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BRENDAN DALY

Tenor Brendan Daly has sung a wide range of roles on stages across the country, specializing in Mozart, the high-flying bel canto works of Rossini and Donizetti, Baroque repertoire, operetta and musical theatre, and contemporary opera.
 In 2010, Brendan finished a two-season residency at Opera Colorado. High points with the company included appearances in The Barber of Seville (Almaviva) and The Tales of Hoffmann (Nathanael) with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra; tours of Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), The Music Shop (Ivan), and La Cenerentola (Ramiro); a mainstage cover of Ferrando in Così fan tutte; and a number of high-profile recital, event, and radio engagements.
 While in Denver, he also made notable oratorio appearances in the Bruckner Requiem under the baton of Michael Christie, and in Handel's Messiah and Bach Cantatas 184 and 140, with the Colorado Chamber Players. Continuing an expanding foray into music of the Baroque, this past fall Brendan appeared at the White Mountain Bach Festival in Maine as Acis in Handel's Acis and Galatea. He also sang Bach Cantata 110 with the Festival Orchestra and Chorus.

Strongly committed to new and newer music, Brendan appeared at the 2008 Aspen Music Festival as the central character in Mason Bates' new opera California Fictions. He was Candide in a Bernstein on Broadway program with the Boston Pops, the Wise Man in Hindemith's Hin und Zurück at the Tanglewood Contemporary Music Festival, and a featured soloist in Opera Boston's acclaimed production of Kurt Weill's Mahagonny.

Later this season, Brendan joins Opera Saratoga, formerly Lake George Opera, for their 50th Anniversary celebration. He will play Dr. Blind in Die Fledermaus and cover Ferrando in Così fan tutte.

A native of Atlanta, GA, Brendan earned his BA from Harvard in Music and Romance Languages and Literatures before beginning vocal training at the Longy School of Music, where he received his Master's. He has been a Tanglewood Fellow and recently completed the Young Artist Program with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.