Adam Charles Josef Klein
Curriculum vitae
This is just about everything I've ever done in opera and concert, and a good summary of the other music stuff as well.


Born Jan. 22, 1960 Height: 5'10" Hair: brown Eyes: brown

Opera/Concert
Year Organization Work Role
2008 The Metropolitan Opera

Boston Chorus Pro Musica
Treasure Coast Opera Society
Hansel and Gretel
Satyagraha
Carmen
Tosca
Witch
Gandhi (c)
Don José
Cavaradossi
2007 The Metropolitan Opera


Saito Kinen Festival
Spoleto Festival USA
Toledo Opera
L'Opéra Français de New York
World Premiere Concert
Harrisburg Opera Association
War and Peace
 
Die Aegyptische Helena
Pique Dame
Faustus, the Last Night (Dusapin)
Carmen
Desperately Seeking Carmen
Leithian (Klein)
Die Zauberflöte
Fyodor
Pierre (c)
Da-ud (c) (c)
Chekalinsky
Sly
Don José
Don José
Beren
Tamino/Director
2006 The Metropolitan Opera

Canadian Opera Company
Princeton University Orchestra
Midland Symphony Orchestra
Smith Opera House, Geneva NY
Goethe-Institut, NYC
Harrisburg Opera Association
Liederkranz Hall
Mazeppa
Rodelinda
Der Ring des Nibelungen
Die Walküre, Act 1
La Bohème
Winterreise
Winterreise
Rigoletto
Leithian (Klein)
Iskra
Grimoaldo (c)
Mime (c)
Siegmund
Rodolfo
Protagonist
Protagonist
Duca
Beren
2005 The Metropolitan Opera



