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THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT
AS TONIO
Mr. Swanson appears as Tonio in Donizetti's The Daughter of the Regiment with Utah Opera.
January 14, 16, 18, 20, & 22
2023
UTAH OPERA
MESSIAH
AS TENOR SOLOIST
Mr. Swanson appears as a soloist in Handel's Messiah with the Mercury Chamber Orchestra in Houston, TX.
December 3 & 4
2022
MERCURY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
IL BARBIERE
DI SIVIGLIA
AS ALMAVIVA
Mr. Swanson reprises the role of Almaviva with Austin Opera in Il barbiere di Siviglia.
November 5, 10, & 13
2022
AUSTIN OPERA
EDWARD
TULANE
AS EDWARD TULANE
Mr. Swanson appears as the title role in Edward Tulane with Minnesota Opera.
October 8, 13, 15, & 16
2022
MINNESOTA OPERA
CANDIDE
AS CANDIDE
Mr. Swanson reprises the title role in Bernstein's Candide as part of the Lausitz Festival.
September 2 & 3
2022
LAUSITZ
FESTIVAL
IL BARBIERE
DI SIVIGLIA
AS ALMAVIVA
Mr. Swanson reprises the role of Almaviva with Santa Fe Opera in Il barbiere di Siviglia.
Summer
2022
SANTA FE
OPERA
COSÌ FAN
TUTTE
AS FERRANDO
Mr. Swanson reprises the role of Ferrando in Così fan tutte with Opéra national du Rhin.
April 14, 16, 19, 21, 24, & 26
May 6, 8, & 15
2022
OPÉRA NATIONAL DU RHIN
COSÌ FAN
TUTTE
AS FERRANDO
Mr. Swanson debuts the role of Ferrando with Frankfurt Oper in Mozart's Così fan tutte.
January 21 & 27
February 6, 12, 19, & 24
March 6
2022
FRANKFURT OPER
DIE
ZAUBERFLÖTE
AS TAMINO
Mr. Swanson debuts the role of Tamino in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte with Opéra national de Lorraine.
December 17, 19, 21, 23, 26, & 28
2021
OPÉRA NATIONAL DE LORRAINE
BEIRUT CHANTS FESTIVAL
IN CONCERT
Mr. Swanson appears in recital as part of the Beirut Chants Festival in Lebanon.
December 4
2021
BEIRUT CHANTS FESTIVAL
IL BARBIERE
DI SIVIGLIA
AS ALMAVIVA
Mr. Swanson reprises the role of Almaviva with Teatro Regio Torino in Rossini's classic masterpiece,
Il barbiere di Siviglia.
September 9, 11, 15, & 18
2021
TEATRO REGIO TORINO
GALA ROSSINI
AS TENOR SOLOIST
Mr. Swanson appears as a guest in the concert celebration of 25 years of Juan Diego Flórez at the Festival Inauguration of Auditorium Scavolini.
August 22
2021
ROSSINI OPERA FESTIVAL
IL SIGNOR BRUSCHINO
AS FLORVILLE
Mr. Swanson appears as Florville in this one-act comic farce by Giuseppe Foppa at the Teatro Rossini.
August 10, 13, 15, & 18
2021
ROSSINI OPERA FESTIVAL
DER ROSENKAVALIER
AS THE ITALIAN SINGER
Mr. Swanson returns to Garsington Opera in the role of The Italian Singer in Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier.
June 2nd - July 8th
2021
GARSINGTON OPERA
LE COMTE ORY
AS COMTE ORY
Mr. Swanson debuts the title role in Rossini's Le Comte Ory with Garsington Opera.
May - July
2021
GARSINGTON OPERA
IL BARBIERE
DI SIVIGLIA
AS ALMAVIVA
Mr. Swanson returns to Oper Köln as Conte Almaviva in Rossini's classic masterpiece.
May 2, 6, 9, 13, & 16
2021
OPER KÖLN
STABAT MATER
AS TENOR SOLOIST
Mr. Swanson is the tenor soloist for Rossini's Stabat Mater under the baton of Myung-Whun Chung at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.
April 1, 2, & 3
2021
SANTA CECILIA, ROME, ITALY
LIVE FROM THE CULLEN
IN RECITAL
Mr. Swanson appears in an HGO Digital Live recital with Richard Bado on Marquee TV.
March 12
2021
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA
LA CENERENTOLA
AS DON RAMIRO
Mr. Swanson performs the role of Don Ramiro in Rossini's La Cenerentola.
Canceled due to COVID-19
January-February 2021
HOUSTON GRAND OPERA
LA CENERENTOLA
AS DON RAMIRO
Mr. Swanson reprises the role of Don Ramiro with Minnesota Opera.
Canceled due to COVID-19.
March-April 2021
MINNESOTA OPERA
IL BARBIERE
DI SIVIGLIA
AS ALMAVIVA
Mr. Swanson reprises the role of Almaviva in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia with Oslo Opera.
Canceled due to COVID-19.
November-December 2020
OSLO OPERA
IN RECITAL
WITH MALCOLM MARTINEAU, PIANO
Mr. Swanson appears in recital with Oper Frankfurt alongside Malcolm Martineau, piano
Canceled due to COVID-19.
