Steven Ebel, tenor

Steven just returned to New York from a summer as a Tanglewood Vocal Fellow. There he performed music of Schubert, Strauss, Flanders & Swann and Jolas in recial. In Pirates of Penzance this March with Opera Delaware he was noted for his "clear and strong singing" (The News Journal). He also sang II Postiglione in La Fanciulla del West with the New York City Opera and Tito in La clemenza di Tito with New York Opera Studio. He has performed two solo recitals in New York: "A Tenor's Songbook" and a program of music by Benjamin Britten entitled "Sonnets and Songs of the Isles." Mr. Ebel is a graduate of University of Wisconsin-Madison during his time at the university he performed as Nanki-Poo in The Mikado, Orpheus in Orpheus in the Underworld , Arturo in Lucia Di Lammermoor and Dr. Miracle in Dr. Miracle. While in Wisconsin he performed as The Prince in a touring version of Rusalka (A Mermaids Tale) with Opera for the Young. Recently he took second place in the 2005 New York Oratorio Society Solo Competition and won first prize for the Long Island Masterworks Paul Straney Award in June. Upcoming performances include two concerts this springwith New Music New York.