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Young tenor Ian McEuen has been praised for his versatility as a performer, impressing audiences with his "sweet lyric tone" and "gravitas on the stage”, as well as his ability to evoke laughter "just for walking across the stage." In November 2013, he created the roles of the Hippo and Holy Man in the world premiere of Jeanine Tesori and J.D. McClatchy’s The Lion, the Unicorn and Me for his debut at Washington National Opera. This past summer, he returned for his second season as a Young Artist at the Glimmerglass Festival, where he will sing Goro in Francesca Zambello’s new production of Madame Butterfly. In the 2014-‐2015 season, he joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera covering St. Brioche in a new production of The Merry Widow directed by Susan Stroman, made his Arizona Opera debut singing Monostatos in Die Zauberflöte, his Carnegie Hall debut singing Mozart’s Vespers with Manhattan Concert Productions, and joined the National Opera Center for the workshop of A Thousand Splendid Suns by Sheila Silver. The 2015-‐2016 season see debuts with Nashville Opera as Pong in Turandot, North Carolina Opera as Goro in Madama Butterfly, the Handel Choir of Baltimore for the Messiah, and Knoxville Opera as Spoletta in Tosca. Additionally, he will return to Washington National Opera for Kurt Weill’s Lost in the Stars. After making his professional operatic debut in Fort Worth Opera's production of Mark Adamo's Lysistrata in 2012, Mr. McEuen joined the company as a Studio Artist for two seasons. During the company’s 2013 festival, he sang Der Tanzmeister in Ariadne auf Naxos and covered Tonio in La fille du Régiment. In the 2013-‐2014 season, Mr. McEuen appeared with the company as Padre Antonio in Daniel Crozer's With Blood, With Ink and covered the role of Nikolaus Sprink in Kevin Puts's Pulitzer Prize-‐winning opera Silent Night. Also an avid recitalist and lover of 20th and 21st century music, Mr. McEuen spent the summer of 2012 as a Marc and Eva Stern Fellow at SongFest in Los Angeles. There, he had the opportunity to work personally with Graham Johnson, William Bolcom, Jake Heggie, Martin Katz, Libby Larsen, and John Musto. He also has appeared with Fort Worth's Hall Ensemble in their period-‐themed chamber music series, Music in the Mansion. As a concert artist, Mr. McEuen made his Chicago Symphony Center debut as the tenor soloist in Carmina Burana, a role in which he has become a specialist. Mr. McEuen received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Voice from the Carnegie Mellon University School of Music, where he played Amor inL'incoronazione di Poppea, Sam in Street Scene, the Chevalier in Dialogues of the Carmelites, and was a soloist in Handel's Messiah and Haydn's Creation. He received a Master of Music in Voice from the University of Cincinnati College-‐Conservatory of Music, where he performed the roles of Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, the Evangelist in a staged production of the St. Matthew Passion, and Romboïdal in L'île de Tulipatan. Mr. McEuen continued his operatic training during the summer of 2011 at the Seagle Music Colony, where he appeared as Frederic in Pirates of Penzance and Spalanzani in Les Contes d'Hoffmann. He spent the summers of 2009 and 2010 with the Aspen Opera Theatre Center, where he played the Marquis in Corigliano's Ghosts of Versailles.