San Francisco Opera
Dicapo Opera Theater
Fresno Grand Opera
Del Norte, Colorado
Indianapolis Opera
Tannhäuser
Rodelinda
An American Tragedy
Wozzeck
Pique Dame
Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninoff)
Gianni Schicchi/Pagliacci
Opera and Chamber Music concert
The Crucible
Walter (c)
Grimoaldo (c)
Cousin Gilbert (c)
Drum Major (c)
Chekalinski
Paolo
Rinuccio/Canio
tenor soloist
Judge Danforth
2004 The Metropolitan Opera Das Rheingold Loge (c)
Salome Third Jew
Pique Dame Chekalinski
Boris Godunov Grigori/Dmitri (c)
2003 The Metropolitan Opera Moses und Aron Aron (c)
The Rake’s Progress Tom Rakewell (c)
Le Rossignol Third Japanese Envoy
Oedipus Rex Oedipus (c)
Jenufa Števa
Central City Opera Pagliacci Canio
Dicapo Opera Theater Pagliacci Canio
2002 The Metropolitan Opera Dialogues des Carmélites Chevalier
Lulu Maler/Neger (c)
Idomeneo Arbace (c)
Deutsche Oper New York Daphne concert reading Apollo
The Atlanta Opera Der Fliegende Holländer Erik
A Festival of Women’s Voices Mrs. Satan (Bond) Henry Ward Beecher
Spoleto Festival USA Der Fliegende Holländer Erik
Toledo Opera Three Tenors! The Next Generation Soloist
2001 The Metropolitan Opera Arabella Elemer
Ariadne auf Naxos Bacchus (c)
Doktor Faust Mephistopheles (c)
Lake George Opera Festival Ariadne auf Naxos Bacchus
OperaDelaware Otello (Verdi) Otello
West Virginia Symphony Orchestra Die Walküre, Act 1 Siegmund
Portland Opera Dialogues des Carmélites Chevalier
L’Opéra Français de New York Djamileh Splendiano
2000 Opera Memphis Manon Lescaut Des Grieux
Virginia Opera Carmen Don José
Rodelinda Grimoaldo
Opera North Ariadne auf Naxos Bacchus
Opera Festival of New Jersey Burning Bright Victor
Opera Pacific Les Contes D’Hoffmann Hoffmann
Fort Worth Opera Madama Butterfly Pinkerton
Boston Philharmonic Mahler Symphony #8 Tenor Solo
1999 Virginia Opera Otello Cassio
West Virginia Symphony Orchestra Three Tenors! The Next Generation Soloist
Portland Opera Repertory Theater La Bohème Rolodfo
Opera Colorado Roméo et Juliette Roméo
Edmonton Opera La Bohème Rodolfo
Boston Symphony Madama Butterfly Pinkerton (c)
Boston Philharmonic Mahler Symphony #8 Tenor Solo
1998 Connecticut Op.era Rigoletto Duca
Virginia Opera Roméo et Juliette Roméo
Manitoba Opera Madama Butterfly Pinkerton
La Bohème Rodolfo
New York Choral Society Mahler Symphony #8 Tenor Solo
Central City Opera Tosca Cavaradossi
The Crucible Judge Danforth
1997 New York City Opera Marco Polo Polo
New York Choral Society Ot»e Naž Tenor Solo
Portland Opera Die Zauberflöte Tamino
Opera Roanoke La Traviata Alfredo
Opera Memphis Madama Butterfly Pinkerton
Edmonton Opera Madama Butterfly Pinkerton
The Opera Company of El Paso Rigoletto Duca
Central City Opera Susannah Sam
West Virginia Symphony Orchestra Three Tenors! The Next Generation Soloist
1996 New York City Opera The Turn of the Screw Peter Quint
Tosca Cavaradossi
Opera Memphis Werther Werther
Central City Opera Rigoletto Duke
Edmonton Opera Lucia di Lammermoor Edgardo
The Dallas Opera Madama Butterfly Pinkerton
Indianapolis Opera Madama Butterfly Pinkerton
Austin Lyric Opera La Traviata Alfredo
New York Choral Society Psalmus Hungaricus Tenor Solo
1995 New York City Opera Carmen Don José
Choral Society of the Hamptons Saint Nicolas Tenor Solo
The Dallas Opera The Dream Of Valentino Valentino (c)
1994 Indianapolis Opera Rigoletto Duca
Greater Buffalo Opera Salome Narraboth
Nashville Opera Tosca Cavaradossi
Washington Opera The Dream Of Valentino Valentino (c)
1993 Greater Buffalo Opera Il Tabarro Luigi
Brevard Music Festival Faust Faust
1992 Des Moines Metro Opera Lucia di Lammermoor Normanno
CalArts Festival The Triumph of Death (Rzewski) soloist
Improvement: Don Leaves Linda (Ashley) Doctor
Indianapolis Opera Lucia di Lammermoor Arturo
Festival D’Automne, Paris Improvement: Don Leaves Linda (Ashley) Doctor
1991 Skylight Opera Theater Werther Werther
World premiere performance, Merkin Hall Improvement: Don Leaves Linda (Ashley) Doctor
Chautauqua Opera The Crucible Judge Danforth
Chautauqua Symphony Die Zauberflöte Monostatos
Triangle Opera Theatre Faust Faust
Pennsylvania Opera Theater Carmen Don José
Jacksonville Symphony concert soloist
Skylight Opera Theater Carmen Don José
Inventionen Festival, Berlin Improvement: Don Leaves Linda (Ashley) Doctor
1990 Indianapolis Opera Ensemble concerts soloist
Pittsburgh Opera Otello Cassio
Lyric Opera Cleveland The Magic Flute Tamino
Four Corners Opera The Impresario Herr Engel
Opera Memphis Don Carlo Don Carlo (c)
1989 Indianapolis Opera The Magic Flute First Armored Man
Four Corners Opera The Face on the Barroom Floor Larry/Matt
Lovely Music Ltd. Improvement: Don Leaves Linda (Ashley)- recording Doctor
1988 IU Opera Theatre Orfeo (Rossi) Vecchia
1987 IU Opera Theatre Peter Grimes Peter Grimes
Danforth The Crucible
Legend of Tsar Saltan Old Grandfather
1986 IU Opera Theatre The Tempest (Eaton) Antonio
Four Corners Opera Slow Dusk/The Maid Mistress Micah/Vespone
1985 Chautauqua Opera Pélléas et Mélisande Act 3 Sc. 4/Don Giovanni sextet Pélléas/Ottavio
Carmen/Madame Butterfly/Guys&Dolls chorus
IU Opera Theatre The Flying Dutchman Erik
Mondo Lirico La Bohème (Leoncavallo) Un becero
1984 SUNY Stony Brook Opera Ensemble Faust/The Crucible/Carmen scenes Faust/Don José/Danforth
Scovasso Opera Don Giovanni Ottavio
1983 Chautauqua Opera Carmen Act 2 duet/La Bohème act 4 duet Don José/Rodolfo
The Merry Widow/Of Mice and Men/Manon Lescaut chorus
