Stanford Olsen

Stanford Olsen made his Metropolitan Opera debut on an hour’s notice as Arturo in I Puritani opposite the legendary soprano Dame Joan Sutherland. Mr. Olsen’s 2003-2004 season includes performances of the Berlioz Requiem with the Cathedral Choral Society of Washington, DC, and Handel’s Messiah both with the Pittsburgh Symphony and at with the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center. Additionally, he will be heard in Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Deutsche Symphonie of Berlin.

Recent significant performances include Carmina Burana with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Messiah with Boston Baroque, a solo recital in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Handel’s Ode for Saint Cecilia’s Day with the New York Philharmonic, and the Berlioz Requiem with both the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre de Montréal.

Stanford Olsen’s operatic experience is broad, and includes appearances as Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore; the title role of Le Comte Ory; Tonio in La Fille du Régiment; Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni; Ferrando in Così fan tutte; Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail; Count Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia; and Idreno in Semiramide.

In addition to regular performances with the Metropolitan Opera, Mr. Olsen has performed with La Scala, Landestheater Stuttgart, Netherlands Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Théâtre du Châtelet, Hamburger Staatsoper, Australian Opera, Brussels’ La Monnaie, Madrid’s Teatro la Zarzuela, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Ravinia Festival, Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania, and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.