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BIOGRAPHY
Steven Ebel made history when he became the first singer/composer in the one-hundred-and-eighteen year history of the Royal Opera House in London to perform his own work under their auspices. Entitled Diary of a Young Poet it is a thirty-eight minute work for tenor, narrator and piano set to poems and prose by Rilke. Commissioned by ROHÕs prestigious Jette Parker Young Artist Programme, of which Mr. Ebel is a member through July 2011, it was premiered alongside song cycles by Schumann and Britten in a unique theatrical event entitled "The Truth About Love."
In March 2010 Mr. Ebel will present the premieres of his Divan Songs to texts of Goethe at ROH, and his International Suite for Solo Violin in June at the Royal College of Music. In 2009 he premiered his song cycle Fear, words and music by Mr. Ebel, in recital at his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Other song cycles which Mr. Ebel has premiered include Vestiges, A Timbered Choir and Wedding Songs.
Since moving to New York City, Steven Ebel has worked continuously as tenor and composer. He serves as Co-Director of New Music New York for which he has fulfilled many commissions including the premiere of Look Out, a thirty-five minute cycle set to poems of agrarian poet Wendell Berry, and The Privilege of Art, a composition for multiple voices and ensemble. He premiered his The Fool's Air and Prophecy, for voices and ensemble, at NYC's Merkin Hall with the Washington Square Contemporary Music Ensemble. His short opera, The Coat, was written for Cantiamo Opera with playwright Eric Lane.
Championing new music of other composers, Mr. Ebel created the role of Wolf in Louis Karchin's Romulus (to be released by NAXOS in 2011) and Olsen in Evan Haus' Man: Biology of a Fall. He has also premiered compositions by Alla Borzova (with the Dicapo Chamber Players in Russia and NYC), William George, Stephen Burke, Larry Nickel and others.
Mr. Ebel's many talents have been recognized with numerous honors from distinguished organizations including the Concours Musical International de Montréal, Joy of Singing Song Salon Competition, New York Oratorio Society Solo Competition, the Wigmore Hall Competition, the Five Towns Young Musician's Competition, the Tanglewood Music Center, the Gerda Lissner Foundation, Career Bridges and the Metropolitan Opera Auditions.
PRESS ACCLAIM
As Rimenes in Arne's Artaxerxes
(Royal Opera House): |
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| "Rimenes tidily sung and strongly acted by Steven Ebel." |
Richard Nicholson - Classical Source - Nov 7, 2009
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| "Steven Ebel's Rimenes was striking, his stage presence mature beyond his actual age." |
Anne Ozorio - Opera Today - 3 Nov 2009
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| "In the villains' camp, Steven Ebel gave a solid performance as the remorselessly two-dimensional Rimenes. Yielding some of the most (unintentionally) comic vocal writing of the piece, Ebel made a virtue of his character's plodding pomposity with his lyrical but full-toned delivery, and brought some distinctly disturbing and sinister energy to his seduction scene." |
Alexandra Coghlan - MusicalCriticism.com - Nov 1, 2009
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World Premier of Steven Ebel's Diary of a Young Poet
at Royal Opera (London): |
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| "Ebel, a strong tenor in the Britten style." |
Mark Valencia - Whats on Stage - Oct 14, 2009
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| "Ebel gives an especially concentrated performance, ethereal in his songs and barely corporeal in his presence. The musical lines of his Diary of a Young Poet are beautifully tonal, their chromatic progressions broken by refreshingly unexpected intervals." |
Mark Valencia - Whats on Stage - Oct 2009
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"There is always something inherently exciting about hearing promising young artists for the very first time. The Royal Opera's, Meet The Young Artists Week, featured a fully staged production, designed to showcase the talents of the latest crop of singers, conductors and directors to join the select and prestigious, Jette Parker Young Artists Programme. Having seen many of these emerging talents over the years, I can confidently state that the talent on display in last night's production of The Truth about Love is amongst the most gifted I have yet seen. Clearly the selection process overseen by artistic director James Gowland, is working extremely well.
