Michael McCall, tenor, composer and conductor, has performed extensively in Germany as well as Austria, Greece and the United States. He studied conducting with
In Rehearsal for
Carmina Burana
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Leonard Bernstein during the Kiel Musikfest in Germany and was the Maestro's assistant in the preparation of Trouble in Tahiti and Mass. He served for many years as the principal associate music director of the Dom Cathedral in Cologne, Germany and was concurrently a guest conductor with the Prague Symphony Orchestra. After returning to the US, he was music director at the Cathedral of Saint Patrick in San Rafael, California and is now co-artistic director of the Carolyn Eynon Singers.
As a singer, he most recently recorded Gordon Getty's acclaimed Plump Jack with the Russian National Orchestra. His other operatic roles include Ernani, Riccardo in Oberto and Un Ballo in Maschera, Pinkerton, Cavaradossi, Rodolfo, Calaf, Canio, Dick Johnson, Turridu, Don José, Alfredo and Hoffmann, which he performed on many stages in Germany and the United States, and the European premiere of Dominik Argento's The Last Voyage of Edgar Allen Poe. At the Opera Company of Philadelphia, Mr. McCall sang the role of Michelle in Menotti's The Saint of Bleecker Street, under the direction of the composer.
The Tales of Hoffmann
Dortmund, Germany
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At home with operetta and musical theater as well, Michael has performed the Calaf in Kismet, Rikaard in The Song of Norway, Robin Hood and Alfred in Johann Strauss' Die Fledermaus. He has recently expanded this repertoire to include Eisenstein also. Mr. McCall's oratorio and concert repertoire includes Schubert's Mass in G and Mass in E-Flat, Mozart'sCoronation Mass and Requiem, Weill's Seven Deadly Sins, Verdi's Requiem, The Requiem of Andrew Lloyd Weber, and Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings.
He is the composer of numerous works, including The Song of Solomon, a full-length work for tenor, soprano and women’s chorus that was premiered in Cologne, Germany. His newest work, A Star Song, Carol to the King, premiered in December, 2011 with the Carolyn Eynon Singers.
He is the recipient of the First Place Award from the National Opera Association and the Mobile Austria Meistersinger Competition. He is also a faculty member of the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. |