For over 25 years, in repertoire from Baroque through present day, Keith Phares has appeared in leading roles with Washington National Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Seattle Opera, the New York City Opera, Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, São Paolo Symphony Orchestra, Santa Fe Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and elsewhere; in collaboration with Hal Prince, Francesca Zambello, Frank Corsaro, Richard Hickox, Marin Alsop, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Thomas Allen, among others; and in recital with the Marilyn Horne Foundation, The American Modern Ensemble, WordSong, Illuminarts, LyricFest and Brooklyn Art Song Society.
Recent highlights include All is Calm with Opera Steamboat, Emile de Becque in South Pacific, Dandini La cenerentola, and Danilo in The Merry Widow with Toledo Opera, Paterson’s and Cote’s In Real Life with Mostly Modern Festival – The Netherlands, the premiere of Hilliard & Boresi’s monodrama Inbox Zero in a staged reading with UrbanArias, Sky Masterson with Charlottesville Opera and Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, Ty in the premiere of Kuster’s and Campbell’s A Thousand Acres with Des Moines Metro Opera, Fredrik Egerman opposite Patricia Racette in Arizona Opera’s A Little Night Music, Robert Cohen’s Alzheimer’s Stories at Carnegie Hall, and Daddy Lowell/Mr. Floyd in Borzoni’s and de los Santos’s The Copper Queen film (premiere) with Arizona Opera.
An ardent exponent of contemporary American opera, Phares sang Kynaston on the Grammy-nominated recording of Carlisle Floyd’s Prince of Players, Charlie in the premiere and recording of Heggie’s and Scheer’s Three Decembers with Houston Grand Opera and San Francisco Opera, the Father in the premiere and recording of Spears’s and Walat’s Paul’s Case, Dr. Ludwig Binswanger in the premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon’s Ellen West, Elder Tull in the premiere of Bohmler’s and Kohn’s Riders of the Purple Sage, Hurstwood in the premiere and recording of Aldridge’s and Garfein’s Sister Carrie and the title role in the premiere and Grammy-winning recording of Aldridge’s and Garfein’s Elmer Gantry.
Keith Phares is an Associate Professor of Voice at Bowling Green State University.
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Three Decembers
Conductor
Ryan Murray
Stage DirectorVaughn Irving
BeatriceRena Harms
CharlieKeith Phares
MadelineJill Grove
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