A native of
Maine, Andrew Cummings has performed on both concert and opera stages
throughout the US and Europe. Coming up in March, Andrew will make his
debut singing Germont in Verdi's La Traviata with Regina Opera in
NYC. Following a return to the University of Pennsylvania this April
to sing Carmina Burana with the Choral Society and University Symphony,
Andrew will appear in Bach’s St. John’s Passion with Shepherd
University in West Virginia. In May, Andrew will join the Natchez
Festival of Music as Ben in The Telephone and cover for Guglielmo in Cosi fan Tutte. In June, Andrew will appear at Symphony Space
in the Leonard Nimoy Thalia theater with Encompass New Opera Theater in
two one-act contemporary operas composed by Philip Hagemann and George
Bernard Shaw: Shaw Sings! - THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS, and
PASSION, POISON AND PETRIFACTION.
Mr. Cummings’s
operatic appearances include Tonio in I Pagliacci with the Rockland
Opera Society, the title roles in Donizetti's Don Pasquale and
Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, as well as Belcore in Donizetti's
L'Elisir d'Amore with The Martina Arroyo Foundation in New
York City. In addition, he has appeared as Truffaldin in Ariadne auf
Naxos with Janiec Opera Company, Elder Ott in Susannah with
Lake George Opera, Speaker in Magic Flute with Opera Delaware, the
title role in Falstaff with American Singers Opera Project,
Escamillo in Carmen with Chestnut Hill Operalogue, Angelotti in
Tosca with Metro Lyric Opera of New Jersey, Il Re in Aïda with
OperaDelaware, and Colline in La Boheme with Glens Falls Symphony
Orchestra.
An avid
performer of contemporary music, Mr. Cummings has been featured in world
premieres of
To One in Paradise
by Benjamin C. S. Boyle with the Bachanalia Orchestra at Merkin Hall in
New York City and Gary Papach’s The Last Leaf with the North Czech
Philharmonic in the Czech Republic. He has also been a frequent guest
concert and oratorio soloist throughout the USA, including Brahm's Ein
Deutsches Requiem with the University of Pennsylvania, Mozart’s
Requiem with the Camerata New York Orchestra, and Verdi’s Requiem
with the University of Pennsylvania and Shepherd University. Some other
works include Bach’s B-Minor Mass, Beethoven’s 9th
Symphony, Faure’s Requiem, Handel’s
Messiah, Various Bach Cantatas, and Haydn’s Creation.
Mr. Cummings
received his music education from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.
He currently resides in New York City and studies voice with Arthur Levy.
