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Brent Weber is known as a singer of Opera and Oratorio, a choral conductor, and a stage director. He has been heard on many stages throughout the United States and Canada as a leading tenor in the operas of La Traviata, Die Zauberflöte, Rigoletto, Madama Butterfly, La Bohème, Luisa Miller, and Don Carlo. Highlighted performances in oratorio include Bach's Magnificat and Mozart's Mass in C at Carnegie Hall in New York City, and Rossini's Stabat Mater at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Weber’s Broadway credits in New York City include, "Encores, Great American Musicals" premiere production of Fiorello, with additional productions of Call Me Madame, and Lady in the Dark. For over three years, he performed the role of Piangi in The Phantom of the Opera in Vancouver and Toronto, Canada.
Currently, Weber is the Conductor of the Fredonia Camerata, and is a Lecturer of Voice, Conducting and Opera History at Fredonia State University. He has also been stage-director for the productions of The Merry Widow with Hillman Opera, Don Giovanni, Music Man, My Fair Lady, Tribute to Andrew Lloyd Webber, Little Women by Mark Adamo, and most recently, The Sound of Music for the Western New York Chamber Orchestra.
This fall, he looks forward to stage direct Leoncovallo’s, Pagliacci with Buffalo Opera Unlimited and with Fredonia Camerata where he will prepare the Fredonia Camerata Ensemble for the Masterworks program opener with, Vier Gesänge, Op. 17 by J. Brahms and WNYCO in the spring.
Education
- M.M., Yale School of Music
- M.M., University of Missouri-Kansas City
- B.M.E., Kansas State University
Areas of Expertise
- Vocal techniques for Opera, Broadway, and Pop-Rock styles
- Stage Direction
- Opera History
- Vocal Diction
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- Pittsburgh Opera
- Florida Grand Opera
- Chautauqua Opera
- Opera Memphis
- Norfolk Opera
- Encores, Great American Musicals, NYC
- Canadian Actors Equity
- ACDA
- NATS
- PMEA
- NYSSMA