Tenor Brendan Daly is a frequent guest artist with orchestras and ensembles throughout the Northeast. 2008 engagements include two Gilbert and Sullivan favorites. In February Brendan appears as Frederic in Pirates of Penzance at Riverside Theatre Works, and in March he will be Ralph Rackstraw in HMS Pinafore with the Concord Orchestra and Players. He will also sing the role of the Fisherman in Stephen Paulus's one-act opera The Three Hermits with the Harvard University Choir and Orchestra.

In the spring of 2007 he toured New England as Count Almaviva in Boston Lyric Opera / Opera New England's production of The Barber of Seville. And last February he was featured in Opera Boston's acclaimed production of Kurt Weill's The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. Brendan finished last season as a Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theatre of St. Louis.

In June 2006 Brendan appeared as Candide in a 'Bernstein on Broadway' program with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops. And later in the summer he was praised by the New York Times and Boston Globe for his role in Hindemith's Hin und Zurück at Tanglewood.

Other recent operatic appearances include Mozart's Impresario with the Boston Classical Orchestra, Kurt Weil's Seven Deadly Sins with Intermezzo Chamber Opera, and Puccini's Il Tabarro. He has also appeared as Tamino in The Magic Flute and has sung principal roles in Spanish zarzuela productions in California under the direction of Daniel Helfgot.

A native of Atlanta, GA, Brendan earned his BA from Harvard in Music and Romance Languages and Literatures before beginning formal vocal training. As an undergraduate, he studied choral conducting and wrote a thesis on the music and poetry of sixteenth-century Spanish villancicos. While a student he also directed the chorus for Purcell's The Fairy Queen and appeared in Monteverdi's Coronation of Poppea. He continued to pursue early opera at the Longy School of Music, where he performed in M.A. Charpentier's Acteon and sang the role of Tirsi in Monteverdi's Tirsi e Clori. After a turn toward Classical and 19th-20th century repertory, Brendan earned his masters in vocal performance at Longy in the spring of 2004. He now concentrates on opera and remains very active as a recitalist, oratorio soloist, and collaborator on new music performances and premieres.