SUNY Stony Brook Opera Ensemble La Bohème/Die Fledermaus scenes Rodolfo/Eisenstein
1982 Dicapo Opera Theatre Messiah/madrigals soloist
Regina Opera Carmen Danca•ro
Opera Hamptons The Magic Flute Monostatos/First Armored Man
Opera on the Sound The Pirates of Penzance chorus
1981 Manhasset Bay Opera La Traviata chorus
1979 Act 1 Opera Workshop Amahl and the Night Visitors Kaspar
1973 Professional Children's School Amahl and the Night Visitors Amahl
1972 Metropolitan Opera Die Zauberflöte 2nd Spirit
1971 Metropolitan Opera Pelléas et Mélisande Yniold
1970-74 Metropolitan Opera Cavalleria Rusticana/Carmen/Tosca/ La Bohème/Werther/Hansel and Gretel children's chorus
Recitals
2002 Richard Troxell and Friends, 
with Richard Raub, piano
Winterstürme (Die Walküre-Wagner)
Era la notte (Otello-Verdi)
duet with Edward Albert, baritone
Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads)
duet with me on banjo and Richard Troxell on jembe
Chestnut Hill, PA
1998 Winterreise (Schubert) with Howard Klein, piano Central City Opera in-house recital
1993 Recital with John Muehleisen This Chain of Enigmas (Muehleisen) Seattle, WA
1992 Winterreise(Schubert) with Jennifer Peterson, piano
Eastman School of Music, Rochester NY
1991 “Written in America:” contemporary American songs and opera arias with Howard Klein, piano Weill Recital Hall, NYC
The Alcestiad (1958)* Louise Talma
Apollo, “You are wrong” (1906-)
Shakespeare Songs (1956-7) Virgil Thomson
“Take, O take those lips away” (1896-1990
The Rake’s Progress (1951) Igor Stravinsky
Tom, “Here I stand” (1882-1971)
Three Poems of Fiona McLeod Charles Tomlinson Griffes
The Lament of Ian the Proud (1884-1920)
Hydrogen Jukebox (1989) Philip Glass
“Aunt Rose” (1937-)
Leithian (1992) ** Adam Klein
Beren, “My fate, O king (1960-)
The Tender Land (1954) Aaron Copland
Martin, “the world seems still tonight” (1900-1990)
Despite and Still (1984) Samuel Barber
“Solitary Hotel” 1910-1981
The Abduction of Figaro (1984) P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742?)
Pecadillo, ‘Behold, fair maiden” (Peter Schickele [1935-])
Peter Grimes (1945) Benjamin Britten
“Go there!” (1913-1976)
Solo Songs
Shiloh’s Hill Traditional
I’m goin’ to go to work on Monday one more time Si Kahn
The White Pilgrim, or Hicks’s Farewell Traditional
Like a Sick Eagle (1913) Charles Ives
Immortality (1921) (1874-1954)
At the River (1916)
Improvement (Don Leaves Linda) (1984) Robert Ashley
The Doctor, Act II, “The Offering of Images” (1990) (1930-)
Satyagraha (1978) Philip Glass
Gandhi, Act III, “buhönee mä yu tee ta nee”
* Performance of Apollo’s Aria by arrangement with Carl Fisher, Inc., copyright holder.
** Based on “The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, copyright 1977 George Allen & Unwin (Publishers) Ltd. Used by permission.
1987 Winterreise (Schubert) Graduate recital
with Howard Klein, piano
IU Recital Hall
1987 Recital of American Song and American Traditional Music
with Howard Klein, piano
Amherst College
Liza Jane, with bones traditional, arr. A. Klein
Shady Grove, with banjo "
John Henry, with banjo and piano "
Go to work on Monday, unaccompanied Si Kahn
Lament of Ian the Proud Charles Griffes
At the River Aaron Copland
At the River Charles Ives
1986 Aria and Song Recital with Howard Klein, piano Atlantic Center for the Arts
Hark! How All Things Purcell
Sweeter than Roses
Bess of Bedlam
Heimlische aufford'rung Strauss
Befreit
Standchen
Il pleuvait Massenet
L'improvisateur
Liza Jane, with bones traditional, arr. A. Klein
Shady Grove, with banjo
John Henry, with banjo and piano "
The Blacksmith with dulcimer "
Go to work on Monday, unaccompanied Si Kahn
Lament of Ian the Proud Charles Griffes
At the River Aaron Copland
At the River Charles Ives
1986 Graduate recital with Lawrence Frank Gee, piano IU Recital Hall.
Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, op. 22 Benjamin Britten
Mélodies passagères, op. 27 Samuel Barber
Four German Songs Charles Griffes
Oh I feel cold inside, from Of Mice and Men Carlisle Floyd
The White Pilgrim, or Hicks's Farewell traditional
All I Need Adam Klein
John Henry, with banjo trad., arr. A. Klein
1985 Senior Recital with Lawrence Frank Gee, piano IU Recital Hall
Il mio tesoro, from Don Giovanni(1787) W.A. Mozart
De' miei bollenti spiriti, from La Traviata(1853) G. Verdi
Vier ernste Gesänge, op. 121 Johannes Brahms
Romance, from Deux romances Claude Debussy
Harmonie du soir, from Cinq poèmes de Baudelaire "
Les Cloches, from Deux romances "
L'ombre des arbres, from Ariettes oubliées "
Absalom(1946) Ned Rorem
Heavenly Grass, from Blue Mt. Ballads Paul Bowles
At the River Charles Ives
Solitary Hotel, from Despite and Still Samuel Barber
Lament of Ian the Proud, op. 11 no.1 Charles T. Griffes
Junior Recital with Lawrence Frank Gee, piano IU Recital Hall
L'invocazione di Orfeo, from Euridice(1600) Jacopo Peri
Amarilli, mia bella (1602) Giulio Caccini
Vittoria, mio core! (1656) Giacomo Carissimi
A Colombine Jules Massenet
Il pleuvait "
Sonnet payen "
L'improvisateur "
Heimliche aufforderung, op. 27 no. 3 Richard Strauss
Allerseelen,op. 10 no. 8 "
Befreit, op. 39 no. 4 "
Sweeter than Roses Henry Purcell
If Music be the Food of Love (version 3) "
I See She Flies Me "
Hark! How All Things "
Bess of Bedlam "
Recital with Howard Klein, piano St. Charles Hospital Chapel, Port Jefferson LI
Recital with Howard Klein, piano Belanthi Gallery, Brooklyn NY
ORPHEUS BRITANNICUS: 24 Songs of Henry Purcell
 