The principal interest in the show was Ebel's Diary of a Young Poet. There aren't many singer-composers about today, well not when compared to conductor-composers, so it was of great interest to see how the young American would fare. With a libretto based on the diaries of Rainer Maria Rilke, it was a suitably dark and sardonic score that showed us more than just a glimpse, of what may yet prove to be an exceptional talent. The general timbre of the voice is very pleasing, with a particularly nice upper register and well integrated falsetto. His stage presence was also effective."
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Opera Britannia - Oct 17, 2009
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As Peter Quint in The Turn of the Screw
(Castleton Festival with Lorin Maazel conducting): |
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| "Steven Ebel conveyed the curious attractiveness and hideous insinuations of Quint in compelling fashion, producing a honeyed tone (it was easy to imagine that sound seducing the unsuspecting Miles) and negotiating the most florid lines with admirable smoothness. Ebel also earned respect for managing to sing vividly and fearlessly while dangling by a thread over the balcony in his entrance scene." |
Opera News - July 4, 2009
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| "Steven Ebel made a particularly strong impression as Quint, and not just for the way he managed to sing so vividly while practically hanging by a thread over the balcony in his first scene. Throughout, the tenor produced a honeyed tone and negotiated even the most florid lines with admirable smoothness. He conveyed the curious attractiveness and hideous insinuations of the spectral character in compelling fashion." |
Tim Smith - Baltimore Sun - July 6, 2009
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| "The best members of Friday's cast turned this to an advantage, particularly the two singers who played the ghosts, Steven Ebel (Peter Quint) and Greta Ball (Miss Jessel), pale-faced and otherworldly and strong-lunged. Ebel furnished Quint's music with a terrifyingly asexual vocal quality that emerged in this small space with powerful heft." |
Anne Medgette - Washington Post - July 6, 2009
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| "The Quint of Steven Ebel was rounded and suave." |
Charles T. Downey - July 4, 2009
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As Jimmy Mahoney in Weill's The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
(Italian Tour): |
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| "In this production of Mahagonny, the impeccable vocal colors optimally reflected the composition of a purified sound intended by Brecht and Weill.
We are in complete accord with the company's decision to entrust the role of Jim Mahoney to Steven Ebel, the young American tenor with a high impact stage presence. This role fits him perfectly with a voice that is homogeneous with the many styles of singing imposed by the score. From precise softness to moving intensity, he effectively expresses the entire spectrum of emotions in his music from bitterness to joy."
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| "Steven Ebel was superb in defining the modern sacrificial victim Jim Mahoney with a tenor voice that is pure lyricism." |
Opera Online
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As Jimmy Mahoney in Weill's The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
(Tanglewood Music Festival): |
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| "Steven Ebel was amazing as Jimmy Mahoney, and someone to watch in the dramatic tenor derby." |
Berkshire Homestyle Magazine - Sep 2008
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| "Steven Ebel gave a magnificent, truly star-quality rendition of the ill-fated Jimmy Mahoney. Charismatic on the stage, he used his lanky body with athletic strength, and his powerful and finely balanced tenor voice to create a portrayal of great variety and commitment. He could well end up owning Jimmy as Anthony Dean Griffey possesses Peter Grimes, or even greater roles and, yes, there are greater roles. I could imagine Ebel as a very fine Tamino, perhaps even a Florestan."
"... the most successful of his [Brecht's] plays are those which, like Galileo, contain impressive heroes which can be fleshed out by star actors. Jimmy Mahoney may be ordinary enough, but Steven Ebel's performance was certainly on that level."
