BRIAN MING CHU

BARITONE

Brian Ming Chu is “an impressive performer of wide range, agility, and expressive storytelling ability” (Monterey Herald). The Washington Post praised him for his “sterling performances.” Brian has performed on stage with opera companies throughout the United States in signature roles including Marcello in La Bohème, Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, the Count in Le Nozze di Figaro, Silvio in Pagliacci, and most recently, the title role of Rubinstein’s The Demon at Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts. As a concert artist, his has been a soloist with The King’s Noyse, Brandywine Baroque, La Fiocco, Piffaro, The Dryden Ensemble, Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Portland Baroque Orchestra, and the Caramoor and Carmel Bach Festivals. He has sung the title role of Mendelssohn’s Elijah, the Bach Passions, Haydn’s Die Schöpfung and Die Jahreszeiten, the Brahms, Mozart, and Verdi Requiems, and Handel’s Messiah, on three continents. Brian made his Kennedy Center début in Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 with the Choral Arts Society of Washington and sang the role of Martin Luther in Ludwig Meinardus’ 1876 Luther in Worms with the Bach Choir Eisenach and Dresden Singakademie for the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. He holds a B.F.A. in architecture from Cornell University and M.Mus. from the Peabody Conservatory of Music. He has taught voice at Muhlenberg College for the past 15 years.