VINCE WALLACE
Bass-Baritone
AGMA
ROLES
Sid ● Albert Herring ● Chicago Opera Theater ● 2023
Forman/Adult James (cover) ● Fire Shut Up In My Bones ● Lyric Opera Chicago ● 2022
Alcindoro/Benoit ● La boheme ● Florentine Opera ● 2021
Jimmy/Frank ● Little Mahagonny ● Florentine Opera ●2020
Clayton Thomas (cover)/ Tommie ● Freedom Ride ● Chicago Opera Theater ● 2020
Queequeg ● Moby Dick ● Chicago Opera Theater ● 2019
Jesus ● St. Matthew Passion ● Musica Lumina/Niles Metropolitan ●2019
Commissioner ● La Traviata ● Lyric Opera Chicago ● 2019
Bass Soloist ● Handel's Messiah ● University of Chicago ● 2018
Bass Soloist ● Fauré Requiem ● University of Chicago ● 2018
Bass Soloist ● Schubert Mass in A-flat ● Elgin Master Chorale ● 2018
Mr. Lister ● Elizabeth Cree ● Chicago Opera Theater ● 2018
Mr. Kofner ● The Consul ● Chicago Opera Theater ● 2017
Dizzy Gillespie (cover) ● Yardbird ● Lyric Unlimited/Opera in the Neighborhoods ● 2017
Orpheus ● Jason and the Argonauts ● Lyric Unlimited/Opera in the Neighborhoods ● 2016
Bass Soloist ● Requiem (M. Haydn) ● University of Chicago ● 2016
Bass Soloist ● St. Paul Oratorio (Mendelssohn) ● Tower Chorale ● 2016
Bass Soloist ● Petite Messe Solonnelle (Rossini) ● Elgin Master Chorale ● 2015
David/Bonobo ● Second Nature ● Lyric Unlimited/Opera in the Neighborhoods ● 2015
Daland (cover) ● Der Fliegender Hollander ● Utah Festival Opera/Musical Theater ● 2013
Mordcha ● Fiddler on the Roof ● Utah Festival Opera/Musical Theater ● 2013
Leporello/Commandatore ● Don Giovanni ● American Chamber Opera ● 2012
Jailor ● Tosca ● Opera Philadelphia ● 2011
EMPLOYMENT
Lyric Opera of Chicago ● Supplementary Chorus 2008 - 2015 ● Core Supplementary Chorus 2016 - 2021 ● Regular Chorus 2022 - present
The Metropolitan Opera (NYC) ● Extra Chorus 2021
AWARDS
1st place & United States Representative/International Finalist ● Concorso Internazionale di Musica - Patané - Respighi(Alessandria, Italy) ● 2013
EDUCATION
Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, NJ - M.M., Voice Performance and Pedagogy, Performance Track
Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY - B.M., Vocal Performance, 2003
PROGRAMS
Apprentice Artist ● Utah Festival Opera, Logan, UT ● 2013
Martina Arroyo’s Prelude to Performance, New York City, NY ● 2008
coOPERAtive ● Westminster Choir College ● 2007
TEACHERS
Mark Moliterno
Ashley Putnam
Dale Moore
COACHES
Mo. Michael Black
Martin Wright
Daniel Beckwith
John Ballerino
Stephen Carey
Laura Brooks Rice
Marc Verzatt
J.J. Penna
CONDUCTORS/COMPOSERS
Dan Shore (Composer)
Justine F. Chen (Composer)
Barbara Day Turner
Karen Keltner
Evan Rogister
Emanuele Adrizzi
Carol Crawford
Paul French
Bob Bowker
Lee Kesselman
Andrew Lewis
Stephen Blackwelder
Matthew Aucoin (Composer)
Gregory Spears (Composer)
Ross Michael Crean (Composer)
Cathy O'Shaughnessy
Kristof van Grysperre
Geoff McDonald
Lidiya Yankovskaya
Domenico Boyagian
DIRECTORS
Tazewell Thompson
Jack Shouse
Amy Hutchinson
Loren Meeker
Stephen Barlow
Joseph Bascetta
Matthew Ozawa
Andreas Mitisek
David Schweizer
Kristine McIntyre
Chuck Hudson
References available upon request.