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Michael Miller - Berkshire Review - Sep 10, 2008
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| "Steven Ebel, the Jimmy, and Rebecca Jo Loeb, the Jenny, directed by Doug Fitch have taken those moments when no one can intrude on their dispassionate devotions and made them into something overpowering. Both the lyricism in their lovely voices and the physical disconnections they've been directed to play provided moments of absolute perfection." |
From the Berkshire Bright Focus Review by J. Peter Bergman
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| "While not all the vocal performances were equally outstanding, Steven Ebel as Frank Olson was ever inventive with his enormous role, almost always on stage." |
Theodore Wiprud - New Music Connoisseur - Sep, 2008
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| "Tenor Steven Ebel showed promise as Jimmy." |
Financial Times - Aug 12, 2008
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| "As Jenny and Jimmy, Rebecca Jo Loeb and Steven Ebel are the stars of the show. She uses her Broadway voice and wiles to deadly - really for Jimmy - effect, and he is a proto-Peter Grimes, a pitiful, lumbering misfit in a world that will never understand. His clarion tenor voice even sounds like a Grimes'." |
Andrew L. Pincus - The Boston Globe - Aug 11, 2008
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| "Steven Ebel was a sweet-toned Jimmy Mahoney." |
Jeremy Eichler - The Boston Globe - Aug 11, 2008
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| As Soloist in Alla Borzova's Merry Hour: |
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| "Alla Borzova's 'Merry Hour,' in its premiere, featured verses by the Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov, set in an expressive polyglot style. Tenor Steven Ebel conveyed much through his tone, countenance and physical gestures." |
Steve Smith - New York Times - Feb 21, 2008
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In Recital with pianist Wilson Southerland:
(Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series) |
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| "Ebel's strong and versatile voice, dramatic presence and masterful interpretations of the music and poetry made the afternoon an outstanding event (the 98th) in this rewarding series.
Without a doubt, Ebel and Southerland are a talented team with lots of promise in their individual fields."
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James F. Cotter - The Times Herald Record - Jan 8, 2008
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Mr. Ebel as Peter Quint in Britten's Turn of the Screw:
(with Opera Cleveland) |
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| "Steven Ebel's tenor possesses the properly English timbre that is ideal for Peter Quint. Ebel dominated the scene by his very presence, his height being a great advantage, and used his open, gentle face to threaten his victims chillingly." |
Alan Montgomery - Opera News - Oct 2007
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| Spirit is willing and able in fine 'Turn of the Screw'
"Steven Ebel, with red locks providing virtually the only contrast from the overall black and white, makes a toweringly sinister Quint, the dead valet whose apparent indiscretions with both genders propel much of the action. Ebel, in the role created by Britten's partner, Peter Pears, sings Quint's music with insinuating urgency."
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Donald Rosenberg - Plain Dealer Music Critic - July 13, 2007
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Opera Cleveland's Musical Ghost Story
"Carrot-topped and towering, tenor Steven Ebel's Quint is long on vocal solidity."
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James Damico - Free Times A & E - July 18, 2007
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| "Steven Ebel as Peter Quint (and doubling as the handsome guardian) allows his lyric tenor a seductive energy." |
Laura Kennelly - Cool Cleveland - July 11, 2007
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| Winner of Second Prize in the Concours International Musical de Montréal: |
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| "Former Metropolitan Opera baritone Sherrill Milnes had a high opinion of second-prize finisher Steven Ebel, an American tenor who programmed selections from Britten's Serenade. 'Probably better than Peter Pears,' Milnes said, referring to the composer's longtime companion and official interpreter." |
Arthur Kaptainis - The Gazette - June 9, 2007
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As Wolf in Karchin's Romulus:
(Presented by Works and Process at The Guggenheim Museum) |
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| "The philosopher Wolf, portrayed by Steven Ebel, tenor, delivered more flowing lines. All of these performers sang excellently, especially Mr. Ebel, their clear enunciation a particular boon." |
Arthur Kaptainis - The Gazette
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| "Ebel's clear, strong, sweet voice was also heard to advantage in the American Opera Projects production at the Guggenheim of Louis Karchin's Romulus, after the 1854 farce by Dumas père." |
New Music Connoisseur - Jan 2008
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| As Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance: |
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| "Tuneful 'Pirates' is delightfully silly"
Ebel's clear and strong singing and lanky frame create a fine comic hero in Frederic."
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The News Journal - March 2006
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| As Nanki-Poo in The Mikado: |
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| "A rich lyric tenor."
"The musical theater styles were stunningly delivered by Shanna Lesniak, Nicole Pantos, Dennis Blackwell and Steven Ebel."
