Rodrick Dixon, Tenor

Rodrick Dixon (R.Dixon), Tenor

Biography

Rodrick Dixon's dramatic stage presence and stunning vocal qualities have established him as one of the rising stars in opera, contemporary opera, oratorio, concert/recital, musical theater and television. 

In 2008, for the Los Angeles Opera's Recovered Voices Project under the baton of James Conlon, Rodrick Dixon delivered a powerfully gripping performance in the title role of Der Zwerg.  Critics considered his portrayal of the Dwarf a triumph!  This Spring, he will sing the Beethoven Ninth Symphony and appear as Trabuco in the concert version of La Forza del Destino at the May Festival.  In the fall, he will make his Philadelphia Orchestra debut singing excerpts of Der Zwerg with Maestro Conlon.  In 2009 Mr. Dixon will make his Los Angeles Philharmonic debut performing the role of Oedipus in Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen and directed by Peter Sellars.

In 2007, Rodrick Dixon made his LA Opera debut as Walther von der Vogelweide in Wagner's Tannhaeuser and performed excerpts of Korngold's Die Tote Stadt and Schuloff's Flammen for Recovered Voices.  He returned to the May Festival to sing Rossini's Stabat Mater; appeared as Lenski in Todi Music Festival's summer production of Eugene Onegin; and filmed the PBS special The United States Air Force 60th Anniversary: A Musical Celebration.  The rest of the 2007 season included duet recitals with Soprano Alfreda Burke for the Umbria Music Festival in Italy, concerts in Anchorage, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Tennessee, Detroit, Toronto, Dayton and Chicago.  He participated as a guest soloist for the Cincinnati Symphony's New Year's Eve Celebration.

Mr. Dixon's additional opera credits include Michigan Opera Theater's and Todi Music Festival's La Fille Du Regiment (Tonio).  He made his debut in Portland Opera's Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Hoffmann); Columbus Opera's world premiere Vanqui (Prince); Virginia Opera's Porgy & Bess (Sportin' Life).  In 1992, he joined the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists.  His Lyric Opera of Chicago credits include appearances in Don Quichote, Il Trovatore, McTeague, Un Ballo in Maschera, La Boheme, La Traviata, and Prince in the world premiere of The Song of Majnun.  As a Lyric Opera center member, he participated in The Rossini Gala at the Ravinia Festival and a series of concerts at the Chatele Theater in Paris.

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