
Lauded by the New York Times for his “strong appealing bass-baritone,” American Michael Dean has been hailed by the San Jose Mercury News as “the standout, his voice a penetrating wake-up call.” Recent highlights include performance Mozart’s Requiem with the Eugene Symphony, Handel’s Messiah with the Rochester Philharmonic, and Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem at the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park.
2018-19 season highlights include Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor and Bach’s St. John Passion at the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Haydn’s The Creation with the Florida Orchestra, and Verdi’s Requiem with Eugene Symphony. Other recent highlights include a soloist performance in Mozart’s Requiem with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah with the Eugene Symphony and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and returns to the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park. He has also been a featured soloist in Messiah with the Richmond Symphony; in Faure’s Requiem and Mozart’s Requiem with the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park (the latter recorded and released); Messiah with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and the Milwaukee Symphony; and Beethoven’s Mass in C with the Naples Philharmonic.
Michael Dean made his debut with the Utah Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, and with the Boulder Bach Festival as soloist in Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Michael Dean made his New York Philharmonic debut in the world premiere of Aaron Jay Kernis’ Garden of Light, and returned the following season for a concert performance of Street Scene. Additional appearances on the concert stage include Handel’s Messiah with the Pacific Symphony, Alabama Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Nashville Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, and I Musici de Montréal; Mozart’s Requiem with the Louisiana Philharmonic, Modesto Symphony, and Quad City Symphony; Michael Tippett’s A Child of Our Time with the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park; Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Richmond Symphony; and Haydn’s Creation and Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem with the Louisiana Philharmonic.
On opera stages Mr. Dean has made frequent appearances with the legendary New York City Opera, where he performed the title role in Le nozze di Figaro, Leporello in Don Giovanni, George in Of Mice and Men, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, and was seen and heard as Jason McFarlane in the “Live from Lincoln Center” broadcast of Lizzie Borden. Other notable operatic performances include Gregorio in Roméo et Juliette with Los Angeles Opera; the title role in Don Giovanni and Silva in Ernani at the Landestheater in Linz, Austria; Le nozze di Figaro in Antwerp, Belgium; Of Mice and Men at Arizona Opera; and Colline in La bohème in Strasbourg and Berlin. Michael Dean has received high critical praise for his numerous recordings of baroque opera, including Agrippina, Ottone, Dido and Aeneas, Radamisto, Giustino, and Serse.
Michael Dean is currently the Chair of Vocal Studies and Professor of Voice at The University of California, Los Angeles.
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Eugene Symphony’s rendition of Verdi’s Requiem a night to remember
“Dean’s punctuated marcato in the Confutatis Maledictis similarly provided a gravity to the work, necessary against the moments when the work appears to fly off the handle. His calm surety lent a firm foundation upon which the symphony, chorus and soloists alike relied upon.”
– Alison Kaufman, The Register-Guard – Related Link
MSO’s Mixed Take on Handel’s ‘Messiah’
“With a voice of attractive color and agility, bass-baritone Michael Dean created engaging renditions of “Why do the nations so furiously rage?” and “The trumpet shall sound” with authority.”
– Rick Walters, Shepherd Express – Related Link
Orchestral
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Bach
Cantatas (Selection)
Christmas Oratorio
Magnificat
Mass in B Minor
St. John Passion
St. Matthew PassionBeethoven
Mass in C Major
Missa Solemnis
Symphony No. 9Brahms
Ein Deutsches RequiemCimarosa
Il Maestro di CappellaFauré
RequiemHandel
Alexander’s Feast
MessiahHaydn
Lord Nelson Mass
The CreationKernis
Garden of LightMahler
Rückert-LiederMendelssohn
ElijahMozart
Concert Arias for Bass
Coronation Mass
Mass in C Minor
RequiemPurcell
Dido and Aeneas (Aeneas)
The Fairy Queen
The Indian QueenRossini
Stabat MaterVerdi
Requiem
Opera
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Beeson
Lizzie Borden (Jason McFarlane)Donizetti
Lucia di Lammermoor (Raimondo)Floyd
Of Mice and Men (George)Gounod
Roméo et Juliette (Gregorio)Handel
Acis and Galatea (Polyphemus)
Agrippina (Claudio, Pallante)
Ottone (Emireno)
Partenope (Arsace)
Radamisto (Tiridate)
Serse (Ariodate)
Tolomeo (Araspe)Monteverdi
L’Orfeo (Plutone)Mozart
Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni, Leporello, Masetto)
Le Nozze di Figaro (Figaro)
Der Schauspieldirektor (Buff)Puccini
Gianni Schicchi (Betto)
La Bohème (Colline)
La Fanciulla del West (Ashby)Purcell
Dido and Aeneas (Aeneas)Rossini
Il Turco in Italia (Selim)
Il Viaggio a Rheims (Don Alvaro)Stravinksy
The Rake’s Progress (Nick Shadow)Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin (Gremin)Verdi
Ernani (Silva)Weill
Street Scene (Frank Maurrant)
Orchestral
Bach
Cantatas (Selection)
Christmas Oratorio
Magnificat
Mass in B Minor
St. John Passion
St. Matthew PassionBeethoven
Mass in C Major
Missa Solemnis
Symphony No. 9Brahms
Ein Deutsches RequiemCimarosa
Il Maestro di CappellaFauré
RequiemHandel
Alexander’s Feast
MessiahHaydn
Lord Nelson Mass
The CreationKernis
Garden of LightMahler
Rückert-LiederMendelssohn
ElijahMozart
Concert Arias for Bass
Coronation Mass
Mass in C Minor
RequiemPurcell
Dido and Aeneas (Aeneas)
The Fairy Queen
The Indian QueenRossini
Stabat MaterVerdi
Requiem
Opera
Beeson
Lizzie Borden (Jason McFarlane)Donizetti
Lucia di Lammermoor (Raimondo)Floyd
Of Mice and Men (George)Gounod
Roméo et Juliette (Gregorio)Handel
Acis and Galatea (Polyphemus)
Agrippina (Claudio, Pallante)
Ottone (Emireno)
Partenope (Arsace)
Radamisto (Tiridate)
Serse (Ariodate)
Tolomeo (Araspe)Monteverdi
L’Orfeo (Plutone)Mozart
Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni, Leporello, Masetto)
Le Nozze di Figaro (Figaro)
Der Schauspieldirektor (Buff)Puccini
Gianni Schicchi (Betto)
La Bohème (Colline)
La Fanciulla del West (Ashby)Purcell
Dido and Aeneas (Aeneas)Rossini
Il Turco in Italia (Selim)
Il Viaggio a Rheims (Don Alvaro)Stravinksy
The Rake’s Progress (Nick Shadow)Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin (Gremin)Verdi
Ernani (Silva)Weill
Street Scene (Frank Maurrant)
Audio
Bach: Mass in B Minor – Et in Spiritum Sanctum

