Shawn Thuris

Tenor and Recitalist

2013


June
 Canio in Pagliacci with Utopia Opera
. Hunter College, Manhattan.


June Act I, scene 3 of Die Walküre with soprano Jennifer Behnkeconducted by Gerard Chiusano. With Opera Theatre of Montclair. Montclair, NJ.


February 
Schubert's Winterreise with pianist Robert Edward Thies for the Pasadena Schubertiade. Pasadena, CA.

 

2012

 

November Scenes from Otello, Lohengrin, Die Walkuere with Resonanz Foundation. Albany, NY.
 

August  Don Jose in Carmen with dell'Arte Opera Ensemble, cond. Christopher Fecteau. Manhattan. [Cancelled due to illness.]


July 
Hoffman in Les Contes d'Hoffman: Antonia with Utopia Unlimited. Hunter College, Manhattan.


June and July 
Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos with Vocal Arts Festival, cond. Timothy Vernon. Edmonton, Alberta.


March 
Fairfax in Yeomen of the Guard with Utopia Unlimited. Hunter College, Manhattan.


March Schubert's Winterreise with pianist Robert Edward Thies. Metropolitan Opera Guild, Manhattan; and Fairfield, CT.

 

2011


October Conte in I due Figaro with Amore Opera (N. Am. premiere), cond. Gregory Buchalter. Manhattan.


September
 Tolloller in Iolanthe with Utopia Unlimited, presented by The G&S Society of NY. Manhattan.


August 
Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos with Dell'Arte Opera Ensemble, cond. Christopher Fecteau. Manhattan.


May 
Tristan in Tristan und Isolde (highlights) with One World Symphony. Brooklyn and Manhattan. 


April 
Outreach performances for Buck Hill-Skytop Festival with Mary Ann Stewart and Mark Janas. Pennsylvania. 

2010

December Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus with Amore Opera. Connelly Theater, Manhattan.


August Recital: Schubert, Puccini, and traditional. With Monica Hershenson Thuris. Okayama, Japan.

 


June Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus with Brooklyn Repertory Opera. At Littlefield, Brooklyn, NY.


March Don José in Carmen with New York Opera Forum,  mus. dir. Richard Nechamkin. At Bruno Walter Auditorium, Lincoln Center.


March Recital: Faure, Schubert, Rachmaninov with pianist Robert Edward Thies. At Pasadena City College. 


March Premiere: "Bridges of Love", song cycle by Sharon Farber (with pianist Robert Edward Thies, clarinettist Gary Gray, and violist Roland Kato) and songs of Faure, for Pacific Serenades. Performances in Tarzana, Pasadena and at UCLA.

 

 




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2009

December Tenor/Bacchus in three performances of Ariadne auf Naxos with Brooklyn Repertory Opera, cond. Francesco Lecce-Chong and Jason Wirth. 


March Siegmund in two performances of Die Walkuere with New York Opera Forum, mus. dir. Richard Nechamkin. 

 

2008


November 
Radames in two performances of Aida with New York Opera Forum, mus. dir. Richard Nechamkin.


June Opera gala with Bel Canto New York: Music of Berlioz, Puccini and Wagner. With mezzo-soprano Monica Hershenson and pianist Michael Fennelly. Park Avenue Christian Church, Manhattan, NY.


February  Recital: Schumann's Dichterliebe with pianist Robert Edward Thies. At Pasadena Presbyterian Church, Pasadena, CA.

2007

 

October 25  Recital: Arensky, Faure, Rachmaninov and Schubert with pianist Robert Edward ThiesPierce College, Woodland Hills, CA.


 

September 25  Recital: Arensky, Faure, Grainger, Schubert with pianist Robert Edward ThiesLos Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA.



September 16 

Recital: Music of Schubert, Berlioz, Arensky and others, w
ith Monica Hershenson, mezzo-soprano, and Starla Hibler, piano. Sponsored by the Ada Arts Council
. St. Joseph Catholic Church, Ada, OK.

 



August 26  Recital: Schubert, Berlioz, Arensky and Grainger, with mezzo-soprano 
Monica Hershenson and pianist Robert Edward ThiesBrand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA.

 


August 18  Recital: Schubert, Busoni, Arensky and Noel Coward with pianist Steven Vanhauwaert.  Santa Monica, CA.


 

 

August 5  Performance for Westwood Village Rotary Club with Monica Hershenson and pianist Christopher Luthi.  Bel Air, CA.


 

 

 

June 22  Scenes concert with Opera Nova Santa Monica.  Music of Berlioz: duet from Les Troyens with Monica Hershenson and pianist Christopher Luthi. Santa Monica, CA.


 

 

May 6  Performance for the Wagner Society of Southern California.  Music from Parsifal, Lohengrin and Siegfried.  With mezzo-soprano Monica Hershenson and pianist Yulia Levin.  Los Angeles, CA.

 



March 24 and 25
  Gastone in La traviata with Center Stage Opera, conducted by Brian Onderdonk.  Canoga Park, CA.