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OPERA Spoletta Tosca Knoxville Opera role tba Lost in the Stars Washington National Opera Goro Madama Butterfly North Carolina Opera Pong Turandot Nashville Opera Tariq/ Jalil A Thousand Splendid Suns (workshop) National Opera Center Monostatos Die Zauberflöte Arizona Opera St. Brioche* The Merry Widow Metropolitan Opera Goro Madama Butterfly Glimmerglass Festival Padre Antonio With Blood, With Ink Fort Worth Opera Nikolaus Sprink* Silent Night Fort Worth Opera Hippo/Holy Man The Lion, The Unicorn, and Me Washington National Opera Delmonte* King for a Day Glimmerglass Festival Tanzmeister Ariadne auf Naxos Fort Worth Opera Tonio * La fille du régiment Fort Worth Opera Ferrando Così fan tutte CCM Opera Alpheus Lysistrata Fort Worth Opera Don Basilio* Le nozze di Figaro Fort Worth Opera Don Ottavio Don Giovanni CCM Opera Frederic The Pirates of Penzance Seagle Music Colony Spalanzani Les contes d’Hoffmann Seagle Music Colony Romboïdal L’île de Tulipatan CCM Opera The Marquis The Ghosts of Versailles Aspen Opera Theatre Nanki-‐Poo The Mikado Carnegie Mellon Pirelli Sweeney Todd (Scenes) Carnegie Mellon Chevalier Dialogues of the Carmelites Carnegie Mellon Concert Experience Tenor Soloist Handel Messiah Handel Choir of Baltimore Tenor Soloist Mozart Vespers Manhattan Concert Productions Tenor Soloist Carmina Burana University of Chicago Tenor Soloist Carmina Burana CCM Choruses Evangelist St. Matthew Passion CCM Choruses Tenor Soloist Carmina Burana Chicago Bar Association SO Tenor Soloist Messiah Cincinnati Boychoir *denotes cover Awards and Honors Third Place, Charles A. Lynam Vocal Competition, 2010 Second Place, Friday Morning Music Club Sue Goetz Ross Memorial Competition, 2010 Training Young Artist Glimmerglass Festival 2013 -‐ 2014 Studio Artist Fort Worth Opera 2012 -‐ 2014 Stern Fellow SongFest 2012 Young Artist Seagle Music Colony 2011 M. Music University of Cincinnati CCM 2012 B. Fine Arts Carnegie Mellon University 2010
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CRITICAL ACCLAIM Goro – Madama Butterfly – North Carolina Opera "[...] it is astonishing to note how significantly a good Goro can heighten the impact of a performance of the opera, and North Carolina Opera had in tenor Ian McEuen a singer who upheld the seldom-‐equaled standard of Piero de Palma.[...] his portrayal of Goro was distinguished by a refusal to sacrifice musicality in pursuit of cheap humor and an attractive, well-‐ integrated instrument that required no faking of notes at the range extremes."-‐Voix des Arts "As the obsequious, conniving marriage broker, tenor Ian McEuen delightfully mined all the humor in the part." -‐The News & Observer Pong – Turandot – Nashville Opera “the masked ensemble, Ping (baritone Wes Mason), Pang (tenor Jonathan Blalock), and Pong (tenor Ian McEuen) brought the voices and physical humor required to make their character’s politically incorrect humor ridiculously funny. . .” -‐Nashville Arts Magazine Monostatos – Die Zauberflöte – Arizona Opera “Ian McEuen was a thoroughly amusing Monostatos" -‐Opera Today Goro –Madama Butterfly– Glimmerglass Festival “ Ian McEuen, a notable Goro . . . ” -‐Heidi Waleson, Wall Street Journal “Talented performers from the Glimmerglass Young Artists Program who enrich the cast are Ian McEuen as Goro, the marriage broker. . .” -‐Linda Loomis, Syracuse Post-‐Standard “Ian McEuen as Goro, the Marriage Broker, achieved much variety in his playing, sometimes comically almost bouncing through scenes and at other times slightly greasy and sinister." -‐Susan Galbraith, DC Theatre Scene "Ian McEuen in particular deserves praise for his Goro." -‐Taminophile "Glimmerglass Young Artist Ian McEuen injected a much-‐needed dose of comedic relief as the obsequious marriage broker Goro, using his comedic flair and body movement to good effect as he slinked across the stage selling his services to the American lieutenant." -‐David Abrams, CNY Café Momus “Three other players win their own ovations: Thomas Richards as the voice-‐of-‐doom Bonze; Ian McEuen as Goro, the cultural sellout marriage broker in a straw boater; and, most astoundingly, pre-‐schooler