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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
Mr. Templeton has garnered critical and popular praise as
much for the stunning quality of his vocal portrayals, as for
his striking dramatic and physical presence. Internationally,
he has been admired as Silvio in I Pagliacci and Valentin in Faust with Opera de Puerto Rico, as Count Almaviva in Le
Nozze di Figaro, Marcello in La Bohème, and Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette for Edmonton Opera, Marcello in La
Bohème and Valentin in Faust for both Winnipeg Opera and
Manitoba Opera. In the United States, Mr. Templeton has
appeared to great effect with Nevada Opera, Opera
Columbus, Toledo Opera, Hawaii Opera, Sarasota Opera,
Connecticut Grand Opera, Fresno Opera, Piedmont Opera,
Mobile Opera, and Illinois Opera, among others.
Of his international appearances, OPERA Magazine stated,
“baritone David Templeton displays a strong voice and a
convincing air of authority." Das Opernglas concurred,
“Faultless enjoyment on this evening was provided by
David Templeton, who impressed with his evenly measured,
fully formed baritone.” Accordingly, the American Record
Guide was effusive regarding his Germont in La Traviata,
“Plangent-voice baritone David Templeton made the most of his fully restored scenes in Act II, and in the
extended final scene; he reminded me of the young James Morris.”
A perennial audience favorite with Opera Columbus, Mr. Templeton has bowed as the title character in Don Giovanni, in addition to the principal baritone roles in La Traviata, Madama Butterfly, La Bohème, Carmen, and The Merry Widow. Indeed, the Columbus Dispatch affirmed, “Opera Columbus regulars
already recognize the talents of David Templeton, which grow more impressive with every appearance.
Templeton suggests he is poised to emerge as one of the next great American baritones.”
Highlights of past seasons have been Don Giovanni with Nevada Opera, I Pagliacci and Eugene Onegin for Hawaii Opera, La Bohème for Toledo Opera, Le Nozze di Figaro and Così Fan Tutte for Connecticut
Grand Opera, La Traviata and Luisa Miller for Sarasota Opera, Carmen for Fresno Opera, La Traviata with
Piedmont Opera, and I Pagliacci for Mobile Opera.
On the concert and recital stage, Mr. Templeton has performed extensively throughout the United States
in a diverse repertoire that encompasses Brahms Ein Deutches Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem,
Mussorgsky’s Songs of Dances and Death, Ravel’s Don Quichotte et Dulcinée, Schubert’s Schwanengesang, and Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs.
Mr. Templeton holds a B.M. in Vocal Performance from Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas, and
an M.M. in Vocal Performance from Ohio State University.
