Dominic Armstrong
Tenor
Dominic Armstrong has established himself internationally as an artist of superb and distinguished musicality and characterization. The tenor holds degrees from Truman State University, The Juilliard School, and The Curtis Institute.
Dominic Armstrong appeared at Carnegie Hall in his debut with the American Symphony Orchestra for Schoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder, singing Waldemar under the baton of Leon Botstein. He also continued his close collaboration during the 23-24 season with the Brooklyn Art Song Society, and then sang Cavaradossi in Tosca with Maryland Opera. In the 22-23 season, Mr. Armstrong debuted the role of the Steuermann in Der Fliegende Holländer with Utah Opera, returned to Opera Carolina, singing the role of Alfredo in La traviata, and joined the Bangor Symphony for Beethoven’s 9th.
An in-demand interpreter of modern and contemporary operas, Mr. Armstrong’s notable performances include Peter Quint in Turn of the Screw (NYCO, Castleton, OnSite Opera), Dr. Richardson in Breaking the Waves (Beth Morrison Projects), Steve in A Streetcar Named Desire (Lyric Opera of Chicago, Carnegie Hall), and Count Almaviva in The Ghosts of Versailles (Wexford Festival).
The tenor is equally at home in traditional opera repertoire, having essayed such roles as Don José in Carmen (Kentucky Opera, Dayton Opera), Cavaradossi in Tosca (toured France under the baton of Emmanuel Plasson, Northwest Indiana Symphony), Alfredo in La traviata (Chautauqua Opera), Macduff in Macbeth (Syracuse Opera), Tamino in Die Zauberflöte (Dayton Opera) and the title role in La Clemenza di Tito (Chicago Opera Theatre).
Other notable recent performances include: Deutsche Oper Berlin as Parpignol in La Bohème; Opera Regio Torino as the Gran Sacerdote in Idomeneo, Reverend Adams in Peter Grimes, and Heinrich der Schreiber in Tannhaüser, Los Angeles Opera and the Center for Contemporary Opera in a double bill of two Gordon Getty one-act operas, Usher House and The Canterville Ghost, as Edgar Allen Poe and Duke Cecil of Yorkshire.