound in the 2018/19 season include Ríolobo in Daniel Catán’s _Florencia en el Amazonas_ at Houston Grand Opera, a return to Washington National Opera as Lieutenant Gordon in _Silent Night_, a debutat the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich as Larkens in _La Fanciulla del West_, Jochanaan in _Salome_ with Dayton Opera, and Crown in _Porgy and Bess_ with Fort Worth Opera. High profile concert appearances include _Carmina Burana_ with Bramwell Tovey and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl as well as at the Toronto Symphony with Donald Runnicles.

In recent past seasons, Norman Garrett has appeared numerous times with Washington National Opera, where he was a Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist. Performances there include Ríolobo, Papageno in _The Magic Flute_, Masetto in _Don Giovanni_, the Father in _Hansel and Gretel_, a Steersman in _Tristan und Isolde_, Captain Gardiner in Jake Heggie’s _Moby Dick_, and the world premiere of Jeanine Tesori’s _The Lion, the Unicorn, and Me_. Other operatic appearances include his Lyric Opera of Chicago debut as Jake in _Porgy and Bess_, the title role in Delius’ rarely heard _Koanga_ with Wexford Festival in Ireland, Escamillo in _Carmen_ with both Austin Opera and Opera Columbus, Crown with Glimmerglass Festival and University of Michigan, Minksman in Jonathan Dove’s _Flight_ at Des Moines Metro Opera, and Mandarino in _Turandot_ with Cincinnati Opera.

Symphonically, Norman Garrett has made many important appearances, including his debuts with the Philadelphia Orchestra in a Gershwin program conducted by Cristian Măcelaru, the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl as the Marchese in _La Traviata_, a concert of American music with The Cleveland Orchestra, the National Philharmonic at the Music Center at Strathmore in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, the Lubbock Symphony as Escamillo in concert, as well as Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Rogue Valley Symphony in Ashland, Oregon.

Mr. Garrett is a former winner of the George London Foundation Competition, and has received top prizes in more than a dozen international vocal competitions, including the Gerda Lissner Foundation, the William Matheus Sullivan Foundation, the Jensen Foundation, the Giulio Gari Foundation, Fort Worth Opera’s McCammon Competition, and the Licia Albanese-Puccini Competition. He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Texas Tech University and the Academy of Vocal Arts, where he was a resident artist.