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SOPRANO
- Saundra DeAthos
- MEZZO-SOPRANO
- Stephanie Rodousakis
- TENOR
- Michael Boley
- Harold Meers
- BARITONE
- Greg Frens
- Ryan Kinsella
- David Templeton
- BASS
- Bradley Smoak
- CONDUCTOR
- Louis Salemno
- Allan R. Scott
- STAGE DIRECTOR
- Alexander Gelman
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With a robust voice, and commanding stage presence, Greg
Frens epitomizes the cavalier baritone of the romantic
French and Italian repertoire. A native of Michigan, Greg
began his career at Columbus Opera while still a graduate
assistant at Ohio State University. With the company, he
appeared in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Carmen, Don Giovanni, Tosca, and Susannah. Subsequent performances include his
international debut with the Graz Festival Orchestra,
performing excerpts from Fidelio, Faust, La Bohème, and Tannhäuser in concert.
Recent performances for Mr. Frens include Roméo et
Juliette and the Father in Giannini’s Beauty and the Beast for
DiCapo Opera in New York City. As the latter, the New York
Times exclaimed, “Greg Frens, was a sympathetic father,
singing best in a heartfelt outpouring upon Beauty’s return.”
Highlights of his recent repertoire include Escamillo in Carmen, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, Valentin in Faust,
Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Marcello in La
Bohème, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, among others.
Greg has also performed to critical acclaim in some lesser-known repertoire; from Ben in Menotti’s The
Telephone, to the title character in the world premiere performance of Libby Larsen’s Everyman Jack, for
which the Columbus Dispatch noted, “Greg Frens, as Jack London, gave a skilled and amusing
performance.” At Ohio State University, he appeared as John Brooke in Adamo’s Little Women, Zurga in Les Pêcheurs de Perles, and Rocco in Fidelio.
On the concert stage, Mr. Frens boasts an active repertoire that includes Brahms’ Ein Deutsches
Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem, and Britten’s War Requiem. A finalist in the Palm Beach Opera
Competition, Mr. Frens is a fellowship recipient from the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz,
Austria.
Mr. Frens holds a B.A. in Vocal Performance, with a minor in Piano Performance from Hope College, and
an M.M. in Vocal Performance from Ohio State University. Greg currently resides in New York City.
