American Lyric Tenor Ryan C. Keller


Performing Experience

Captain Tarnitz

The Student Prince

Winter Opera St. Louis

2017

Ensemble

Carousel

Union Avenue Opera

2017

Bogdanovitch

The Merry Widow

Winter Opera St. Louis

2016

Ensemble

Tosca

Union Avenue Opera

2016

Ensemble

The Mikado

Union Avenue Opera

2016

Messenger

Il Trovatore

Winter Opera St. Louis

2016

Ensemble

Rigoletto

Union Avenue Opera

2015

Cassio *cover

Otello

Winter Opera St. Louis

2015

Ensemble/A Rustler

Riders of the Purple Sage

Arizona Opera Studio *workshop reading

2013

Ensemble

Various productions

Arizona Opera

2007- 2013

Ensemble

Il barbiere di Siviglia

Sarasota Opera

2008

Kromow *cover

The Merry Widow

Opera New Jersey

2008

Ensemble

La Cenerentola

Opera New Jersey

2008

Javier

Luisa Fernanda

Arizona State University Lyric Opera Theatre

2007

Scaramuccio

Ariadne auf Naxos

Arizona State University Lyric Opera Theatre

2007

Goodkin

The Scarecrow

Arizona State University Lyric Opera Theatre

2006

Rochester

Jane Eyre, the Musical

College Light Opera Company

2006

Fred/Petruchio

Kiss Me, Kate

College Light Opera Company

2005

Captain Dick

Naughty Marietta

College Light Opera Company

2005

Ensemble

La Bohème

Wichita Grand Opera

2005

Freddy

My Fair Lady

Brevard Music Center

2004

Officer

Ariadne auf Naxos

Brevard Music Center

2004

The Magician

The Consul

University of Kansas Opera Theater

2004

Ensemble

Various productions

Lyric Opera of Kansas City

2003- 2006

Giles Corey

The Crucible

University of Kansas Opera Theater

2003

Scholarships and Awards

Arizona Chapter NATS Competition, Flagstaff, Arizona - First Place, Master’s Men Division, February 2007
Special Talent Scholarship, Arizona State University, August 2006 – May 2008
Hester Fund for Classical Music Studies, Brevard Music Center, 2004

Education and Training

Winter Opera St. Louis • Resident Artist • St. Louis, Missouri • September 2014 – Present
Sarasota Opera • Fall Opera Season • Apprentice Artist • Sarasota, Florida • Fall 2008
Opera New Jersey • Summer Festival • Studio Artist • Princeton, New Jersey • Summer 2008
Master of Music in Opera Performance • Arizona State University • Tempe, Arizona • May 2008
College Light Opera Company • Vocal Company Member • Falmouth, Mass. • Summer 2005 and Summer 2006
Brevard Music Center • Janiec Opera Company Member • Brevard, North Carolina • Summer 2004
Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance • University of Kansas • Lawrence, Kansas • December 2004
Vocal Performance major • Webster University • St. Louis, Missouri • August 2000 - May 2001

Vocal Instructors

Coaches

Conductors

Directors

Jerry Doan

Thomas Bagwell

Darwin Aquino

Dean Anthony

Carole Gaspar

Roger Bingaman

Victor DeRenzi

David Gately

Jane Jennings

Andrew Campbell

Ward Holmquist

Tim Ocel

Genaro Mendez Jr.

Liz Hastings

Joel Revzen

Ken Page

Carmen Pelton

José Meléndez

Scott Schoonover

Marc Verzatt