Baritone Sidney Outlaw is 'Guglielmo' in Mozart's 'Cosi fan tutte' at North Carolina Opera, Oct. 3-6, 2013

Sidney Outlaw

North Carolina Opera

Così fan tutte Fully staged

“The School for Lovers”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sung in Italian with English supertitles

• Thursday, October 3, 2013, 8:00 PM
• Saturday, October 5, 2013, 8:00 PM
• Sunday, October 6, 2013, 3:00 PM

Fletcher Opera Theater, Duke Energy Center, Raleigh

Conductor

Timothy Myers

Director

Michael Shell

Cast

Fiordiligi – Elizabeth De Trejo
Dorabella – Cecelia Hall
Ferrando – Tyler Nelson
Guglielmo – Sidney Outlaw
Don Alfonso – Jake Gardner

Despina – Hailey Clark      

About Sidney Outlaw

Lauded by The New York Times as a “terrific singer” and The San Francisco Chronicle as “an opera powerhouse”, Sidney Outlaw was the Grand Prize winner of the Concurso Internacional de Canto Montserratt Caballé in 2010 and continues to delight audiences in the U.S. and abroad with his rich and versatile baritone and engaging stage presence. A recent graduate of the Merola Opera Program, and former member of the Gerdine Young Artist Program at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, this rising American baritone from Brevard, North Carolina made his English National Opera debut in the 2011-12 season as Rambo in “The Death of Klinghoffer”. Also last season, he appeared as Prince Yamadori in “Madame Butterfly” at Opera on the James. Other mainstage roles include Malcolm in “Malcolm X” at New York City Opera, Dandini in “La Cenerentola” with Florida Grand Opera (2009), Ariodante in Handel’s “Xerxes” (2010), Demetrius in Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” for the International Vocal Arts Institute, Papageno in “Die Zauberflöte” and a sensational international debut as Guglielmo in “Così fan tutte”, in both Germany and Israel (2009). A sought-after concert singer and recitalist, Mr. Outlaw made his Schwabacher Recital debut at the San Francisco Opera center with pianist John Churchwell and collaborates regularly with renowned pianists, Warren Jones (The New York Festival of Song and Marilyn Horne’s On Wings of Song series), Carol Wong, Steven Blier, and Michael Barrett. His concert and recital appearances include debuts of renowned works at major concert halls: “Messiah at Carnegie Hall”, Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 9” at Avery Fisher Hall, Mahler’s Lieder “Eines fahrenden Gesellen” with Music Academy of the West and “Wednesday At One” at Alice Tully Hall, John Stevens in the world premiere concert of H. Leslie Adam’s opera “Blake” at the prestigious Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, New York and the world premiere of Wayne Oquin’s, “A Time to Break Silence: Songs inspired by the Words and Writings of Martin Luther King, Jr.”, commissioned by The Juilliard School. Mr. Outlaw’s awards include 2nd Prize in the 2011 Gerda Lissner Foundation Awards, National semi-finalist Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions; semi-finalist Francisco Vinas International Singing Competition; finalist for both Concour International Musical de Montreal and George London Foundation; and grand prize Florida Grand Opera/YPO Vocal Competition. He holds a master’s degree in vocal performance from The Juilliard School and is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.