From his debut as Renato in
Un ballo in maschera with Luciano Pavarotti for the Opera Company of Philadelphia, American baritone Mark Rucker has been sought by opera houses and on concert stages throughout the world. Last season he was called to the Vienna State Opera as Stankar in
Siffelio, to Graz as
Nabucco, to Liege as
Rigoletto, to the Florida Grand Opera as Tonio in
I pagliacci, and to New Orleans as Scarpia in
Tosca. Upcoming engagements include his role debut as
Der Fliegende Hollander in Liege, the title role of
Nebucco in Palm Beach, Tonio in
I pagliacci at the Portland Opera, and Di Luna in
Il Trovatore in New Orleans.
Mr. Rucker made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Amonasro in Aida in 2004 and has since been heard in the house as Don Carlo in
La forza del destino, Tonio in
I pagliacci, and as
Rigoletto for the Met in the Parks. He made his European debut as Alfio and Tonio for Opera de Nice, and has continued his European career with performances as Alfio at the Vienna State Opera, Amonasro in
Aida for the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin with Fabio Luisi and with the Concertgebouw Orchestra under the baton of Riccardo Chailly, made his Italian debut as
Rigoletto with Daniele Gatti at the Teatro Communale in Bologna, and his debut at the Arena di Verona as Amonasro.
In recent seasons Mr. Rucker has returned to Bologna as both
Macbeth and
Nabucco, made his Carnegie Hall debut as Don Carlo in
La forza del destino opposite Maria Guleghina and Salvatore Licitra, returned to the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam as both Antonio in
Linda di Chamounix and Le Comte de Toulouse in Verdi’s
Jerusalem with the Netherlands Radio Orchestra, has been Macbeth in
Trieste,
Rigoletto with the Israel Philharmonic,
Nabucco in Athens and Liège, and was
Rigoletto and Amonasro at the Netherlands Opera.
Mr. Rucker’s extensive American career has taken him to the New York City Opera for his debut as
Rigoletto, to the San Diego Opera as Renato in
Un ballo in maschera and Amonasro in
Aida, to Miami with the Florida Grand Opera as
Rigoletto,
Nabucco,
Macbeth, and for
Cavalleria rusticana and
I pagliacci, to the Baltimore Opera as
Nabucco, to L'Opéra de Montréal as Di Luna in
Il trovatore, the New Orleans Opera as
Rigoletto, Tonio and Alfio, to Vancouver as
Rigoletto and Amonasro, Mexico City as Amonasro, and for the majority of the dramatic baritone repertoire to the theaters of Amsterdam, Atlanta, Cleveland, Connecticut, Detroit, Dublin, Graz, Jessi, Milwaukee, North Carolina, Opera Pacific, Orlando, Portland, Taipei, Virginia, among many others.
Mr. Rucker has been heard in the Festivals of Bregenz and Savonlinna, in concert with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Stefan Sanderling, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Israel Philharmonic, the Columbus Symphony, the San Antonio Symphony, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, and the Chicago Civic Symphony. Mr. Rucker can be heard as Amonasro on the Naxos release of
Aida.
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For more information please visit www.MarkRucker.com.