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Christopher Bolduc
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| Last season, young baritone Christopher Bolduc sang the Faure Requiem and Bach Cantata 106 for the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and performed Lescaut in Puccini's Manon Lescaut at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. He is currently a third year resident artist at The Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia where he has performed Figaro in Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia, the title role in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Lescaut in Massenet's Manon and Guglielmo in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte. Prior to his studies at AVA, Mr. Bolduc earned his Bachelor of Music from the State University of New York at Purchase and both a Master of Music and an honorary Performer's Certificate from Indiana University. |
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| At IU, he performed Papageno in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and Demetrius in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream. In 2003 and 2004, Mr. Bolduc completed young artist apprenticeships at the Santa Fe Opera. |
| Mr. Bolduc has won prizes in numerous competitions, including Licia-Albanese Puccini Foundation, the Loren Zachary Society, the Giulio Gari Foundation, the Fritz and Lavinia Jenson Foundation, the George London Foundation, the Liederkranz Foundation, the Classical Singer Convention, the Florida Grand Opera Voice Competition and the Connecticut Opera Guild Competition. He was a national semifinalist in the 2007 Metropolitan National Council Auditions and most recently, a top prizewinner in the 2007 Opera Index Competition. |
| In 2008-09 he sings Enrico at AVA as well a La Fiamma at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia and Schaunard in the spring with Palm Beach Opera as well as a concert with Santa Fe Opera. Upcoming in a future season at Fort Worth Opera is Belcore in L'Elisir d'Amore. Other roles in preparation include Marcello in La Boheme, Valentin in Faust and Silvio in I Pagliacci. He is a student of Bill Schuman. |
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