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Troy Cook
Instrument: Baritone
American baritone Troy Cook has just performed Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor in Las Palmas. He also recently appeared as Zurga to open 2007-08 with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City and the opera belonged to Cook, whose Zurga seemed like the only human being onstage. his resplendent baritone is always a pleasure, but beyond that you really believed in the complexity of his character...and in his bracing final aria you realized that "Pearl Fishers" is really just a love-triangle in which somebody had to give in for the sake of friendship." Just prior, he sang in a gala concert with Opera Pacific, as Marcello in Boheme with Bershire Opera and performed Figaro in Barbiere for Opera Omaha last spring.
2007 began with his German debut with the Semperoper Dresden as Marcello in Boheme. He also performed Marcello in his Opera Company of Philadelphia debut to open their season. In addition, he returned to ABT in New York and Washington D.C. for the Kindertotenlieder. In summer 2006 he was Sharpless for the Berkshire Opera Company and just prior debuted with La Monnaie, Brussels in a gala concert of Pagliacci. In spring 2006 he performed with the LA Philharmonic in a world-premiere conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen; performed Enrico in Kansas City's Lucia, Carmina Burana with the San Antonio Symphony,was guest vocal soloist in the Kindertotenlieder with American Ballet Theater in New York, and performed Zurga in Les Pêcheurs de Perles with Opera Carolina. In summer 2005 we saw his "show stopping" Belcore with the Berkshire Opera Company. Other recent performances include Carmina Burana with the LA Chamber Orchestra and with the Phoenix Symphony. He also sang in a Richard Tucker Foundation concert in New York City. He began the 2004-05 season began with his return to San Francisco Opera as Mr. Flint in Billy Budd. Reviews of his 'Barbiere' - Figaro the previous season at San Francisco Opera. "Baritone Troy Cook is spectacular in the role of Figaro. He's insolent, charming, self-amused, a rogue...His patter and roulades are precise and ring out fearlessly," "Troy Cook stole the show. He has a fine supple baritone voice," "His acting was perfect and his baritone resonant with a warm tone and solid musicality."
Other recent appearances include Figaro in Barbiere at Fort Worth Opera, Guglielmo with Santa Fe and Toledo Opera, solo recitals under the auspices of the Marilyn Horne Foundation and a performance of Carmina Burana with the American Ballet Theater at Lincoln Center.
Mr. Cook also appeared with the Metropolitan Opera in L'Enfant et les Sortileges and in a new production of Sly in 2001. In the fall of 2000 he made his European debut as Giacomo in Beatrix Cenci with the Grand Theatre de Geneve followed by his Schaunard and Morales in Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera. Other engagements included productions of Barbiere with Florida Grand Opera and Minnesota Opera.
Troy made his NYCO debut in the 1999-2000 season with roles in the trilogy, Central Park which he also sang with Glimmerglass. Those performances were taped and later telecast on the PBS series Great Performances. He also performed with Opera Colorado, Aspen Music Theater and Eastman Opera Theater. He is a former member of the Glimmerglass Young American Artists Program, the Apprentice Artists Program of the Santa Fe Opera, the Florida Grand Opera Studio and holds a Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music. He currently studies voice with Bill Schuman.
2007-08 also takes Mr. Cook to Kansas City as Zurga and to Florida Grand Opera for a new Boheme. Debuts with the Royal Opera, Covent Garden and the Hamburgische Staatsoper are scheduled for future seasons. Riccardo in I Puritani comes into his repertoire in 2009.
2007 began with his German debut with the Semperoper Dresden as Marcello in Boheme. He also performed Marcello in his Opera Company of Philadelphia debut to open their season. In addition, he returned to ABT in New York and Washington D.C. for the Kindertotenlieder. In summer 2006 he was Sharpless for the Berkshire Opera Company and just prior debuted with La Monnaie, Brussels in a gala concert of Pagliacci. In spring 2006 he performed with the LA Philharmonic in a world-premiere conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen; performed Enrico in Kansas City's Lucia, Carmina Burana with the San Antonio Symphony,was guest vocal soloist in the Kindertotenlieder with American Ballet Theater in New York, and performed Zurga in Les Pêcheurs de Perles with Opera Carolina. In summer 2005 we saw his "show stopping" Belcore with the Berkshire Opera Company. Other recent performances include Carmina Burana with the LA Chamber Orchestra and with the Phoenix Symphony. He also sang in a Richard Tucker Foundation concert in New York City. He began the 2004-05 season began with his return to San Francisco Opera as Mr. Flint in Billy Budd. Reviews of his 'Barbiere' - Figaro the previous season at San Francisco Opera. "Baritone Troy Cook is spectacular in the role of Figaro. He's insolent, charming, self-amused, a rogue...His patter and roulades are precise and ring out fearlessly," "Troy Cook stole the show. He has a fine supple baritone voice," "His acting was perfect and his baritone resonant with a warm tone and solid musicality."
Other recent appearances include Figaro in Barbiere at Fort Worth Opera, Guglielmo with Santa Fe and Toledo Opera, solo recitals under the auspices of the Marilyn Horne Foundation and a performance of Carmina Burana with the American Ballet Theater at Lincoln Center.
Mr. Cook also appeared with the Metropolitan Opera in L'Enfant et les Sortileges and in a new production of Sly in 2001. In the fall of 2000 he made his European debut as Giacomo in Beatrix Cenci with the Grand Theatre de Geneve followed by his Schaunard and Morales in Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera. Other engagements included productions of Barbiere with Florida Grand Opera and Minnesota Opera.
Troy made his NYCO debut in the 1999-2000 season with roles in the trilogy, Central Park which he also sang with Glimmerglass. Those performances were taped and later telecast on the PBS series Great Performances. He also performed with Opera Colorado, Aspen Music Theater and Eastman Opera Theater. He is a former member of the Glimmerglass Young American Artists Program, the Apprentice Artists Program of the Santa Fe Opera, the Florida Grand Opera Studio and holds a Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music. He currently studies voice with Bill Schuman.
2007-08 also takes Mr. Cook to Kansas City as Zurga and to Florida Grand Opera for a new Boheme. Debuts with the Royal Opera, Covent Garden and the Hamburgische Staatsoper are scheduled for future seasons. Riccardo in I Puritani comes into his repertoire in 2009.
