UPCOMING
Mr. Swanson wraps up his 2019-2020 season with performances as Sam Kaplan in Kurt Weill’s Street Scene and a debut at Portland Opera as Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia. His 2019-2020 season includes performances with Oper Frankfurt, his role debut as Belmonte with Opera Omaha, and the world premiere of Edward Tulane with Minnesota Opera, in which Mr. Swanson appears in the title role.
ENGAGEMENTS / 2019-2020 SEASON
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IL BARBIERE
DI SIVIGLIA
AS ALMAVIVA
Mr. Swanson makes his Portland Opera debut performing the role of Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia.
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June 7, 9, 13, & 15
2019
PORTLAND OPERA
BASTIANELLO
AS YOUNG BASTIANELLO
Mr. Swanson performs the role of Young Bastianello in John Musto's one-act comedy, Bastianello.
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July 16
2019
FESTIVAL NAPA VALLEY
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OPERA ON THE RIVER
IN CONCERT
Mr. Swanson headlines an outdoor concert of operatic favorites with the newly developed Operatunity Theatre in Stillwater, MN.
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August 10
2019
OPERATUNITY THEATER
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OTELLO
AS RODRIGO
Mr. Swanson appears as Rodrigo in Rossini's lesser-known retelling of the Shakespearean drama with Oper Frankfurt.
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September 8, 12, 21, & 29
October 3, 12, 20
2019
OPER FRANKFURT
messa di gloria
TENOR SOLOIST
Mr. Swanson performs the tenor solos in Rossini's Messa di Gloria with Paris's La Seine Musicale.
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November 29
2019
LA SEINE MUSICALE
DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED
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TENOR SOLOIST
Mr. Swanson appears as the tenor soloist with the American Symphony Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall.
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December 19
2019
AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED
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.
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February 7 & 9
2020
OPERA OMAHA
EDWARD TULANE
AS EDWARD TULANE
Mr. Swanson appears in the title role of the world premiere of Paola Prestini & Mark Campbells' Edward Tulane, a new opera based on the Kate DiCamillo novel.
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March 21, 22, 24, 26, 28
2020
MINNESOTA OPERA
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ST. JOHN PASSION
TENOR SOLOIST
Mr. Swanson performs alongside the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and Fort Worth Kantorei in Bach's famous masterwork. Conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya.
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April 11
2020
FORT WORTH SYMPHONY
THE BLACKSMITH
AS CODY
Mr. Swanson appears as Cody in Philidor's The Blacksmith in a touring production with Opera Lafayette, featuring performances in both Washington D.C. and New York City.
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May 11 & 14
2020
OPERA LAFAYETTE
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