Jesse Blumberg

Jesse Blumberg

Artistic Director

Baritone Jesse Blumberg enjoys a busy and varied schedule of opera, concert, and recital performances in New York City and beyond.    Some of his recent engagements include Niobe, Regina di Tebe at Boston Early Music Festival, Bernstein’s Mass at London’s Royal Festival Hall, and performances with the New York Festival of Song.  He has performed roles at Minnesota Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Utah Opera, and Boston Lyric Opera, and made concert appearances with American Bach Soloists, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Charlotte Symphony, Apollo’s Fire, and the Vail Valley Music Festival. Jesse has toured with the Mark Morris Dance Group and the Waverly Consort, and has performed recitals for the Marilyn Horne Foundation.  A very active performer of new music, he has premiered important works by Lisa Bielawa, Tom Cipullo, and Ricky Ian Gordon, and works closely with several other renowned composers as a new member of the Mirror Visions Ensemble.  His 2011-2012 season includes debuts with Anchorage Opera and the Georgia Symphony Orchestra, and return engagements with American Bach Soloists, New York Festival of Song, and TENET/Green Mountain Project.

A native of Westfield, New Jersey, Jesse studied history and music at the University of Michigan and completed graduate studies in music at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.  Based in New York City since 2003, he hates to admit that he has only ever lived in one borough, but would hasten to note that while a resident of “Upstate Manhattan,” he would occasionally hear a trip on the A train described as “going into the city.” (He still harbors a not-so-secret distaste for such phrases.) Jesse now lives with his wife Rita in a neighborhood he likes to call “NoMercy,” though sadly this title has not yet worked its way into any tourist maps or urban dictionaries.  And for the last time, he is NOT related to the Mayor.

Further info about Jesse’s performance career can be found at www.jesseblumberg.com

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