Perry Price (Music Director) Mr. Price has had a long and enviable career as an international opera and concert singer which has taken him to the music centers of over twenty countries. His appearances have included San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Philadelphia Opera, Houston Opera, National Opera Kennedy Center, Des Moines Opera and, internationally, the opera companies of Rome, Venice, Palermo, Lisbon, Antwerp, Stuttgart, Nordberg, Augsburg, Magdeburg, Schwerin and Canadian Opera in Toronto.
His long and varied repertoire has spanned the works of Rossini, Donizetti, Mozart (including the rarely heard Clemenza di Tito and Idomeneo title roles) Verdi, Puccini Massenet, Gounod, Thomas as well as several World Premieres including Luis Reil by Somers, Don Perlimplin by Belamaric and Beatrice Cenci by Goldschmidt. Most recently, at the advice of famed Wagner conductor Wolfgang Rennert, Mr. Price turned to the "Helden" repertoire undertaking the title roles in Wagner's Siegfried, Tannhauser and Parsifal as well as lead roles in Der Fliegende Hollander and Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos and Salome.
Most recently, Mr. Price was invited by friend and colleague Placido Domingo for the role of Herodes in Salome at Kennedy Center, a role he performed in many European centers, and he repeated it to great acclaim in Des Moines Opera. In the course of his career, Mr. Price has appeared with many well known singers including Anna Moffo, Beverly Sills, Joan Sutherland, Carol Neblett, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Heather Thomson and famed conductors Bruno Bartoletti, Wolfgang Rennert, Gunther Neuholt, Roger Wagner, and Ulrich Weder to name a few. Mr.Price can be heard in recordings of Messiah with the New York Choral Society as well as Handel's Acis e Galatea and Clemenza di Tito recorded by RAI, Torino.
In addition to his singing activities, Mr. Price is now passing on his vast experience to the next generation as Professor. He is also a regular for Master classes twice yearly at University of British Columbia's famed Opera School as well as a frequently sought Judge for the Nat. Assoc. of Teachers of Singing in which he is a long standing member. Mr. Price has also served as Coordinator for the Connecticut Alliance for Music Semi-Annual Vocal Competitions. Mr. Price received his B.S. in Music Education and Administration from Texas Lutheran University (from which he has received a Distinguished Alumni Award) and his M.M. from University of Houston. He completed post-graduate work in San Francisco, New York and London. He was a Prize Winner in both the San Francisco Opera and Metropolitan Opera International Auditions. In addition to his other teaching commitments, Mr. Price has taught at Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg, Germany, Western Connecticut State University and teaches privately, specializing in vocal technique and voice preservation.