Michael Porter
Tenor
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Since Michael Porter left the studio to join Oper Frankfurt's ensemble he's been thrilling audiences with roles including Mozart's Pedrillo (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Ferrando (Così fan tutte) and Tamino (Die Zauberflöte). During the 2025/26 season, which he opened by repeating his wonderful portrayal of Ken in Vito Žuraj's Blossoming (»World Premiere of the Year 2023« Opernwelt) in the Bockenheimer Depot, he sings Enea, Pong & Tempo in new productions of Steffani's Amor vien dal destino, Puccini's Turandot & Handel's Triumph of Time and Truth and Falsacappa in Offenbach's The Bandits. Roles last season included Hyllus in Kosky's Hercules, the Prince / Valet, Gotthold & Oronte in new productions of Berg's Lulu, Dittersdorf's Doctor and Pharmacist & Handel's Alcina and Leander in Tobias Kratzer's production of Nielsen's Masquerade. He sang Lysander in Britten's Midsummer Night's Dream at the Opéra de Lausanne and recent engagements have taken him to places including the Salzburg Festival, the Semperoper in Dresden, Staatsoper in Berlin and the Munich Opera Festival. He appeared in recital here in 2019 and other roles for the company included Narraboth (Salome), Cassio (Otello), Züngl (a new Zemlinsky's George the Dreamer), David & Heinrich der Schreiber in new productions of Tannhäuser & Meistersinger, Camille de Rosillon (The Merry Widow), Remendado (Carmen), Lysander (new Britten's Midsummer Night’s Dream), the Steuermann (The Flying Dutchman), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) and Andres in Wozzeck, a role he sang in Monte Carlo and he recently went to Des Moines Metro Opera, to sing Truffaldino in The Love for three Oranges. His repertoire includes The Novice (Billy Budd), Mosè (ll serpente di bronzo), Brighella (Ariadne auf Naxos), Helenus / Hylas (Les Troyens), Gaston / a Guard Krenek's Heavyweight or the Glory of the Nation / The Secret Kingdom), Edmondo (Manon Lescaut) and a Young Sailor (Tristan und Isolde). He made his debut in Fort Worth as Brighella and sang Ernesto (Don Pasquale) at the Staatstheater in Oldenburg (2020/21). Michael Porter was a member of the Opera Theatre St. Louis and Seagle Music Colony's Young Artist programs.