Aaron Blake bio

AARON BLAKE - Tenor The recipient of a 2017 George London Foundation Award, tenor Aaron Blake, has earned international recognition for his creation of the role of Timothy Laughlin in Gergory Spear’s Fellow Travelers. Recently Mr. Blake made a critically acclaimed debut with the New York City Opera in Peter Eotvo’s operatic adaptation of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America. He has performed leading roles with Cincinnati Opera as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Pan in La Calisto, Timothy Laughlin in Fellow Travelers and Tamino in The Komische Oper Berlin's production of Die Zauberflote, as well as with The Minnesota Opera, The Utah Opera where he will return this season as Rinuccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Tulsa Opera as Nadir in Bizet’s Les Pecheurs de Perles, The Dallas Opera as Romeo in Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette, Opera Orchestra of New York in Donizetti’s Parisina d’Este, Washington National Opera in Donizetti’s Anna Bolena opposite Sondra Radvanovsky, and The Metropolitan Opera where he debuted opposite Placido Domingo in Verdi’s La traviata . Mr Blake has appeared with The Oratorio Society of New York in Carnegie Hall. In the current season Mr. Blake returns to the Metropolitan Opera for Les contes d’Hoffmann and The Merry Widow. He will recreate his portrayal of Timothy Laughlin in Fellow Travelers with the Prototype Festival for the piece’s New York premier. Debuts are scheduled with The American Symphony Orchestra as Rothschild in Fleishman’s Rothschild’s Violin at Carnegie Hall, as Alfredo in La Traviata with Wichita Grand Opera and a role debut as Candide with the Atlanta SymphonyAlliance Theater production celebrating the Leonard Bernstein centennial.