Andrew Cummings, baritone, was recently hailed as “appealing” on stage by the New York Times for his performance in Shaw Sings! with Encompass New Opera Theater at Symphony Space. Other performances in 2008 included Giorgio Germont in Verdi’s La Traviata with Regina Opera Company, and Ben in The Telephone and cover Guglielmo in Cosi fan Tutte at the Natchez Music Festival. On the concert stage, Andrew made a guest appearance in Bach’s St. John’s Passion with Shepherd University in West Virginia and in Carmina Burana with the University of Pennsylvania’s Choral Society. In March, Andrew covered the baritone solos for both the Faure Requiem and Paul Moravec’s Songs of Love and War at Carnegie Hall with Kent Tritle and the Oratorio Society of New York.
Mr. Cummings’s other 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 the Brevard Music Festival, Elder Ott in Susannah with Lake George Opera, Speaker in The 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.
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"Andrew Cummings as the beefeater was appealing"
- The New York Times, 6/21/2008
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"Giorgio Germont was in the skilled hands of Andrew Cummings, whose strong and warm baritone caressed the ear. His singing of 'Di Provenza il mar'... was sung with depth and bursts of vocal beauty that to this listener recalled the great Brooklyn born baritone Robert Merrill."
- The Brooklyn Eagle, 3/18/2008
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"Andrew Cummings as Colline was excellent."
- The Chronicle, 3/4/2004
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"Andrew Cummings as The Egyptian King has a wonderful voice which established his authority whenever he appeared."
- Chadds Ford Post, 10/30/2003
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"Andrew Cummings is impressive in voice and presence."
- Main Line Times, 5/30/2002
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