1984 Recital with Howard Klein, piano Temple Isaiah, Stony Brook


L'invocazione di Orfeo Jacopo Peri


Vittoria, mio core Giacomo Carissimi


Nebbie Ottorino Respighi


Der Nu§baum Robert Schumann


Von ewiger Liebe Johannes Brahms


Befreit Ridhard Strauss


Nell Gabriel Fauré


Il pleure dans mon coeur Claude Debussy


La cloche Camille Saint-Sa‘ns


Here let my Life Henry Purcell


Every Valley Georg F. Händel


Heavenly Grass Paul Bowles


Absalom Ned Rorem


Three Sisters Theodore Chanler


Lament of Ian the Proud Charles T. Griffes


Solitary Hotel Samuel Barber


Are you Tired of me, My Darling? A. P. Carter
1984 Recital with Howard Klein, piano
Atlantic Center for the Arts
1983 Recital of Traditional Music (the late) Sunwood Estate Old Field, New York


October Song Robin Williamson


The Cruel War's A-Raging traditional


The Poor Orphan Child "


John Brown's Dream "


The Old Grey Horse "


Over the Waterfall "


My Git Up and Go Jimmy Driftwood


In the Pines traditional


The Year of Jubilo Henry Clay Work


The Arkansaw Traveler traditional


The White Pilgrim traditional


Black Jack Davey "


Are You Tired of Me, My Darling? A. P. Carter


The Girl I left Behind Me traditional


Sandy River Belle "


Firenze Robert Force/Al D'Ossché


Garryowen/Haste to the Wedding traditional


Liza Jane "


The Storms Are On the Ocean "


Over the Waterfall "
1983 Recital with Howard Klein, piano
Dora Zazlavsky’s apartment, NYC


Auf dem Flu§e Schubert


Der Doppelgänger "


Der Nu§baum Schumann


Im wunderschönen Monat Mai "


