Praised by Anthony Tomassini of The New York Times for his “winning singing and youthful bearing,” American tenor Richard Pittsinger is quickly establishing himself as a leading performer of both early and modern repertoire.

 

An artist of rare versatility whose performance experience spans music across four centuries, Pittsinger’s recent principal operatic roles include Céphale in Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre’s Céphale et Procris with the Boston Early Music Festival, Aminta in Handel’s Atalanta with Julliard Opera, Polinesso in Jonathan Dawe’s Being Ariodante with the Italian Academy, Orfeo in Luigi Rossi’s L’Orfeo with Julliard Opera, Lysander in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Julliard Opera, and “The Rocket” in Laura Karpman’s Wilde Tales at the Glimmerglass Festival. Additional stage credits include Verdi’s Falstaff at the Aspen Music Festival (Dr. Caius), Handel’s Acis & Galatea (Damon & Corydon), Virgil Thomson’s The Mother of Us All (Andrew Johnson), and Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld (Mercury).