The Tampa Oratorio Singers
THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA | 2018-2019 61
Lauded by The New
York Times for his
“strong appealing
bass-baritone,”
American Michael
Dean has been hailed
by the San Jose Mercury
News as “the
standout, his voice a
penetrating wake-up
call.” Season highlights
include performances
of Mozart’s
Great Mass in C Minor
and Bach’s St. John Passion at the Bach Festival Society
of Winter Park, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9
with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, and Verdi’s Requiem
with the Eugene Symphony.
Dean made his New York Philharmonic debut in the
world premiere of Aaron Jay Kernis’ Garden of Light
and returned the following season for a concert
performance of Street Scene. His other successes
on the concert stage include Handel’s Messiah with
the Pacific Symphony, Alabama Symphony, Baltimore
Symphony, and Calgary Philharmonic,
among others; Mozart’s Requiem with the Louisiana
Philharmonic, Modesto Symphony, and
Quad City Symphony; Michael Tippett’s A Child of
Our Time with the Bach Festival Society of Winter
Park; Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the
Richmond Symphony; and Haydn’s Creation and
Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem with the Louisiana
Philharmonic.
Dean has made frequent appearances with the legendary
New York City Opera, where he performed
the title role in Le nozze di Figaro, Leporello in Don
Giovanni, George in Of Mice and Men, and Papageno
in Die Zauberflöte. He has received high critical
praise for his numerous recordings of baroque opera,
including Agrippina, Ottone, Dido and Aeneas,
Radamisto, Giustino, and Serse.
Dean is currently the music department chair and
professor of voice at the University of California, Los
Angeles, and a member of the voice faculty at the
Chautauqua Music Festival.
MICHAEL DEAN
Bass-Baritone
Join Us for the Remaining Performance
in our 2018-19 Season:
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