Sacramento-based baritone, Omari Tau is pleased to make his debut with Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera in an operatic role. He has worked with company as both stage director of the children’s opera The Bremen Town Musicians, and recently served as host of the company’s Link Up: The Orchestra Swings.
Tau is Artistic Director of Sacramento’s Rogue Music Project, Professor of Vocal Music at Cosumnes River College, and member of the band Solabel. His degrees from Michigan State University and the Moores School of Music-University of Houston in Music Education and Vocal Music Performance helped him to make homes in operatic and musical theatre worlds, as well as more popular genres. Tau has proven a versatile performing artist, educator, director, and composer.
Tau served as the Director of Opera Theatre at Sacramento State University for six years and directed Houston Grand Opera’s Education and Outreach program Opera To Go! which prepared young professionals and college-level artists for the stage, performing in an opera troupe dedicated to young audiences.
Tau toured internationally with Disney’s The Lion King for nearly nine years, performing the role of Banzai with both the Cheetah and Gazelle companies. Other credits include roles with Opera In The Heights, the Tony Award-winning Alley Theatre, the Tony Award-Winning TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Theater Under The Stars, and the St. Louis MUNY. He is a frequent performer with Sacramento’s Broadway at Music Circus. Tau appears on various recordings with Solabel as well as compositions with and by composer Graham Sobelman.
Tau’s own compositions, A Night At the Algonquin, Hans in Luck, and The Pre-Show Opera Lecture were commissioned and premiered by Lone Star Lyric where they enjoyed successful runs. He composed for Houston Grand Opera’s Education and Outreach program as well as his initiative Lions in the Library which features chamber music accompaniments to readings of children’s books. He was recently honored to arrange music for Disney’s The Lion King 25th Anniversary celebration on Broadway.
Later this year, his micro-opera A Day Light Speed receives its premiere, and he will create a new role in Left Coast Ensemble’s commission by composer David Domonique.
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La Traviata
Conductor
Sahar Nouri
DirectorJoshua Borths
ViolettaCecilia Violetta López
AlfredoEdward Graves
GermontAndrew Manea
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