October 6
2020
OPER FRANKFURT
IL BARBIERE
DI SIVIGLIA
AS ALMAVIVA
Mr. Swanson was slated to return to the Santa Fe Opera as Count Almaviva in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia.
Canceled due to COVID-19
Summer 2020
SANTA FE OPERA
THE blacksmith
AS CODY
Mr. Swanson was slated to appear as Cody in Philidor's The Blacksmith in a touring production with Opera Lafayette.
Canceled due to COVID-19
May 2020
OPERA LAFAYETTE
EDWARD TULANE
AS EDWARD TULANE
Mr. Swanson was scheduled to appear in the title role of the world premiere of Paola Prestini & Mark Campbells' Edward Tulane.
Canceled due to COVID-19
March 2020
MINNESOTA OPERA
ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO
AS BELMONTE
Mr. Swanson debuts the role of Belmonte in a twentieth-century reimagining of Mozart's classic at Opera Omaha's Orpheum Theater..
February 2020
OPERA OMAHA
SONS OF BACH
TENOR SOLOIST
Mr. Swanson appears as the tenor soloist with the American Symphony Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall.
December 2019
AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MESSA DI GLORIA
TENOR SOLOIST
Mr. Swanson performs the tenor solos in Rossini's Messa di Gloria with Paris's La Seine Musicale.
November 2019
LA SEINE MUSICALE
OTELLO
AS RODRIGO
Mr. Swanson appears as Rodrigo in Rossini's lesser-known retelling of the Shakespearean drama with Oper Frankfurt.
September & October 2019
OPER FRANKFURT
OPERA ON THE RIVER
IN CONCERT
Mr. Swanson headlines an outdoor concert of operatic favorites with the newly developed Operatunity Theatre in Stillwater, MN..
August 2019
OPERATUNITY THEATRE
BASTIANELLO
AS YOUNG BASTIANELLO
Mr. Swanson performs the role of Young Bastianello in John Musto's one-act comedy, Bastianello..
July 2019
FESTIVAL NAPA VALLEY
IL BARBIERE
DI SIVIGLIA
AS ALMAVIVA
Mr. Swanson makes his Portland Opera debut performing the role of Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia.
June 2019
PORTLAND OPERA
STREET SCENE
AS SAM KAPLAN
Mr. Swanson made his role and house debut singing Sam Kaplan in Kurt Weill's Street Scene at Oper Köln.
May 2019
OPER KÖLN
DIE FLEDERMAUS
AS ALFRED
Mr. Swanson made a role and house debut with Palm Beach Opera debut performing Alfred in Die Fledermaus. David Stern conducts, Dona D. Vaughn directs..
March 2019
PALM BEACH OPERA
IL BARBIERE
DI SIVIGLIA
AS ALMAVIVA
Mr. Swanson performed the role of Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia in his Latin American debut at Theatro Municipal de São Paulo. Roberto Minczuk conducts.
February 2019
THEATRO MUNICIPAL DE SÃO PAULO
L'ELISIR D'AMORE
AS NEMORINO
Mr. Swanson performs the role of Nemorino in Donizetti's L'elisir d'Amore in his house debut at Den Norske Opera in Oslo, Norway.
November & December 2018 | January 2019
DEN NORSKE OPERA
CANDIDE
AS CANDIDE
Mr. Swanson revisited the title role in Bernstein's Candide in his house debut at Paris' Théâtre des Champs-Elysées alongside Sabine Devieilhe and Anne Sofie von Otter.
October 14, 2018 | Opéra de Marseille
October 17, 2018 | Thêatre des Champs-Elysées
THÉÂTRE DES
CHAMPS-ELYSÉES
OPÉRA DE MARSEILLE
A BERNSTEIN CABARET
Mr. Swanson joined the Moab Music Festival for We Are Women: A Bernstein Cabaret, an evening of songs with narrative conceived by Jamie Bernstein, and Michael Barrett.
September 7, 2018
MOAB MUSIC FESTIVAL
L'ITALIANA
IN ALGERI
AS LINDORO
Mr. Swanson performed the role of Lindoro in L'italiana in Algeri at Santa Fe Opera. Corrado Rovaris conducts, Shawna Lucey directs.
July | August 2018
SANTA FE OPERA
STABAT MATER
ROSSINI
Mr. Swanson performed with the Choral Arts Society of Washington as the tenor soloist in Rossini's Stabat Mater at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
May 19, 2018
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER
IL BARBIERE
DI SIVIGLIA
AS ALMAVIVA
Mr. Swanson performed the role of Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia in his house debut at Lyric Opera of Kansas City. Leonardi Vordoni conducts, Michael Shell directs.
April | May 2018
LYRIC OPERA OF KANSAS CITY
CANDIDE
AS CANDIDE
Mr. Swanson performed the title role in Bernstein's Candide in his house debut at LA Opera alongside Kelsey Grammar, Christine Ebersole, and Erin Morley. James Conlon conducted Francesca Zambello's production.
January | February 2018
LA OPERA
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