 

 

 

2006


December 9-16 
First Armored Man and Second Priest in Mozart's Die Zauberfloete with Opera Nova. Santa Monica, CA.



November 5  Recital: Schubert's Winterreise with pianist Robert Edward Thies.  Glendale, CA.


August 27  Cavaradossi in Tosca with the Palisades Symphony, conducted by Joel Lish.  With Cynthia Snyder and Carlos Oliva.  Pacific Palisades, CA.



August 4  Gastone in La traviata with Redlands Bowl Summer Festival, conducted by Frank Fetta.  With Julianna di Giacomo, Mathew Edwardsen, Zeffin Quinn Hollis and Dennis Rupp.  Redlands, CA.


July 8  Act II sc.2 from Tristan, Act I sc.3 from Die Walkuere and the Quintet from Die Meistersinger as part of a Wagner gala with Venice Opera.  With Shayne Dalva, Monica Hershenson, Claire McKeown, Adrien Roberts and Erin Wood.  Conducted from the piano by Christopher Luthi.  Venice, CA.



June 25  Cavaradossi in Act II of Tosca for Opera Pasadena.  With Ella Lee as Tosca and Kenneth Simms as Scarpia.  Christopher Luthi, pno.  At the Pacific-Asia Museum, Pasadena.


June 11  Recital:  Faure, Rachmaninov, Sibelius and Wagner with pianist Barbara Ebert.  Program shared with mezzo-soprano Monica Hershenson in music of Schubert, Brahms, Gluck and Berlioz.  At Pasadena Central Library, Donald R. Wright Auditorium.  Sponsored by Pasadena Tuesday Musicale.



June 3 
"Nuit d'ivresse" from Les Troyens and "One life to live" by Kurt Weill.  On a recital by mezzo-soprano Athena Greco with Judith Palanca-Hansen, pno.  At Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Pacific Palisades.



May 13  Soloist in Mozart's Solemn Vespers K.339 on the Jacaranda concert series, Mark Hilt cond.  With Maria Lazarova, Monica Hershenson and Albert Eddy.  At Santa Monica Presbyterian Church.



April 21-30  Gervais in six performances of Auber's Manon Lescaut with Lyric Opera of Los Angeles, Robert Sage cond.  With Amy Arms, Eric Carampatan, Eric Castro, Omar Crook, Angela Estrada, Roberto Gomez, Monica Hershenson, Cynthia Karp, Meloni Matthews, Laura Ruiz, Dennis Rupp, Gabriel Silva and Rebecca Sjöwall.  At the Los Angeles Theatre.



April 9  Soloist in Mozart's Requiem (Levin ed.) with orchestra, Marshall Ramirez cond.  At Westchester Lutheran, Westchester, CA.


March 26  Soloist in Bach cantata "Jesu, der du meine Seele" (BWV78) with orchestra, Mark Alan Hilt cond.  At Santa Monica Presbyterian.



March 11 
"Di' tu se fedele" from Un ballo in maschera.  Center Stage Opera  gala, Brian Onderdonk cond.  At the Madrid Theatre, Canoga Park, CA.



February 5 
Songs of Schumann for Opera Pasadena, Barbara Ebert, pno.  At the Asia Pacific Museum of Pasadena.



January 22   Spoletta in Puccini's Tosca for Nevada Opera Theatre, Frank Fetta cond.  With Viktoria Kurbatskaya, Dinyar Vania and Zeffin Quinn Hollis. At Ham Concert Hall, UNLV.

2005


December 9
  Soloist in Messiah at Westwood Presbyterian Church with the Westwood Chamber Orchestra, John-Kevin Hilbert, cond.


November 12  Soloist in Schubert's "Nachthelle" with the CSU Fullerton Men's Chorus, Mark Alan Hilt, cond. On the Jacaranda concert series. Santa Monica.


October 24 and 28  Hoffmann in Les contes d'Hoffmann with Repertory Opera. Brian Farrell, music director. With Belinda Wilkins, Monica Hershenson, Gabriel Silva and Matthew Acuff. Los Angeles.



October 17, 18, 19 and 20  Excerpts from Die Walküre with Henri Venanzi and soprano Claire McKeown. Part of the Informally Yours series at Orange County Performing Arts Center. Costa Mesa, CA.


October 16  Recital: Schumann's "Dichterliebe" and songs of Schubert, Wolf and Strauss, with pianist Christopher Luthi. At Christuskirche in Glendale, CA.



October 15 and 22 
Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor with Center Stage Opera, Brian Onderdonk cond.  With Shira Renee Thomas, Monica Hershenson, Percy Martinez, Zachary Gordin and Gil Lipaz. Northridge, CA.


September 9  Recital: Schumann, Faure, Wolf, Rachmaninov, Sibelius and Afro-American spirituals with pianist Dennis Boe. Conducted a masterclass the following day. Sponsored by East Central University of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Arts Council. At the Arts and Heritage Center of Ada, OK.


August 12  Cavaradossi cover and Spoletta in Tosca at Redlands Bowl Festival, Frank Fetta conducting. With Shana Blake Hill, Matt Bitteti, Ralph Cato and Michael Gallup. Redlands, CA.


