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singer  Brian A. von Rueden   •   BARITONE
OPERA
 
L’elisir d’amore
Le nozze di Figaro
The Wandering Scholar
L’infedeltà fedele
The Yellow Wallpaper
The Rape of Lucretia
Love for Three Oranges
The Scarf
The Impresario
The Face on the Barroom Floor
The Mikado
L’infedeltà fedele
The Ballad of Baby Doe
Gianni Schicchi
 
OPERA (PARTIAL ROLES)
 
La Calisto
Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria
Oberon
Pelléas et Mélisande
Don Giovanni
Il barbiere di Siviglia
 
ORATORIO/CONCERT
 
Bauernkantate, BWV 212
Elijah
Gott der Herr ist Sonn’..., BWV 79
Herr, nun lässt du..., BuxWV 37
Cantate Domino, BuxWV 12
Ich habe genug, BWV 82
Messe A-dur, BWV 234
Messe G-dur, BWV 236
Christmas Oratorio
Matthäus Passion
 
RECITAL
 
VOX Germanica
Blithe and Bonny
VOX Nocturna
From Russia With Love
Myths and Fairytales
Here I Stand
East Versus West
Odyssey: Songs of Ulysses
Da Vienna al Canada
Be Ye My Gods
 
 
Belcore (cover)
Il Conte d’Almaviva
Louis
Melibeo
Dr. Silas Mitchell
Tarquinius
Tchelio
The Postman
Bluff
Tom/John
Pooh-Bah
Vuzzacchio
Horace Tabor
Betto
 
 
 
Giove
Ulisse
Sherasmin
Golaud
Don Giovanni
Figaro
 
 
 
Bass soloist
Elijah
Bass soloist
Bass soloist
Bass soloist
Bass soloist
Bass soloist
Bass soloist
Bass soloist
Petrus
 
 
 
Beethoven, Schumann
Finzi, Shearing
Schubert, Saint-Saëns
Tchaikovsky
Schubert, Liszt
Schütz, Praetorius
Ruzicka, Eisler, Hindemith
Fauré, Stenhammar, Hoiby
Mozart, Duparc, Barber
Wolf, Vaughan Williams
 
 
2008
2006
2006
2006
2006
2006
2005
2005
2005
2005
2004
2001
2001
1999
 
 
 
2008
2008
2007
2006
2005
2001
 
 
 
2008
2008
2008
2007
2007
2006
2006
2006
2004
2001
 
 
 
2009
2008
2008
2008
2007
2007
2007
2006
2004
2002
 
 
Opera Santa Barbara
Millennium Chamber Players
Millennium Chamber Players
Millennium Chamber Players
Roosevelt University
Millennium Chamber Players
Chicago Cultural Center
Beggar’s Opera Chicago
Roosevelt University
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago Cultural Center
Teatro di Ricomposti
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso University
 
 
 
VOX 3 Collective
VOX 3 Collective
VOX 3 Collective
Roosevelt University
Roosevelt University
Valparaiso University
 
 
 
VOX 3 Collective
Chicago Bar Association SO
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
VOX 3 Collective
VOX 3 Collective
Millennium Chamber Players
Ars Musica Chicago
Millennium Chamber Players
Park Ridge Presbyterian Church
Valparaiso University
 
 
 
Skokie Public Library
Lincoln Park Cultural Center
The Spot
Skokie Public Library
Broadway United Methodist
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University
Schloss Siebeneichen
Wausau Conservatory of Music
 
 
Santa Barbara, CA
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Anghiari, Italy
Valparaiso, IN
Valparaiso, IN
 
 
 
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Valparaiso, IN
 
 
 
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Park Ridge, IL
Valparaiso, IN
 
 
 
Skokie, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Skokie, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Meissen, Germany
Wausau, WI
 
 
Valéry Ryvkin
Robert Katkov-Trevino
James Morehead
Robert Katkov-Trevino
Steven Squires
Robert Katkov-Trevino
Francesco Milioto
Dana Brown
Dana Brown
Dana Brown
Duain Wolfe
Timothy O’Connell
Dennis Friesen-Carper
Dennis Friesen-Carper
 
 
 
Saori Chiba
Saori Chiba
James Morehead
Yasuko Oura
Dana Brown
Dennis Friesen-Carper
 
 
 
Saori Chiba
David Katz
David Brackley
Paul Nicholson
Paul Nicholson
Robert Katkov-Trevino
Robert Finster
Robert Katkov-Trevino
Roger Scanlan
Helmuth Rilling
 
 
 
Irina Feoktistova
James Morehead
J. David Stech
Irina Feoktistova
James Morehead
Steven Betancourt
J. David Stech
James Morehead
Christoph Heinig
Margaret Jerz
EDUCATION
 
•    Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois
Master of Music, Vocal Performance, 4.0/4.0, May 2006
 
•    Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana
Bachelor of Music, Vocal Performance, magna cum laude, May 2001
 
•    VOICE TEACHERS:                   Mark Crayton, Richard Stilwell, David Holloway, Ralph Klapis, Rändel Wolfe, Barbara Lattimer
•    VOCAL COACHES:                   Dana Brown, Stephen Hargreaves, Giulio Favario, James Morehead, J. David Stech, Christoph Heinig
•    MASTER CLASSES:               Regina Resnik, Samuel Ramey, Sherrill Milnes, Martin Katz, James Marvel, Elizabeth Fischer-Monastero