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Daniel Gurvich as Frank Schultz

Daniel Gurvich
as Frank Schultz

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Daniel Gurvich, baritone

Baritone Daniel Gurvich has performed with the Boston Lyric Opera, the National Opera Company, Long Island’s Ridotto Opera, Virginia’s Ash Lawn-Highland Festival, The Bronx Opera Company, and Boston University’s Opera Institute. Opera performance highlights include the title role in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Count Almaviva in Mozart’s Figaro, Dandini in Rossini’s Cenerentola, Don Andes in Offenbach’s La Perichole, Gideon March in Little Women, and Roderick in Debussy’s La chute de la maison Usher. Musical theatre highlights include the Viceroy in La Perichole, El Gallo in The Fantasticks, and the Rabbi in Fiddler on the Roof.

An avid performer of song and concert repertoire, Mr. Gurvich has been a fellow of the Tanglewood Music Center and the Aspen Music Festival Vocal Chamber Music programs. He was a Bach cantata soloist with the Tanglewood Music Center orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa. Mr. Gurvich’s presentation of Mauricio Kagel’s Prince Igor, Stravinsky, at Tanglewood’s Festival of Contemporary Music was described as “fearless and solidly-grounded” by The Boston Globe. A Boston-area winner of the NATS competition, Mr. Gurvich holds a Master of Music degree from Boston University, where he also attended the Boston University Opera Institute and studied with Phyllis Curtin.

While Living in New York City, Mr. Gurvich taught as an adjunct instructor of voice in the Department of Music and Performing Arts at New York University. Mr. Gurvich was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, attended high school in Brighton, and currently lives in Ithaca. He is thrilled to be performing with his wife, Deborah Lifton.

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