July 18  Opera gala for Repertory Opera. "Ah si, ben mio" from Il trovatore with Christopher Luthi, piano. Los Angeles.


June 12  Soloist in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem at Westwood Presbyterian with soprano Rhonda Dillon. The Westwood Chamber Orchestra and the chancel choir were conducted by John-Kevin Hilbert.


January 25  Recital: Verdi, Poulenc, Wagner, Leoncavallo and Rachmaninov with pianist Dennis Boe. At East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma.


January 16  Performance at the Ivey Chapel of Denton State School in Denton, TX.

2004


November 13-14
Winter concerts of The Verdi Chorus, Anne Marie Ketchum conducting. Sang Spalanzani and Nathanael in scenes from Les contes d'Hoffmann (with Robin de Leon, Christopher Campbell and Cynthia Jansen). At United Methodist of Santa Monica.


September 12 Joint recital with mezzo-soprano Monica Hershenson. Songs of Faure, Grainger and Schubert with pianist Kirill Gliadkovsky. Ms. Hershenson performed with pianist Christopher Luthi. At 1st Presbyterian of Santa Monica.


August 14  Canio cover and Contadino in I pagliacci at Redlands Bowl, Frank Fetta conducting.


July 11 Alfredo in a performance of La Traviata for Casa Italiana Opera, with Begonia Bilbao as Violetta, Ken Simms as Germont, and Kent Kornmeyer conducting. Burbank, CA.


June 27 Alfredo in two performances of La Traviata for Casa Italiana Opera, Kent Kornmeyer conducting. Violetta was sung by Phyllis Elliott in the matinee and Katty Kochman in the evening, and baritone Ken Simms sang the role of Germont in both. Northridge, CA.


May 15 Joint recital with mezzo-soprano Athena Greco and pianist Mona Lands. Songs of Sibelius, Rachmaninov and Noel Coward.  At St. Paul's Lutheran of Santa Monica.


April 24 and 25 Spring concerts of The Verdi Chorus, Anne-Marie Ketchum conducting. Solos in scenes from Otello (with Nmon Ford) and Romberg's New Moon.  At United Methodist of Santa Monica.


March 30  Schubert vocal concert: An Sylvia, Die Taubenpost, Der Erlkönig, and part-songs, accompanied by Donald Frederickson and Gary Gray. At Santa Monica College.

 

2003


December 14 
Bach Cantata 141 for Mount Olive Lutheran of Santa Monica, Kristy Lobitz conducting.


 

July 19  Summer concert of The Verdi Chorus, Anne Marie Ketchum conducting. Led tenor 1 section and performed a duet from Mascagni's Silvano with soprano Shana Blake Hill. At Beverly Hills Civic Amphitheatre.

 

 


 

June 6  Two duets and a trio in Opera Nova's Spring Gala: "Parles-moi de ma mere" from Carmen (with Jennifer Pressett), the Friendship Duet from Don Carlos (with Gil Lipaz), and the Tomb Scene from Aida (with Shayne Dalva and Monica Hershenson). Crossroads School, Santa Monica.


 

May 13  The premiere of "Until the Year", Mark Eckhardt's oratorio for tenor and chorus. Mark is founder of the Be Foundation. At Santa Monica College.


 

March 15  "A Tribute to Lauritz Melchior" with orchestra at Santa Monica College.

Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the death (in Los Angeles) of the world's most famous heldentenor. 
On the program: "Caecilie" by Strauss; "Winterstürme" from Die Walküre; Vengeance Duet from Otello; Otello's aria "Dio mi potevi scagliar"; Liebesnacht from Tristan und Isolde; "O Paradis" by Meyerbeer; Quintet and Prize Song from Act III of Die Meistersinger; three Danish songs; and the Forging Scene from Siegfried. Encores were "Winterstürme" and Kern's "The Song is You".

Conductors were Kevin McKeown and Kentaro Sato. Yuichi Hoshino accompanied at the piano. The SMC Courier printed a review: newspaper review.


March 2-9 Three performances as Luigi in Il tabarro with Opera Nova Santa Monica, conducted by Sean Bradley.

 

 

2002


November 
Act I sc. 3 of Die Walküre with Claire McKeown. Opera Nova gala, Christopher Luthi, piano. Crossroads School, Santa Monica.


April  Scene from Haydn's La Cantatrice for Santa Monica College Haydn Series.



March 15 
Debut recital, Santa Monica College. Songs of Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, Strauss, Faure, Rachmaninov. Inna Royter, piano.

2001


November  Des Grieux in Act II duet from Manon for Opera Nova Santa Monica, with pianist Christopher Luthi.



August 11  "Ah si ben mio" from Il trovatore;  Arvino in the final scene of I Lombardi with pianist Galina Barskaya. 

Santa Monica College Opera Studio.


 

May 22  "Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater" from Die Walküre at Santa Monica College, with pianist Richard Berent. (First performance as a tenor.)