Resident Artists
Wes Mason, baritone
AVA third-year resident artist
Hometown: Norfolk, Virginia
Education: B.M. in Voice Performance, University of Michigan
Competitions: Nominee, Sarah Tucker Study Grant, 2010 and 2009; Second Place, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Mid-South Region), 2008; Encouragement Award, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Kansas District), 2009.
Roles at AVA: Luther, Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Masetto, Don Giovanni; Count Lamoral and Count Dominik, Arabella; Captain, The Scarlet Letter; Olivier, Capriccio.
Other Roles: Morales, Carmen; Mac and Frank Butler (cover), Annie Get Your Gun, both with Glimmerglass Opera; Reinaldo Arenas, Before Night Falls (world premiere), Fort Worth Opera; Schaunard, La Boheme, Crested Butte Music Festival; Morales, Le Dancairo, Carmen, Michigan Opera Theatre; Sid, Albert Herring, Onegin, Eugene Onegin, Man with Shoe Sample Kit, Postcard from Morocco, Marcello, La Boheme, University of Michigan; Marcello, La Boheme, Cascada, The Merry Widow, First Geezer/Bion, Lysistrata, Seagle Music Colony; Marchesse d’Obigny, La Traviata, Perichaud, La Rondine, Michigan Opera Theatre; The Prince, The Goose Girl, Motor City Lyric Opera; Jester, Sleeping Beauty, Paris, Gregorio (cover), Romeo et Juliette, Servant of Flora, La Traviata, St. Brioche (cover), The Merry Widow, Virginia Opera.
Upcoming: Reinaldo Arenas, Before Night Falls (Miami Premiere), Miami Orchestra, September 2012.
Website: www.wesmasonbaritone.com
