TENORS
Andrew Drost (Lenski) - Tenor Andrew Drost began his professional singing career in 2002 with the Sarasota Opera where he debuted as Macduff in Macbeth and Flaminio in L'Amore di Tre Re, and Alfred in Die Fledermaus. He made his New York City Opera debut in 2004 to great acclaim as Pirelli in Sweeney Todd. He returned to NYCO in 2004 as Bagha in the world premiere of Haroun and the Sea of Stories and Momus II in Platee. He again joined the New York City Opera for the 2005-06 season singing Belfiore in Il Viaggio a Reims, The Lamplighter and Drunkard in The Little Prince, and Ciccio in The Most Happy Fella. His 2006-07 NYCO season included performances of Rodrigo in La Donna del Lago and Victorin/Gaston in Die Tote Stadt. Summer of 2006 marked Mr. Drost’s European debut singing at the prestigious Rossini Festival in Pesaro, Italy as both Count Liebenskof and Belfiore in Il Viaggio a Reims. He is a winner of the Liederkranz Foundation Vocal Competition, the Singer Developments Foundation Competition, the winning recipient of the Daniel R. Mandelker and Marlene N. Harris Singers Fund, as well as a finalist in the Richard Tucker Foundation Competition. He was also featured in the Bernstein on Broadway concert with the Orchestra of St. Luke's at the Caramoor Music Festival with Broadway leading ladies Judy Kaye and Lisa Vroman.
Jeffrey Hartman (Alfredo) - Tenor and former Artistic Director of New York Opera Singers Association, Inc. Jeffrey Michael Hartman is heralded as “one of the fastest-rising tenor stars on the opera horizon today” (Lucine Amara). He made is Boston debut this year as Calaf in Puccini’s ”Turandot” where he got rave reviews. His rich, full, round lyric voice has made him a popular choice for the leading roles of in the most famous operas of the standard repertoire. He was praised as "exciting, exhilarating and a tremendous voice” for the dual roles of Nardo and Lampionaio in Louis Gioia’s world premiere production of Un Racconto Fiorentino with New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera. Jeffrey’s young career already includes performances in some of the important regional American opera houses, including Indianapolis Opera, Dicapo Opera Theatre, Sarasota Opera, New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera, Coro Lirico and the New York Metro Vocal Arts Ensemble. He sang to critical acclaim in the “Tribute to Caruso” with Metropolitan Opera’s Jane Bunnell and Mark Rucker at Dicapo Opera Theatre. Jeffrey won first place in the Dicapo Opera Theatre Competition in 2003, third place in the New Jersey Verismo Opera Competition in 2005, and received the Ralph Appleman Award for Most Promising Singer with the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) in 2000. In addition to opera, Jeffrey is a veteran of numerous concerts and recitals and is also an accomplished tenor soloist in oratorio works such as Mendelsohn’s Elijah, Haydn’s Creation, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Handel’s Messiah, Verdi’s Requiem, Dubois’ The Seven Last Words of Christ, and Steiner’s The Crucifixion, among others. His guest appearances include solos at Carnegie Hall and other venues in the New York City area. He has study with Metropolitan Opera soprano Lucine Amara in New York and currently studies with Metropolitan Opera tenor Francisco Casanova.
Daniel Kamalic (Triquet): Boston-based tenor Daniel Kamalic is enjoying a promising career on the New England opera stage. Connecticut audiences may recognize him as King Melchior from Thames Valley Music Schools's 2003 and '04 productions of Amahl and the Night Visitors, or from ongoing performances as the Corporal in Boston Lyric Opera/Opera New England's tour of The Daughter of the Regiment. Described by critics as a "local favorite", Mr. Kamalic recently received critical acclaim for his portrayals of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic baritones in Raylynmor Opera's Ruddigore, and his Captain Corcoran in The Palace Theatre's H.M.S. Pinafore ("arguably the best actor in the cast"). He created the role of Young Baritone in New England Light Opera's "The (in)Compleat Works of Gilbert and Sullivan", for which he received a Theater Mirror Addison Award. Other recent appearances include with Granite State Opera: Marullo in Rigoletto, Speaker/First Priest/Armored Man in The Magic Flute, Dupoirier in Thomas Oboe Lee's Oscar Wilde (workship premiere).
Mark Lin (Gastone): Tenor Mark Lin recently transitioned from baritone and was heralded as having “sang and acted expertly in the role of the marriage broker, Goro” by the Fresno Bee. He has also performed Count Hugo Detlef in The Student Prince and Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus. Previously as a baritone, Mr. Lan performed a wide variety of roles including Schaunard in La Boheme, the title role in Don Giovanni, Yamadori in Madama Butterfly, Wagner in Faust, Papageno in The Magic Flute, Dancaïro in Carmen, Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte and Gobineau in The Medium, Also, he performed Dead Mao in the première of Mao Zedong: Jealous Son for La Mama E.T.C.
Tenor Fred Goff (Giuseppe) is no stranger to CLO audiences, having been a long standing member of the company. He is frequently seen in character roles as varied as the peasant leader in Eugene Onegin, Elder Hays in Susannah, Benvolio in Romeo et Juliette, and Kromov in The Merry Widow. He is also a member of the Eastern CT Symphony Chorus and frequent soloist throughout the region.