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Wisconsin State Journal - 2003
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| A Slice of Life - A Recital of Contemporary American Song: |
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| "There were also beautiful performances by Rita Litchfield, Dennis Blackwell and Steven Ebel of interesting works with elegant, sculptured vocal lines by Libby Larson." |
Kenneth Cooper - 2005
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CURRENT & UPCOMING ENGAGEMENTS
| Artist in Residence
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Jette Parker YAP
Royal Opera House, London |
2009-10 and
2010-11 seasons |
| SOLOIST |
Mogens
(new works by Mr. Ebel) |
WORLD PREMIERE |
TBD |
AUDIO AND VIDEO SAMPLES
"Schisksale sind" (Ebel).mp3from Diary of a Young Poet by Steven Ebel, composer and tenor, with David Gowland, Elizabeth Meister and Kai Ruutel - Linbury Studio at The Royal Opera House, London - 10.09 1:36 - 1.5mb
Steven Ebel at the Concours International Musical de Montréal Semis
OPERA & OPERETTA (AGMA Member)
| Major Domo II |
Der Rosenkavalier |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
| Rimenes |
Artaxerxes |
The Royal Opera |
| Tenor I |
Stravinsky's Renard, staging by Mark Morris |
Tanglewood, Stefan Asbury, Cond. |
| Eislinger |
Die Meistersinger von Nümberg, Act III |
Tanglewood, James Levine, Cond. |
| Peter Quint |
Turn of the Screw |
Castleton Festival (VA) |
| Jimmy Mahoney |
Aufstieg und fall der stadt Mahagonny |
Teatro Goldoni di Livorno, Teatro Verdi di Pisa,
Teatro del Giglio di Lucca, Teatro Alighieri di Ravenna |
| Victorin/Gaston |
Die tote Stadt |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
(role & company débuts) |
| Jimmy Mahoney |
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
(Mr. Ebel was personally selected for this role by
Maestro James Levine) |
BSO/Tanglewood |
| Tamino |
The Magic Flute (role debut) |
Cleveland Institute of Music |
| Jaquino |
Fidelio |
Empire Opera (NYC) |
| Peter Quint |
Turn of the Screw |
Opera Cleveland (role and company début) |
| Wolf |
Louis Karchin's Romulus |
Works and Process at The Guggenheim
World premiere (one act opera) |
| Frederick |
Pirates of Penzance |
OperaDelaware (role and company débuts) |
| Il Postiglione |
La Fanciulla del West |
New York City Opera |
| Tito |
La Clemenza di Tito |
New York Opera Studio |
| Tito |
La Clemenza di Tito |
New York Opera Forum |
| The Prince |
Rusalka |
Opera For The Young (tour) |
| Orpheus |
Orpheus in the Underworld |
UW-Madison Opera |
| Nanki-Poo |
Mikado |
University Theatre (Madison, WI) |
| Donald |
Gallantry |
Cantiamo Opera Theater |
| Nanki-Poo/ensemble |
Roses and Wine (review) |
Savoyards, Ltd. |
| Lord Tollollar |
Iolanthe |
Savoyards, Ltd. |
MUSICALS |
| Archibald Craven |
The Secret Garden |
C.P.A. Jefferson, WI |
| John Savage |
Brave New World (premiere) |
UW - Madison |
CONCERT PERFORMANCES |
| SOLOIST |
Diary of a Young Poet
(by Steven Ebel) World Premiere - The Linbury - Royal Opera House
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| Solo Recital |
University of Wisconsin |
| Masterclass |
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| SOLOIST |
The Peace of Wild Things |
New Music New York Festival Season |
| Guest Soloist |
Live Public Radio Broadcast |
| SOLOIST |
Fools Air and Prophecy
(new work by Mr. Ebel) World Premiere - Merkin Hall, NYC
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| Solo Recital |
A Heine Liederabend
Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series, Wesley Hall, Montgomery, NY
Robert Schumann Liederkries, Op. 24, Dichterliebe, Op. 48 and the Brahms-Heine Liederbuch |
| Guest Soloist |
Shakespeare Songs |
Joy of Singing at Lincoln Center |
| Guest Soloist |
New Works |
De Capo Chamber Players - Moscow and St. Petersburg |
| SOLOIST |
21st Century Shakespeare
Chamber Music Inspired by the Bard |
NYC |
| SOLOIST |
Sonnets & Songs of the Isles (All Britten) |
NYC |
| SOLOIST |
Slice of Life |
Milbank Chapel, Columbia Univ. |
| SOLOIST |
Oratorio Society of NY Competition Finals |
Weill Hall in Carnegie Hall |
| SOLOIST |
The Music of William Maselli |
Weill Hall in Carnegie Hall |
| Full Recital |
A Tenor's Song Book (Full length recital) |
Community Church of New York |
| Full Recital |
An Evening of Love Songs (Full length recital) |
