Was Musst' Ich Hören
From Wagner's Fliegende Holländer with Gail Sullivan, soprano
Willst Jene Tags Du
From Wagner's Fliegende Holländer
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A native of San Francisco, Vincent Chambers is an accomplished opera singer, actor and musician. Mr. Chambers recently made his debut with the West Bay Opera in October of 2007, singing both Canio and Turiddu in Pagliacci and Cavelleria Rusticana respectively. This past March he performed Rodolfo in Puccini's La Boheme with San Francisco Lyric Opera, and finally returned to West Bay Opera to perform Eric in Wagner's Flying Dutchman this past May. Previous performances include Rodrigo in Verdi's Otello with The Westfield Symphony (NJ), and Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus with Nevada Opera Theater. He also created the role of Ragnar Brovik in a new opera by Martin Halperin at the Theater for the New City in New York called The Scaffolding, as well as Sheldon in a new opera written by Michael Sahl called "Dinner and Delusion" performed at Symphony Space in NYC, and again at NYU's Skirball Center for NY City Opera's VOX New Opera series.
Operatic credits in the New York area include Rodolfo in La Boheme, the title role in Tales of Hoffman, Nemorino in L'Elisir d'Amore, Alfredo in La Traviata, The Duke in Rigoletto, and Beppe in Pagliacci with regional companies including DiCapo Opera of New York, Amato Opera Theater, Rutger's University and The Opera Company of New Jersey. Other West Coast performances include Ferrando in Mozart's Cosi fan Tutte with South Bay Opera of Los Angeles, and Ernesto in Don Pasquale with Valley Opera of Los Angeles, and Nemorino at CSU Long Beach.
Mr. Chambers began his music career playing the accordion and guitar as a child, eventually becoming a bassist and back-up vocalist in a several SF Bay Area rock bands. He acquired valuable experience working in his father's piano tuning school, repairing, rebuilding and tuning pianos, as well as teaching students the craft for nearly 10 years. During this time he met many students at the school with varied musical backgrounds, broadening his own interests. With the encouragement of several teachers at SF City College, Mr. Chambers transferred to UCLA to pursue opera, eventually earning a music degree from Cal State Long Beach.
Mr. Chambers' stage credits include the leading part in Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter with San Francisco Theater Company, and Ken in Eric Bogosian's Talk Radio at San Francisco State University. He also appeared in an independent film The Apology released by The Montage Films and I Will Avenge You, Iago, released in 2006. In addition Vincent Chambers has given hundreds of concert recitals throughout the United States, including Broadway duets and solos, art songs, and highlights from Rigoletto, Pearl Fishers, Faust, Manon, Boheme, Elixer, and other classics.