Die Mainacht Brahms


Denn es gehet den Menschen "


Von ewiger Liebe


Allerseelen Strauss


Morgen! "


Befreit "


Absalom(1946) Ned Rorem


Solitary Hotel, from Despite and Still Samuel Barber


Lament of Ian the Proud, op. 11 no.1 Charles Griffes


At the River Aaron Copland
Voice Instructors



Gloria Hilborn, Commack, NY,1981-85; Walter Cassel, Bloomington, IN,1985-94; Isabel Penagos, 1989; Michael Warren, New York NY, 1994-1999
 
Acting Instructors



Thomas Neumiller and William Bruehl, SUNY Stony Brook, 1982-3; Cynthia Auerbach, 1983-85; Ross Allen, 1985-87; Michael McConnell, 1990; Paula Homer, 1992; on-the-job experience.
Education



Master of Music in Voice Performance, with high distinction, I.U. Bloomington, May 1987

Bachelor of Liberal Arts (Music, Language ,Theater), cum laude, SUNY Stony Brook, May 1984
Awards



First Prize, Center For Contemporary Opera International Competition, 1990

First Prize, Toledo Opera Vocal Competition, 1990


First Prize, Jacksonville-MacMurray Music Association Young Artists Competition, 1990

Performer's Certificate, IU Bloomington School of Music, 1987

4 awards for excellence in Italian study, SUNY Stony Brook French & Italian dept., 1978-84
Non-Classical Appearances


2003 New England Folk Festival Association festival Little Blue Heron traditional music duo Natick MA
2002 Space Rock Festival Little Blue Heron as part of The One Eyed Bishops Philadelphia PA
2002 Carter Family Memorial Music Festival Little Blue Heron did one song Hiltons, Va.
1999-2003 Louis F. Angelo Elementary School opera/Appalachian music concerts Brockton, MA
1988 Carter Family Memorial Music Festival performer Hiltons, Va.
1986 Carter Family Memorial Music Festival performer Hiltons. Va.
1981-5 Carter Family Memorial Music Festival Zeng traditional music band Hiltons, Va.
1980-2 McLain Family Band Festival performer Big Hill, Ky.
1979-85 Setauket Neighborhood House Two concerts per year by Zeng traditional music band Setauket, LI
Compositions
Opera Leithian, completed February 1992. Based on "The Siilmarillion" by J.R.R. Tolkein, (c) 1977 Allen & Unwin Ltd. Used by permission.
Goldie Locks and the Three Bears, completed February 1994.
Songs (Words and Music) “Again”, "All I Need", "Amy's Song", "Bachelor Blues", "Bloomington Blues", "Bodily Function Rag", "Can't Live Without Your Lovin'", “Celebration of Fire”, “Certainty”, “December Song”, "Diane", "Ecosystem", "Ever So", “Everything I Need”, "Eyes so Bright", "Few and Far Between", “Forever Now”, "Franny's Song", "Going Home", "Goodbye", "Goodbye Kisses", "In Her Absence", "It's Your Turn", "Lonely Man", "Long Hard Road", "Lying Girls", "Magic Finish Line", "Messenger", "Michigan Blues", "Monday Morning Blues", "My Girl", "No Reasons", "On the Truth", "Oregon Sunrise", "Rescue Me", "Ride the Waves", “Scratches”, "She Can't Say", "Sit & Cry", "Someone Else", "Talk to Me", "Tears of Joy", “Testament”, "Tonight She's Gone", "True Lovesong", "Waited For Your Love", "Web of Love"
(Music only) "Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening" (Frost)
Instrumental `Adam's Dulcimer Song, Etude in G for Banjo, Frisbee, Juniper Springs, Mr. Calder Mr. Calder, Ode to Joy and Al, Original Dulcimer Song, Sligo Creek, The Landing of the Columbia, The Rise of the Dirty Cueball, The Slides of Croton, The Walnut Cotillion
Piano Four Variations on a Four Note Motive; many works from my teen years, most untitled.
Orchestra "Red Squall"
Sextets "458458" for piano, harp, marimba, cornet, soprano saxophone and euphonium.
Duets Duet for Clarinet and Viola
Electronic Music "Franny Blues," for computer and synthesizers, 8-track
"Jews Harp Heaven," Jews Harp and six syhtheizers
"Ratios," for Macintosh computer and two Yamaha TX816's