Michael Spyres
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Biography
Operatic tenor Michael Spyres was born in 1979 in Mansfield, Missouri. While his repertoire has been varied â from baroque to 20th century - he is best known for his bel canto repertoire which includes the heroic roles in French grand opera and the works of Rossini. Michael Spyres was born into a musical family and studied singing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria. He first came to prominence in 2008 with his performance as Rossini's Otello at the Rossini in Wildbad festival in Germany. Since that performance, he has performed at the worldâs most prestigious international opera houses, festivals and concert halls including Teatro San Carlo, Teatro dellâOpera di Roma, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, the English National Opera, Nederlands National Opera, Berliner Festspiele, the Opera Theatre Saint Louis, Houston Grand Opera, Metropolitan Opera, and many more. Since 2015, Michael Spyres has had the honor to be the only international opera star who is not just a performer but also an impresario â he is the Artistic Director of his hometown opera company, the Ozarks Lyric Opera. Michael Spyresâ catalog of recordings includes A Fool for Love (2011), Berlioz: Les Troyens (2017), Rossini: Amici e Rivali (2020), Baritenor (2021), Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7 - Harold en Italie, Op. 16 (2022), Contra-Tenor (2023), and In the Shadows (2024), which features rare arias by Wagner.
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- Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Act I: "Largo al factotum" (Figaro)
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: "Ah! Belinda, I Am Pressed with Torment" (Dido) featuring Michael Spyres
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: "Grief Increases by Concealing" (Belinda, Dido) featuring Michael Spyres
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: "Shake the Cloud from off Your Brow" (Belinda) featuring Michael Spyres
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: "Banish Sorrow, Banish Care" (Chorus) featuring Michael Spyres
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: "Fear No Danger to Ensue" (Belinda, Attendant, Chorus) featuring Michael Spyres
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: "See, See Your Royal Guest Appears" (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido) featuring Michael Spyres
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: "When Monarchs Unite, How Happy Their State" (Chorus) featuring Michael Spyres
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: "Whence Could so Much Virtue Spring" (Dido, Belinda) featuring Michael Spyres
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: "To the Hills and the Vales" (Chorus) featuring Michael Spyres
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: "Cupid Only Throws the Dart" (Chorus) featuring Michael Spyres
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: "If Not for Mine, for Empire's Sake" - "Pursue Thy Conquest, Love" (Aeneas, Belinda) featuring Michael Spyres
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: "The Queen of Carthage" - "Ho Ho Ho" (Sorceress, Chorus) featuring Michael Spyres
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: The Triumphing Dance featuring Michael Spyres
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: Prelude for the Witches - "Wayward Sisters" - "Harm's Our Delight" - (Sorceress, First Witch, Chorus) featuring Michael Spyres
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: "In Our Deep Vaulted Cell" (Chorus) featuring Michael Spyres
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: Echo Dance of the Furies featuring Michael Spyres
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: "Ruin'd Ere the Set of Sun" - "Ho Ho Ho" (First Witch, Second Witch, Sorceress, Chorus) featuring Michael Spyres
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: "But, Ere We This Perform" (First Witch, Second Witch) featuring Michael Spyres
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: "Oft She Visits This Loved Mountain" (Attendant) featuring Michael Spyres
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: "Behold, Upon My Bended Spear" (Aeneas, Dido) featuring Michael Spyres
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: Ritornelle featuring Michael Spyres
- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: "Thanks to These Lonesome Vales" (Belinda, Chorus) featuring Michael Spyres
- Morte! et pourtant hier
