"Theodore Baerg as von Eisenstein plays as if all the
stage is a world, dominating in both voice and gesture."
The Toronto Star
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Baritone Theodore Baerg
has laid claim to a major international career, with the New
York Philharmonic, San Francisco Opera and Glyndebourne
Festival just three of his recent destinations. Kurt Masur
led him in his New York Philharmonic debut as Count Homonay
in Strauss’ Zigeunerbaron in the Summer At
Lincoln Center Series and he has since returned to Lincoln
Center Festival for Fidelio, again under the
baton of Kurt Masur. Mr. Baerg first appeared at the
Glyndenbourne Festival as Ramiro in Ravel’s L’Heure
Espagnole and for the San Francisco Opera as Der
Musiklehrer in Ariadne auf Naxos. He has
enjoyed many season at the San Francisco Opera in portrayals
of Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, Ned Keene in
Peter Grimes, Danilo in Die Lustige
Witwe and Ping in Turandot.
Mr. Baerg’s 2006-2007
season began with his sensational run as Emil Debeque in
South Pacific at the renowned Stratford Festival.
Other engagements in the season included performances as Dr.
Bartolo in Rossini’s Barbiere di Siviglia with
the Edmonton Opera, the Musiklehrer in Ariadne auf
Naxos with the Vancouver Opera, his debut the role
of Dr. Daly in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Sorcerer
at the Bard Festival, and performances with the Toronto
Symphony Orchestra and at Caramoor.
Mr. Baerg opened the
2004-2005 season at the San Francisco Opera as Mr. Redburn
in Billy Budd and ended the season with his
debut at Glimmerglass as des Grieux in Le Portrait de
Manon. On the concert stage, he was heard in
Duruflé’s Requiem with the Richard Eaton
Singers of Edmonton, joined Erich Kunzel and the Toronto
Symphony for a Pops evening, and was heard in Brahms’
Ein Deutsches Requiem with the Thunder Bay Symphony
and Belshazzar’s Feast with Orchestra London.
In recent seasons Mr.
Baerg was in Calgary and Edmonton for Malatesta in Don
Pasquale and starred in the title role of
Wozzeck for Pacific Opera Victoria. The busy
baritone was featured in Tampa, Thunder Bay, Québec City and
Hamilton (Brott Summer Music) in Carmina Burana
while concerts devoted to Cole Porter and Viennese light
classics took him to Vancouver and Edmonton.
Mr. Baerg’s 2003-2004
season was filled with roles new to his repertoire. These
included the Father in Britten’s The Prodigal Son
for the Britten Festival in Canada, Emil in South
Pacific for Edmonton Opera, Count di Luna in
Il Trovatore for Orchestra London and des Grieux in
performances of Massenet’s Le portrait de Manon
for Opera Ontario. He returned to the roles of Malatesta
in Don Pasquale for Opera Lyra and Ping in
Turandot for L’Opéra de Québec, and especially
cherished his first War Requiem for the Britten
Festival in London, Ontario.
The extensive operatic
repertoire of Mr. Baerg includes Falstaff
(Ford), the title roles in Rigoletto,
Eugene Onegin and Don Giovanni, and
Hänsel und Gretel (Peter). Other roles include
Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, Count Almaviva
in Le nozze di Figaro, Dandini in La
cenerentola, Lescaut in Manon Lescaut,
Silvio in I pagliacci, Valentin in Faust,
George in Of Mice and Men and the Fabulist in
Peter’s The Golden Ass.
New York City Opera
audiences have hailed Mr. Baerg as the Haji in Kismet,
Fontaine in The Desert Songand as the
Merry Widow’s Danilo. Saraste introduced Mr. Baerg
to Toronto Symphony audiences in Carmina Burana
and Charles Dutoit was his conductor for the Schubert Masses
No. 2 and 6 with L’Orchestre
Symphonique de Montréal. Davies’ Revelation,
Rossini’s La petite messe solonnelle and
Stabat Mater, Barber’s Dover Beach,
Carmina Burana and Showboat also
make regular appearances on his schedule for such
organizations as the Lanaudiere and Elora festivals,
L’Orchestre Symphonique du Québec, Chorus Niagara, the
Kitchener Waterloo and Mendelssohn choirs and the Kingston
Symphony. In addition, the dashing baritone is a popular
star for orchestra evenings devoted to the works of Strauss,
Lehár, and “The Best of Broadway”. Mr. Baerg is Professor of
Voice and Opera at the University of Western Ontario.
