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Adam Ulrich

Adam Ulrich
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Adam Ulrich, tenor

Adam Ulrich is a versatile tenor whose repertoire spans opera, oratorio, musical theater, and art song.  This past summer Adam sang the title role in Candide at the Brevard Music Center.  Other recent roles include George Gibbs in the Southeastern premiere of Ned Rorem's Our Town and Tigrane in Handel's Radamisto, both with the A. J. Fletcher Opera Institute.  In October, Adam will be singing Gastone in La Traviata with Piedmont Opera in Winston-Salem, NC.

Mr. Ulrich was a student of William Leyerle at SUNY Geneseo, NY where he graduated cum laude.  He is the winner of several voice competitions and the recipient of numerous scholarships including the McClellan Scholarship in Music, the Daryl Hanson Memorial Scholarship in Musical Theatre, and the Geneseo Honors and Concerto Competitions.

Adam has frequently been seen giving public performances throughout the Western New York region.  He has appeared in concert with the Geneseo Symphony Orchestra, the Western New York Chamber Orchestra, and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra; and on stage with the Rochester Opera Factory and Mercury Opera Rochester.  He has been a featured soloist for Mendelssohn's Elijah, Puccini's Messa di Gloria, Orff's Carmina Burana, Mozart's Grand Mass in C Minor, and Mozart's Requiem.

Past opera credits include Acis and Galatea (Acis), La Bohème (Parpignol), and Die Fledermaus (Dr. Blind).  Favorite musical theatre roles include Anthony (Sweeney Todd), Edward Rutledge (1776), and Hero (A Funny Thing…Forum).

Recently, Adam gave a performance of Schubert's Die Schöne Müllerin in its entirety.

Adam is a fellow at the A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute at the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC.   He is pursuing a Master's degree in Vocal Performance and is a student of Marilyn Taylor.

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