Michael Dailey,
Tenor

W. Gibson Walters Memorial Fellow*

Michael Dailey joins OSJ's resident company of principal artists during the 2008 - 2009 season, performing the roles of Lensky (Eugene Onegin), Nemorino (The Elixir of Love), Ferrando (Così fan tutte) and Don José (Carmen). Mr. Dailey's most recent performances include Rodolfo (La bohème) with Portland Opera to Go and Sportin' Life (Porgy and Bess) with the New York Harlem Production company. For Tri-Cities Opera, he has performed the role of Romeo (Roméo et Juliette), Camille (The Merry Widow) and Parpignol (La bohème); for Virginia Opera, he has performed the roles of Don Basilio (Le nozze di Figaro), Benvolio (Roméo et Juliette), and Melot (Tristan und Isolde).

On the concert stage, Mr. Dailey has been a featured soloist with the Virginia Choral Society in their performances of Bruckner's Te Deum and Vaughn Williams Serenade to Music. He has also appeared as a soloist in Mozart's MIssa Longa (Todi Music Festival) and Reqieum (Schola Cantorum), and Handel's Messiah (Virginia Wesleyan College and Virginia Beach Symphony Orchestra).

While a member of Tri-Cities Opera's Resident Artist in Training Program, Mr. Dailey received their Opera Guild and Adele Bernstein Scholarship. He also participated in Des Moines Metro Opera's Apprentice Artist Program in summer of 2007.

Mr. Dailey's residency is made possible in part by a Fellowship Grant from the W. Gibson Walters Memorial.