Tenor Brendan Daly is a frequent guest artist on stages throughout the Northeast. He recently toured New England as Count Almaviva in Boston Lyric Opera / Opera New England's production of The Barber of Seville. And he was a featured soloist in the acclaimed Opera Boston production of Kurt Weill's Mahagonny. In 2006 he sang Candide in 'Bernstein on Broadway' with the Boston Pops. That summer he was also praised by the New York Times and Boston Globe for his role in Hindemith's Hin und Zurück to open the Festival of Contemporary Music at Tanglewood.
Earlier this year, Brendan appeared as Frederic in the Pirates of Penzance at Riverside Theatre Works and Ralph Rackstraw in HMS Pinafore with the Concord Orchestra. In February, he sang the role of the Fisherman in The Three Hermits, a new opera by Stephen Paulus. Upcoming engagements include Don Pasquale (Ernesto), the Mikado (Nanki-Poo), and Handel’s Messiah in Boston.
A native of Atlanta, GA, Brendan earned his BA from Harvard in Music and Romance Languages and Literatures before beginning vocal training at the Longy School of Music, where he received his masters in 2004. He has been a Tanglewood Fellow and recently completed the Young Artist Program with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
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