C.P.A. Jefferson, WI |
| SOLOIST |
Jeffrey Sykes and Friends |
Sunday Afternoon Live - Wisconsin Public Radio |
| SOLOIST |
Excerpt from The Creation |
Madison Symphony Orchestra |
| SOLOIST |
Israel in Egypt - Tenor Soloist |
UW-Choral Union |
| Archibald Craven |
The Secret Garden |
C.P.A. Jefferson, WI |
| John Savage |
Brave New World (premiere) |
UW - Madison |
REPERTOIRE
STAGE REPERTOIRE - OPERA & OPERETTA
| 1 |
performed |
| 2 |
completely prepared |
| 3 |
in preparation or future role |
| Barber |
Vanessa |
Anatole |
3
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| Bernstein |
Candide |
Candide |
3
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| Bizet |
Dr. Miracle |
Dr. Miracle |
1
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| Britten |
Albert Herring |
Albert |
3
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Turn of the Screw |
Peter Quint |
1
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| Floyd |
Of mice and men |
Lenny |
3
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Susannah |
Sam |
3
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| Moore |
Gallantry |
Donald |
1
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| Mozart |
Bastien und Bastienne |
Bastien |
2
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La clemenza di Tito |
Tito |
1
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Così fan tutte |
Ferrando |
3
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Don Giovanni |
Don Ottavio |
2
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Idomeneo |
Idomeneo |
3
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Die Zauberflötte |
Tamino |
3
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| Offenbach |
Orpheus |
Orpheus |
1
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| Puccini |
La Bohème |
Rodolfo |
2
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| Verdi |
La Traviata |
Alfredo |
2
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| Weil |
Street Scene |
Sam |
2
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STAGE REPERTOIRE - OPERETTA
| 1 |
performed |
| 2 |
completely prepared |
| 3 |
in preparation or future role |
| Lehar |
The Merry Widow |
Camille |
3
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| Sullivan |
HMS Pinafore |
Ralph |
2
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Iolanthe |
Lord Tollollar |
1
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Mikado |
Nanki-Poo |
1
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The Pirates of Penzance |
Frederick |
1
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Yeoman |
Fairfax |
2 |
STAGE REPERTOIRE - MUSICALS
| 1 |
performed |
| 2 |
completely prepared |
| 3 |
in preparation or future role |
| Arlen |
Wizard of Oz |
Tinman |
1 |
| Bock |
She Loves me |
George |
1 |
| Rodgers |
Cinderella |
The Prince |
3 |
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South Pacific |
Lt. Cable |
3 |
| Simon |
The Secret Garden |
Archie |
1 |
| Sondheim |
A Little Night Music |
Frederick |
3 |
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Into The Woods |
Rapunzel's Prince |
3 |
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Sweeney Todd |
Anthony |
3 |
| Styne |
Bells Are Ringing |
Carl |
1 |
ORATORIO & ART SONG
ORATORIO |
| 1 |
performed |
| 2 |
completely prepared |
| 3 |
in preparation or future role |
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(as tenor soloist)
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| Händel |
Israel in Egypt
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1
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Chandos Anthems
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1
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| W. Maselli |
JFK Requiem
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1
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ART SONG |
| 1 |
performed |
| 2 |
completely prepared |
| 3 |
in preparation or future role |
| Barber |
Opus 1
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1
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| Brahms |
Es schauen die Blumen
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1
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Meefahrt
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1
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Der Tod das ist...
