Dan Kempson - Baritone
Performance Photos
 The Rape of Lucretia Prince Tarquinus 2009-2010 |
 Carmen Moralès 2009-2010 |
 The Marriage of Figaro Student Matinee Count Almaviva 2009-2010 |
Photo credit David Bachman
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Biography
Dan Kempson is a second-year Resident Artist with Pittsburgh Opera. In 2010-11, he is scheduled to sing Fiorello/The Barber of Seville and Argante/Rinaldo; he will also cover Figaro/The Barber of Seville. In the 2009-2010 season he sang Prince Tarquinius/The Rape of Lucretia, Morales/Carmen and Count Almaviva/The Marriage of Figaro Student Matinee.
He graduated with his Masters of Music from Manhattan School of Music in May 2009. Performances there included Gabriel von Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, George Jones in Street Scene, soloist in Orff's Carmina Burana and Ronaldo Cabral in the New York premiere of John Musto's Later the Same Evening, a recording of which will be released on Albany Records.
Mr. Kempson received his Bachelor's of Music in 2007 from Peabody Conservatory, where his roles included Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro and Carl-Magnus in A Little Night Music. Other previous performances include Belcore (cover) in The Elixir of Love with the Caramoor Festival, Papageno in The Magic Flute at the Seagle Music Colony, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, John Brooke in Little Women with Intermezzo Opera Festival and Carmina Burana with the Yale Symphony Orchestra, Connecticut Master Chorale and New Choral Society of Scarsdale.
Among his awards are the 2007 Encouragement Award from Opera Index, Inc., Winner of 2009 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Boston District, Semifinalist in the 2009 Eleanor McCollum Competition of Houston Grand Opera and Finalist in the 2008 competitions of both the Oratorio Society of New York and Liederkranz Foundation.
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