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Brian Leerhuber,
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During the summer of 2005, BRIAN LEERHUBER appeared as Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia for Santa Fe Opera. In 2004, Mr. Leerhuber appeared in the title role of Emperor of Atlantis with Cinncinati Opera and at the Spoleto, Italy Festival, sang the role of Mercutio (Roméo et Juliette) with Festival Opera of Walnut Creek, and made his operatic debut in France as Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) at the Lyrique en Mer festival. Mr. Leerhuber also performed the role of Breedly in the world premiere of William Bolcom's A Wedding at Lyric Opera of Chicago, directed by acclaimed film director Robert Altman and conducted by Dennis Russell Davies. Other recent engagements included the role of Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro) with Austin Lyric Opera and Marcello (La bohème) in Billings, Montana. In February of 2005, Mr. Leerhuber appeared with former OSJ resident artist Layna Chianakas in a performance of Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn with the Oakland East Bay Symphony. Upcoming performances will feature Mr. Leerhuber in his debut with the Houston Grand Opera where he will sing the role of Malatesta (Don Pasquale). Mr. Leerhuber recently completed his residency as a member of Lyric Opera Center for American Artists, an affiliate program to Lyric Opera of Chicago. He subsequently made his debut with that company as the Novice's Friend in a new production of Billy Budd, and appeared as Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Marchese (La traviata), Silvano (Un ballo in maschera), and Sharpless (Madama Butterfly). In 2000, Mr. Leerhuber was the recipient of the Santa Fe Opera Anna Case Mackay grant, and, in 2003, received the Sullivan Foundation Award. Mr. Leerhuber was featured in the annual Marilyn Horne Foundation New York Recital at the Juilliard Theater in New York (January 1999). He performed Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) at Festival Opera in Walnut Creek (July 1999), Gluck’s Armide and Britten’s Rape of Lucretia at Juilliard Opera Center, and Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) at Festival Opera in Walnut Creek (summer 2000). Other recent performances featured Mr. Leerhuber singing the role of Pelleas at Juilliard and Dandini in Eugene Opera’s production of La Cenerentola. He has also appeared with Santa Fe Opera, Rimrock Opera, Rogue Opera, Monterey Symphony, San Francisco Concert Chorale, Opera Buffs and Berkeley Opera, where he sang the role of Eumee in the West Coast premiere of Faure's Penelope. |