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Sommerabend, Op. 85 no.1
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1
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Mondenschein, Op. 85 no.2
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1
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| Britten |
On This Island, Op. 11
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2
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Michelangelo Sonnets
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2
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Folk Songs Books I & IV
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2
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| Duparc |
Phidylé
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1
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Le Manoir de Rosemonde
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1
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Lamento
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1
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| Ebel, Steven |
A Timbered Choir
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1
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The Fool's Air and Prophecy
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1
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Vestiges
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1
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| Ives |
Disclosure
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1
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Religion
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1
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Autumn
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1
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Thoreau
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1
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Nature's Way
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1
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| Schumann |
Dichterliebe, Op. 48
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Liderkreis, Op. 24
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1
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Balthazar, Op. 56
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1
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CONCERT & ORATORIO REPERTOIRE |
| (all performed or prepared) |
| Bach, J.S. |
secular cantatas only |
| Beethoven |
Choral Fantasy |
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Symphony No. 9 |
| Brahms |
Liebeslieder Waltzes |
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Neue Liebeslieder |
| Britten |
The Prodigal Son |
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War Requiem |
| Debussy |
The Prodigal Son |
| Händel |
Acis and Galatea |
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Chandos Anthems |
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Israel in Egypt |
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Jephta |
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Judas Maccabaeus |
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Messiah |
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Samson |
| Haydn |
The Seasons |
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The Creation |
| Honegger |
King David |
| Mahler |
Symphony No. 8 |
| Maselli, W. |
JFK Requiem |
| Mendelssohn |
Elijah |
| Orff |
Carmina Burana |
| Purcell |
King Arthur |
AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS
Second Prize Concours Musical International de Montréal
WINNER Joy in Singing, Song Salon Competition - duo with pianist Wilson Sutherland
WINNER Long Island Masterworks Paul Straney Scholarship Award
Second Prize New York Oratorio Society Solo Competition
Third Prize Gerda Lissner Foundation
Third Prize Violetta Dupont Vocal Competition (Opera at Florham)
WINNER Career Bridges Foundation Grant (3 years)
Fourth Prize District Metropolitan Opera Auditions (Milwaukee, WI)
Third Prize Five Towns Young Musicians Competition
WINNER Neale Silva Young Artist Competition - live radio performance
WINNER NATS Wisconsin
FINALIST Wigmore Hall Competition - London
FINALIST Joyce Dutka Arts Foundation Vocal Competition
WINNER Tanglewood 2008 Grace B. Jackson Prize
FINALIST Connecticut Alliance for Music Vocal Competition
EDUCATION
Tanglewood Fellowship 2006
BM in Vocal Performance - University of Wisconsin-Madison 2001
Resident Artist
- DiCapo Opera Theatre
- Pacific Opera Ensemble
Manhattan School of Music, MM
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Bel Canto Institute
Aspen Music Festival
VOICE TEACHERS
Neil Semer (present)
Ilona Kombrink (6 years)
VOICE COACHES
Gary Wedow
Nico Castel
Paul Sperry
Bill Lutes
Barry Henry
Chloe Owen
MASTER CLASSES
Patricia Racette
Ellen Hargis
Jennifer Lane
James Doing
Neil Semer
STAGE DIRECTORS
Lillian Groag
William Farlow
Bill Lutes
Diane Garton Edie
Steven Ebel's recent recital at the Chazen Theatre inspired poet Eve Robillard to write the following poem:
michael suggests I follow
the text, translated so handily
for those of us who've come to see
this wonderful tenor but I choose not
to I want to keep my eyes on his youthful
face, watch as the too-warm room brings
on a flush, see how his hair falls onto
his happy tender anguished brow I know
that schwan means swan and abend evening
I know that when I hear tot someone or
something has died and will soon be in Himmel
I don't care if his song is about a fox vanishing
into the woods, or a kiss stolen from a maiden
drawing water from the well or a tiny boat adrift
in a cruel storm I know that niente means nothing
and non ame is my soul and why should this young
man singing so ardently gaze out over a landscape
of heads lost in their programs as if he and his
voice were some sort of footnote
and not the reason we're, after all, here? |
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