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Shawn Thuris brings to the performance of opera, art song and oratorio a rich spectrum of vocal colors, powerful high notes, a strong lower range, clear diction in eight languages, and a complex dramatic involvement.

On the operatic stage, he was seen in October as Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor with Center Stage Opera of Northridge, and in August as Spoletta in Tosca with Redlands Bowl Summer Festival. He appears this October in the title role of Hoffmann in Les contes d'Hoffmann for Repertory Opera of Los Angeles.  He has also performed the role of Alfredo in La traviata.

In oratorio, his recent performance in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem with Westwood Chamber Orchestra was received with enthusiasm. He is tenor soloist with Westwood Presbyterian Church, where he will be featured in upcoming performances of Handel's Messiah and Mendelssohn's Elijah.

He is best known for his performance of dramatic tenor repertoire. He recently sang excerpts from Die Walkuere as Siegmund with Maestro Henri Venanzi in the "Informally Yours" series for the Orange County Performing Arts Center. His "Tribute to Lauritz Melchior" with orchestra in 2003 showed his affinity for the heavier repertoire of Wagner and Verdi, with extended excerpts from Otello, Tristan und Isolde, Die Meistersinger and Siegfried.

He has given recitals in a number of venues. This fall he sang Schumann's "Dichterliebe" and songs of Richard Strauss with pianist Christopher Luthi in Glendale, CA, and performed a multi-language recital with Dr. Dennis Boe at East Central University of Oklahoma under a grant from the Oklahoma Arts Council. Among several recitals planned for the upcoming concert season will be his second collaboration with renowned pianist Kirill Gliadkovsky.

Conductors with whom he has performed include Sean Bradley, Frank Fetta, John-Kevin Hilbert, Mark Hilt, Anne Marie Ketchum, Kent Kornmeyer, Kristy Lobitz, Kevin McKeown and James E. Smith. He has coached with pianists such as Galina Barskaya, Dennis Boe, Kirill Gliadkovsky, David Goodman, Gary Gray, Mona Lands, Christopher Luthi, Lisa Sylvester and Henri Venanzi.

 

 

OPERA

Les contes d'Hoffmann  /  Hoffmann            Brian Farrell, cond.                 Repertory Opera of L.A.      2005

Lucia di Lammermoor  /  Arturo                  Brian Onderdonk, cond.         Center Stage Opera              2005

Tosca  /  Mario (cover); Spoletta                  Frank Fetta, cond.                  Redlands Bowl Festival        2005

I pagliacci  /  Canio (cover)                          Frank Fetta, cond.                   Redlands Bowl Festival       2004

La traviata  /  Alfredo                                    Kent Kornmeyer, cond.         Casa Italiana Opera, L.A.     2004

Il tabarro  /  Luigi                                           Sean Bradley, cond .               Opera Nova S. Monica        2003

A Hand of Bridge  /  Bill                                Yuichi Hoshino, pno.              Santa Monica College          2002

 

RECITAL WITH ORCHESTRA

“Tribute to Melchiorâ€�         Otello, Tristan, Meistersinger, Siegfried        Santa Monica College         2003

 

RECITALS WITH PIANO (selected)

“Introduction to Wagner's Ringâ€�/ Henri Venanzi, pno.                                O.C. Perf. Arts Center          2005

Dichterliebe, Schubert, Wolf, Strauss / Christopher Luthi, pno.                 Christuskirche, Glendale     2005

Schumann, Sibelius, spirituals (with masterclass) / Dennis Boe, pno.         East Central Univ. of OK    2005

Fauré, Grainger, Schubert / Kirill Gliadkovsky, pno.                                       Santa Monica Presb.           2004

Sibelius, Rachmaninov, Noël Coward / Mona Lands, pno.                           St. Paul’s Lutheran, S.M.    2004

Schubert, Wolf, Mahler, Strauss / Inna Royter, pno.                                      Santa Monica College         2002

 

ORATORIO (selected)

Requiem / Lloyd Webber   John-Kevin Hilbert, cond.                                  Westwood Chamb. Orch.   2005

Until the Year / Eckhardt    work premiere / David Goodman, cond.           Santa Monica College        2003

 

OPERA GALAS (selected)

Silvano  (Mascagni)            Act I duet (Silvano) / A.M. Ketchum, cond.   The Verdi Chorus of L.A.   2003

Duets                                     Carmen, Don Carlos, Aïda (Tomb scene)       Opera Nova of S.M.             2003

Die Walküre                         Act I sc 3 / Christopher Luthi, pno.                   Opera Nova of S.M.             2002

 

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES     

Schubert                              “Nachthelleâ€� / acc. by Fullerton Men’s Qt.      Jacaranda Series, S.M.        11/05

Messiah                                 W-wood  Chamb. Orch. / J-K Hilbert, cond.    Westwood Presb., L.A.       12/05

Recital                                     Rachman., Strauss / K. Gliadkovsky, pno.       Santa Monica Presb.           12/05

Das Lied von der Erde        Jacaranda Ensemble / Mark Hilt, cond.             Jacaranda Series, S.M.         2007

 

VOCAL INSTRUCTION

Marvin Hayes                       Pomona College                   1993 to 1994

Gail R. Gordon                      Santa Monica College         2001 to 2003

Dennis Parnell                      Santa Monica                       2003 to present

 

CONDUCTORS (selected)

Frank Fetta, J-K Hilbert, Mark Hilt, Anne Ketchum, Kevin McKeown, Brian Onderdonk, James E. Smith

 

EDUCATION

Pitzer College, Claremont, CA                                            Musicology. Voice, piano and clarinet.

Tamarind Theatre, Hollywood, CA                                   Scene-study with Robert D’Avanzo.

Santa Monica College, CA                                                 Opera workshop, voice, conducting, orchestration.