Aaron Murphy, Baritone

A native of Cleveland, Tennessee, Aaron is a graduate of Lee University and McGill University as a student of Tony Deaton and Stefano Algieri respectively, and is currently a doctoral student in voice with Tim Noble at the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University. He appeared as Betto in Gianni Schicchi, Don Alhambra in The Gondoliers and Ben in The Telephone with Lee University Opera Theatre and as Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte and the Mayor in Bizet's Docteur Miracle with Opera Tennessee. With Opéra McGill, he appeared as The Origamist in the Canadian premiere of Michael Ching's Speed Dating, Tonight!, Frank and Frosch in Die Fledermaus, and Ramiro in L’heure espagnole. While living in Canada, he covered FaráÅ™ in Cunning Little Vixen and appeared as the title role in Eugene Onegin with Opera NUOVA. In 2019, he covered the role of Valdeburgo in Bellini’s La straniera with Teatro Nuovo, formerly known as Bel Canto at Caramoor and sang the role of Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro with IU Opera Theater. He has become a champion of new music, performing roles in contemporary pieces such as Jim Crowley in Jack Perla’s one-act opera An American Dream, and premiering new song and operas such as Anne Frank with IU Opera Theater and Jamey Guzman’s Seahorse for Indiana SongSLAM. In November 2024, he premiered the role of Gerhard in Mason Bates’ new opera The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, a co-production with IU Opera Theater and the Metropolitan Opera. His concert credits include the bass solos in Handel's Messiah and Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music for the annual Lee University Masterworks Festival, the role of the Narrator in Charpentier's Le reniement de Saint-Pierre with the Lee University Chorale, Beethoven’s Mass in C with the Cantabile Chorale de Ste.-Geneviève in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Bach’s Magnificat at historic St. Michael’s Church in Charleston, South Carolina, Handel’s Parnasso in festa with IU Historical Performance Institute, and BWV 33 Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ with the Bloomington Bach Cantata Project.
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