Albert, Donnie Ray
Capuzzi, Giuseppe Antonio
Carrettin, Zachary
CSUN Wind Ensemble
Drew, James
Estes, Steve
Ewer, Gregory
Floyd, Carlisle
Goldsmith, Kenneth
Harlow, Russell
Hogan, Moses
Jensen, John
Johnson, Hall
King, Terry
LaMotte, Adam
Lloyd, Jr., Charles
Mirecourt Trio
Morgan, Leslie
Owens, Robert
Reale, Paul
Ritacca, Jo Anne
Tarragó, Leticia
Smith, Hale
Vandervelde, Janika
Whitwell, David

DONNIE RAY ALBERT
baritone

Cinnabar Recordings:
In Recital
Tearless

As a pre-eminent singer and artist of his generation, dramatic baritone Donnie Ray Albert has sung major roles with the opera companies of Chicago, New York City, Dallas, Houston, Austin, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, New Orleans, Milwaukee, Berlin, London, Milan, Köln, Bordeaux. Bregenz, Vienna, and many others.

Recent critically acclaimed performances include
Mr. Albert’s Nabucco at La Scala in Milan with Ricardo Muti, Zemlinsky’s Eine Florentinische Tragödie with Deborah Voigt and James Conlon, his performances of Wotan/Wanderer in Keith Warner’s production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle at the National Theatre of Tokyo, and the title role of Ernest Bloch’s Macbeth in Vienna. As a concert artist, he is much in demand for Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Verdi’s Requiem, Brahms’ Requiem, and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with major orchestras throughout the world.

Born in Louisiana, Mr. Albert earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Louisiana State University and Master of Music degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and he has served as a resident artist with the Center for Black Music Research at Chicago’s Columbia College. Mr. Albert’s discography includes RCA’s Grammy Award and Grand Prix du Disque winning recording of Porgy and Bess, NOW’s The Horse I Ride Has Wings, with David Garvey, Zemlinsky’s Frühlingsbegräbnis and Eine Florentinische Tragödie on EMI, Simon Sargon’s A Clear Midnight on Gasparo, Harold Blumenfeld's Mythologies on Albany, Liszt’s St. Stanislaus on Telarc, and Carlisle Floyd’s Pilgrimage on Cinnabar. In recital and on recording, Mr. Albert continues to champion the music of American composers.

artist link:
www.donnierayalbert.com

“(Mr.) Albert is a spectacular singer!”

—Omaha World Herald

“The depth of Albert’s baritone and variety of its timbres vividly colored his splendid singing.”

—San Francisco Chronicle

“...his Rigoletto was sung with an open, italiante warmth that reminded me of Cornell MacNeil in his prime.”

—The Village Voice