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OPERA |
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BERG
Wozzeck - Wozzeck
Animal Tamer /
Athlete - Lulu
BIZET
Escamillo - Carmen
Zurga - Pêcheurs
de Perles
BRITTEN
Balstrode / Ned Keene - Peter Grimes
Mr. Redburn -
Billy Budd
DONIZETTI
Enrico - Lucia di Lamermoor
Belcore -
L'Elisir d'Amore
Malatesta - Don Pasquale
FLOYD
George - Of Mice and Men
FORREST
Haji - Kismet
HUMPERDINCK
Peter - Hänsel und Gretel
LEHAR
Danilo - Die Lustige Witwe
LEONCAVALLO
Silvio - I Pagliacci
Rodolfo - La Bohème
MASSENET
Lescaut - Manon Lescaut
Des Grieux - Le Portrait de
Manon
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MOZART
Count Almaviva - Le Nozze di Figaro
Don Giovanni - Don Giovanni
Guglielmo -
Cosi fan Tutte
Don Alfonso -
Cosi fan Tutte
PETERS
Fabulist - The Golden Ass
PUCCINI
Sharpless -
Madama Butterfly
Marcello -
La Bohème
Schicchi -
Gianni Schicchi
Lescaut -
Manon Lescaut
RAVEL
Ramiro -
L'Heure Espagnole
RODGERS &
HAMMERSTEIN
Emile
DeBecque - South Pacific
ROSSINI
Figaro -
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Bartolo -
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Dandini -
La Cenerentola
SOMERS
Stefan -
Mario and the Magician
STRAUSS,
J.
Eisenstein -
Die Fledermaus
Homonoy -
Der Zigeunerbaron
TCHAIKOVSKY
Eugene Onegin
- Eugene Onegin
VERDI
Ford - Falstaff
Count di Luna - Il Trovatore
Germont - La Traviata
Rigoletto - Rigoletto
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CONCERT / ORATORIO |
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BACH
Johannes Passion
Weihnachts Oratorium
BEETHOVEN
Missa Solemnis
Symphony No. 9
BRAHMS
Ein Deutsches Requiem
BRITTEN
War Requiem
Prodigal Son
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HANDEL
Messiah
IDLE /
DUPREZ
Not the Messiah
MENDELSSOHN
Elijah
MOZART
Kroenungsmesse
ORFF
Carmina Burana
WALTON
Balthazar's Feast |
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ENGAGED BY: |
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Bard Festival Summerscape
Buffalo Philharmonic
Britten Festival
Brott Festival
Calgary Opera
Calgary Philharmonic
Canadian Opera Company
Caramoor Festival
Des Moines Opera
Edmonton Opera
Edmonton Symphony
Elora Festival
Festival de Lanaudiere
The Florida Orchestra, Tampa
Glimmerglass Opera
Glyndebourne Festival
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
Kitchener-Waterloo
Philharmonic Choir
Luminato Festival
Manitoba Opera
National Arts Centre Orchestra
New York City Opera
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New York
Philharmonic
L'Opéra de Montréal
L'Opéra de Québec
Opera in
Concert (Toronto)
Opera Lyra
Ottawa
Opera
Ontario
Opera
Pacific
Orchestre
Symphonique de Québec
Orchestre
Symphonique de Montréal
Orchestra
London (Canada)
Pacific
Opera Victoria
Richard
Eaton Singers
St Lawrence
Choir
San Diego
Opera
San
Francisco Opera
Stratford
Festival of Canada
Taipei
Chamber Orchestra
Toronto
Operetta Theatre
Toronto
Symphony
Vancouver
Opera
Vancouver
Symphony
Victoria
Symphony
Winnipeg
Symphony
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