Haydn: Creation – Now Shines the Brightest Glory

Mozart: Requiem – Tuba Mirum

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro – Non piu Andrai

Handel: Messiah – Why Do the Nations?

Puccini: La Boheme – Becchia Zimarra

Floyd: Of Mice and Men – I Must be Crazy

Strauss: Heimliche Aufforderung

Documents
Short Biography
Lauded by the New York Times for his “strong appealing bass-baritone,” American Michael Dean has been hailed by the San Jose Mercury News as “the standout, his voice a penetrating wake-up call.” Recent highlights include performance Mozart’s Requiem with the Eugene Symphony, Handel’s Messiah with the Rochester Philharmonic, and Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem at the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park. |
Full Biography
Lauded by the New York Times for his “strong appealing bass-baritone,” American Michael Dean has been hailed by the San Jose Mercury News as “the standout, his voice a penetrating wake-up call.” Recent highlights include performance Mozart’s Requiem with the Eugene Symphony, Handel’s Messiah with the Rochester Philharmonic, and Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem at the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park.
2018-19 season highlights include Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor and Bach’s St. John Passion at the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Haydn’s The Creation with the Florida Orchestra, and Verdi’s Requiem with Eugene Symphony. Other recent highlights include a soloist performance in Mozart’s Requiem with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah with the Eugene Symphony and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, and returns to the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park. He has also been a featured soloist in Messiah with the Richmond Symphony; in Faure’s Requiem and Mozart’s Requiem with the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park (the latter recorded and released); Messiah with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and the Milwaukee Symphony; and Beethoven’s Mass in C with the Naples Philharmonic.
Michael Dean made his debut with the Utah Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, and with the Boulder Bach Festival as soloist in Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Michael Dean made his New York Philharmonic debut in the world premiere of Aaron Jay Kernis’ Garden of Light, and returned the following season for a concert performance of Street Scene. Additional appearances on the concert stage include Handel’s Messiah with the Pacific Symphony, Alabama Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Nashville Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, and I Musici de Montréal; Mozart’s Requiem with the Louisiana Philharmonic, Modesto Symphony, and Quad City Symphony; Michael Tippett’s A Child of Our Time with the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park; Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Richmond Symphony; and Haydn’s Creation and Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem with the Louisiana Philharmonic.
On opera stages Mr. Dean has made frequent appearances with the legendary New York City Opera, where he performed the title role in Le nozze di Figaro, Leporello in Don Giovanni, George in Of Mice and Men, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, and was seen and heard as Jason McFarlane in the “Live from Lincoln Center” broadcast of Lizzie Borden. Other notable operatic performances include Gregorio in Roméo et Juliette with Los Angeles Opera; the title role in Don Giovanni and Silva in Ernani at the Landestheater in Linz, Austria; Le nozze di Figaro in Antwerp, Belgium; Of Mice and Men at Arizona Opera; and Colline in La bohème in Strasbourg and Berlin. Michael Dean has received high critical praise for his numerous recordings of baroque opera, including Agrippina, Ottone, Dido and Aeneas, Radamisto, Giustino, and Serse.
Michael Dean is currently the Chair of Vocal Studies and Professor of Voice at The University of California, Los Angeles.
02/2020 – PLEASE DESTROY ANY PREVIOUSLY DATED MATERIALS.
MODIFIED VERSIONS MUST BE APPROVED BY DISPEKER ARTISTS.