Anthony Reed
This season, American bass Anthony Reed makes a role debut as Don Prudenzio Il viaggio a Reims in a production by Damiano Michieletto at Opera Philadelphia. Invited by The Metropolitan Opera of New York he returns to join their Chorus for the 2025-26 season. Recent highlights include his debut in the title role Le Nozze di Figaro at New Orleans Opera, Raimondo Lucia de Lammermoor at Pensacola Opera, Masetto Don Giovanni at Opera de Rouen, Commendatore Don Giovanni at Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera, and Geronte Manon Lescaut with the Opera Festival of Chicago.
Past successes include the role of Tchelio The Love for Three Oranges at Des Moines Metro Opera, his Royal Opera House debut as Collatinus The Rape of Lucretia in a Britten Pears Arts production inaugurated at Snape Maltings. He appeared as Simone in both Gianni Schicchi and Buoso’s Ghost at Florida Grand Opera, Sarastro Die Zauberflöte, Truffaldino Ariadne auf Naxos, Il Re Aida, Don Basilio Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Dulcamara L’elisir d’amore and Frère Laurent Roméo et Juliette.
“Splendid bass Anthony Reed is the home-loving Collatinus…” Claudia Pritchard, Culture Whisper, 13 November 2022
“Anthony Reed as Collatinus revealed a beautifully focused voice and, more, convincing expressions of continued love in the second act.” Colin Clarke, Seen and Heard International, 15 November 2022
“American bass Anthony Reed as Lucretia’s husband Collatinus has a fabulous and commanding resonant bass voice. He is a stern presence and the only adult in the room. After Lucretia’s death, Reed acts superbly, hands quivering, totally lost and trying to make sense of the senseless.” Adrian York, London Unattached, 14 November 2022
For Tchielo The Love for Three Oranges, DMMO 2023
“A memorable scene … with Anthony Reed’s assured turn as Tchélio, the magician who loses his powers to protect the King. Mr. Reed’s resonant bass, fine musical phrasing, and appealing demeanor were a pleasure to encounter.” James Sohre, Opera Today, July 28, 2023
| Composer | Work | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Bizet | Carmen | Zuniga |
| Blanchard | Champion | Young Emile Griffith |
| Britten | A Midsummer’s Night Dream | Quince |
| Donizetti | Anna Bolenna | Lord Rochefort |
| Gershwin | Porgy and Bess | Crown |
| Gounod | Faust | Mephistopheles |
| Handel | Hercules | title |
| Handel | Ariodante | Rè di Scozia |
| Heggie | Moby Dick | Queequeg |
| Menotti | Amahl and the Night’s Visitors | Balthazar |
| Monteverdi | L’incoronazione di Poppea | Seneca |
| Mozart | Don Giovanni | Il Commendatore, Leporello |
| Mozart | Cosi fan tutte | Don Alfonso |
| Mozart | Die Zauberflöte | Sarastro, Sprecher |
| Mozart | Die Entführung aus dem Serail | Osmin |
| Massenet | Werther | Johann |
| Offenbach | Les contes d’Hoffmann | Crespel |
| Puccini | La Bohème | Colline |
| Puccini | Tosca | Angelotti |
| Puts | Silent Night | Father Palmer |
| Schreker | Die Gezeichneten | Citizen 3, Giant citizen |
| Saint-Saens | Samson et Dalila | Abimelech |
| Sondheim | Sweeney Todd | Judge Turpin |
| Sonnenberg | The Summer King | Sam Bankhead |
| Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin | Prince Gremin |
| Verdi | Un Ballo in Maschera | Sam |
| Verdi | Aida | Ramfis |
| Verdi | La Traviata | Dr. Grenvil |
| Verdi | Il Trovatore | Ferrando |
| Verdi | Macbeth | Banquo |
| Verdi | Simone Boccanegra | Pietro |
| Verdi | Rigoletto | Count Monterone, Sparafucile |
| Wolf-Ferrar | Le donne curiose | Ottavio |
| Composer | Work |
|---|---|
| Bach | St. Matthew Passion (Jesus) |
| Beethoven | Symphony No.9 |
| Handel | Messiah |
| Haydn | Creation |
| Verdi | Requiem |
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Deborah Sanders
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deborah@arbourartists.com