Bruce Brown

Biography

Assistant Professor Bruce Brown joined the Simpson College Voice Faculty in the fall of 2003 following a professional opera singing career in the United States and Europe. He lived and sang in Vienna, Austria from 1992 – 2003 where he appeared in over 600 performances as baritone soloist on the stages of the Vienna opera houses. He was a full time member of the Vienna Volksoper soloist ensemble and appeared many times as a guest artist in the title role of Don Giovanni and Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro with the Vienna Kammeroper’s open air summer Mozart in Schönbrunn Festival in the Roman Ruins of the Schönbrunn Palace. His roles with the Volksoper included Don Giovanni, Count Almaviva, Valentin, Silvio, Ford, Danilo, Graf Homonay, Dottore Malatesta, Belcore, Schaunard, Marcello, Zar, John Sorel, among many others. He has performed in the United States with Houston Grand Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Knoxville Opera, Sacramento Opera, Eugene Opera, Mississippi Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Opera Festival of New Jersey, Glimmerglass Opera, and Festival Opera of Walnut Creek, among others. He was a member of the Houston Opera Studio and spent several years early in his career touring with Texas Opera Theater, Opera Iowa, and Opera Northeast. Opera roles performed in the United States have included Danilo, Dandini, Papageno, Schaunard, Marcello, Don Giovanni, Dottore Malatesta, Escamillo, Belcore, Silvio, Maximilian, Achilla, Sharpless, Valentin, and many others. He recorded the role of Caliph in the opera The Caliph by Anthony Louis Scarmolin for a Centaur Records 2001 release. Audio samples and a downloadable version of the recording are available here, or the CD version is available here. A video segment of him performing Dottore Malatesta’s Act I aria from Don Pasquale in Vienna, Austria… Assistant Professor Bruce Brown joined the Simpson College Voice Faculty in the fall of 2003 following a professional opera singing career in the United States and Europe. He lived and sang in Vienna, Austria from 1992 – 2003 where he appeared in over 600 performances as baritone soloist on the stages of the Vienna opera houses. He was a full time member of the Vienna Volksoper soloist ensemble and appeared many times as a guest artist in the title role of Don Giovanni and Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro with the Vienna Kammeroper’s open air summer Mozart in Schönbrunn Festival in the Roman Ruins of the Schönbrunn Palace. His roles with the Volksoper included Don Giovanni, Count Almaviva, Valentin, Silvio, Ford, Danilo, Graf Homonay, Dottore Malatesta, Belcore, Schaunard, Marcello, Zar, John Sorel, among many others. He has performed in the United States with Houston Grand Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Knoxville Opera, Sacramento Opera, Eugene Opera, Mississippi Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Opera Festival of New Jersey, Glimmerglass Opera, and Festival Opera of Walnut Creek, among others. He was a member of the Houston Opera Studio and spent several years early in his career touring with Texas Opera Theater, Opera Iowa, and Opera Northeast. Opera roles performed in the United States have included Danilo, Dandini, Papageno, Schaunard, Marcello, Don Giovanni, Dottore Malatesta, Escamillo, Belcore, Silvio, Maximilian, Achilla, Sharpless, Valentin, and many others. He recorded the role of Caliph in the opera The Caliph by Anthony Louis Scarmolin for a Centaur Records 2001 release. Audio samples and a downloadable version of the recording are available here, or the CD version is available here. A video segment of him performing Dottore Malatesta’s Act I aria from Don Pasquale in Vienna, Austria…

Research Interest

Don Giovanni, Count Almaviva, Valentin, Silvio, Ford, Danilo, Graf Homonay, Dottore Malatesta, Belcore, Schaunard, Marcello, Zar, John Sorel, among many others.