Louis McKinny as Pinkerton and Butterfly’s child Sorrow.” -‐James MacKillop, Syracuse New Times Padre Antonio – With Blood, With Ink – Fort Worth Opera-‐ Albany Records Recording "Becerra is self-‐possessed and sweetly charismatic in this passage, as Juana's dangerous ideas (and perhaps Juana herself) drive Ian McEuen's Padre Antonio into a frenzy. McEuen, practically trembling with fury, yet filling out long, sustained phrases, is especially good in this violent, driving sequence." - Joshua Rosenblum, Opera News Padre Antonio – With Blood, With Ink – Fort Worth Opera "Among the other singers, Audrey Babcock stood out as the imperious Countess, as did Ian McEuen, one of the Fort Worth Opera Studio artists, as the self-‐lacerating Padre Antonio." -‐ Willard Spiegelman, Opera News
". . . tenor Ian McEuen brought the role of Juana Inés's masochistic nemesis, Padre Antonio Nuñez, to life memorably." -‐ Wayne Lee Gay, American Record Guide "McEuen was riveting as he nailed the angular melodic lines and volcanic anger of the padre during his highly-‐charged flogging scene." -‐Laurie Lynn Lindemeier, The Column "Gazing lustfully at his charges, flagellating himself dramatically, extolling his own piety, and manipulating everyone, Padre Antonio, played masterfully by tenor Ian McEuen, conspires with Archbishop Aguiar Y Seijas (baritone Jesse Enderle) to force Sor Juana to sign a contract, written in her own blood, denouncing her work." -‐Edward Brown, Fort Worth Weekly "Special mention must be made of tenor Ian McEuen’s portrayal of the priest, mentally crippled by sexual agonies, who causes Sor Juana so much trouble. Although we learn earlier that it is his proclivity, the scene where he brutally whips his own back, in a futile attempt to expel impure thoughts, is sickenly realistic." -‐Gregory Sullivan Isaacs, TheatreJones.com Hippo/Holy Man – The Lion, the Unicorn, and Me” – Washington National Opera "But the WNO didn’t stick only to its young artists for casting. Several other young singers made company debuts Saturday: Ian McEuen, showing a promising tenor as the Holy Man and Dog, in particular..." -‐Anne Midgette, The Washington Post "...A ponderously slouchy hippo wears a hoodie and baseball hat....Ian McEuen’s lyric tenor and Wei Wu’s incisive bass complemented their engaging performances in supporting roles." -‐Greg Marzullo, the Washington Blade "Ian McEuen is entertaining as the Hippo, but even more entertaining in his puppetry work as the Dog. (Its tongue wags on high notes!)" -‐Rebecca Evans, DC Theatre Scene Frontiers Program – Fort Worth Opera "Tenor Ian McEuen was impressive in the role of the Scholar, as he was in all of his appearances in the two afternoons [...] Ian McEuen was impressive as Wendell Smith [...]" -‐ Gregory Sullivan Isaacs, TheaterJones Tanzmeister – Ariadne auf Naxos – Fort Worth Opera "Rounding out the first act performers is Ian McEuen in the role of the dancing master. McEuen's voice is completely suited for the role, but what stands out are his stage affections and body language. Graceful and lively, he garners laughs just for walking across the stage." -‐John Norine Jr., TheaterJones "Ian McEuen is an aptly fey Dancing Master" -‐Scott Cantrell, The Dallas Morning News Out of the Loop Fringe Festival Concert "In addition to the Puccini duet, McEuen regaled the audience with a performance of "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" from Lehár's Das Land des Lächelns. Showing off a sweet lyric tone, McEuen easily impressed the audience with his impeccable diction as well as his gravitas on the stage. For most tenors, the aria would be the centerpiece of a recital –but in this case it was merely his warm-‐up act; the real fireworks were saved for "Ah! Mes amis" from Donizetti's masterpiece La Fille du Regiment. This famous (some would call it infamous) aria calls for nine high C's during the last section of the song, coming in quick succession before the penultimate note (the final C, which is elongated) brings the aria to a crashing conclusion. McEuen worked through them all effortlessly, the first sounding as crisp and focused as the last." -‐John Norine Jr, TheatreJones