Tenor Peter Nathan Foltz is the recipient of the Liberace Foundation
Scholarship at Manhattan School of Music for the 2001-2002 academic
year. He is a graduate of Northwestern University School of
Music, studying there with soprano Sunny Joy Langton.
At Northwestern, he sang Arnalta in Monteverdi’s
The Coronation of Poppea, Male Chorus in Britten’sThe Rape of Lucretia, and Judge Danforth
in Ward’s The Crucible, as well as four solo recitals. Mr. Foltz
has completed his master of music degree at Manhattan School of Music
where he was a student of Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Mignon Dunn.
Last year, Mr. Foltz was awarded the Hilda Bell Award at the 2001 Palm
Beach Opera Competition and was recently designated as a finalist in
this year’s competition. In the summer of 2001, he performed Don Ottavio
in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with the California Music Festival.
He has been a soloist with the Pro Arts Symphony Orchestra of Walnut
Creek, CA and the Chamber Orchestra of Science and Medicine of Manhattan.
Mr. Foltz is currently engaged as soloist with Raymond Beegle’s
New York Vocal Arts Ensemble performing at Trinity Church Wall Street.
Future engagements include the role of Slender in Niccolai’sMerry Wives of Windsor with the Merola
Opera Program.
