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Brad Diamond is a talented tenor
known for his musicianship and style. In recent seasons,
Dr. Diamond has performed Messiah with the
Roanoke Music College, Buffalo Philharmonic,
Jacksonville Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Oratorio
Society of New York, Nashville Symphony, Tulsa
Philharmonic, and Princeton Pro Musica. For three years
he was a featured artist in “An Evening of Gilbert and
Sullivan” which performed with symphony orchestras in
Cedar Rapids, Buffalo, Lakeside, Richmond and St. Louis
among others. On the operatic stage he has performed the
role of Almaviva in the Barber of Seville with
Lyric Opera Cleveland, Opera Pacific, and a recording
for Public Television Broadcast with the Florentine
Opera Company of Milwaukee. In recent seasons, he has
performed the role of Ralph Rackstraw in HMS Pinafore
with the Dayton opera and Prince Ramiro in Rossini’s
La Cenerentola with the Indianapolis and Nashville
Opera Companies. In March of 2006, Diamond returned to
the Florentine Opera to sing the role of Tonio in La
Fille du Regiment by Donizetti.
A Specialist in oratorio repertoire,
Dr. Diamond has performed the Evangelist in Bach’s
St. John Passion with the Winter Park Bach Festival
and Trinity Church at Wall Street. He has also performed
the Evangelist in Bach’s St. Mathew Passion with
the Richmond Symphony, Trinity Church at Wall Street and
Winter Park Bach Festival. Recent engagements include
Bach’s St. Mathew Passion, Handel’s Messiah,
and Xerxes with the Richmond Symphony, Haydn’s
Paukenmesse with the Charleston Symphony, Bach’s
Magnificat with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra,
Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic,
Spokane Symphony and Greenville Symphony and Benjamin
Britten’s War Requiem with the Bangor Symphony.
Diamond’s performance repertoire includes works by
Cavalli, Monteverdi, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart,
Beethoven, Schubert, Rossini, Berlioz, Orff, Bartok,
Janacek and Britten with symphony orchestras across the
United States and Canada.
Dr. Diamond completed his Bachelors
of Music Degree from Westminster Choir College in
Princeton, NJ in 1991. He received his Masters and
Doctorate degrees from the University of Cincinnati’s
College Conservatory of Music between 1993 and 2004.
While attending Westminster, Diamond sang as a soloist
under the baton of the late Leonard Bernstein. Dr.
Diamond joins the voice faculty at the University of
South Florida this fall as an Assistant Professor of
Voice. Diamond travels as a guest recitalist and
presents his lecture “Singing With Purpose” at
universities across the United States and Canada. |
BRAD
DIAMOND
