Bass-baritone Evan Laszdowski is a recent graduate of Manhattan School of Music, where he earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Classical Voice Performance. He is currently continuing his training at The Juilliard School, where he is pursuing a Master of Music degree in Classical Voice Performance. Last season, Laszdowski was selected to join the 2020 Gerdine Young Artist Program at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. In previous seasons he attended the Chautauqua Institution, as well as the Young Artists Vocal Academy at Houston Grand Opera. Laszdowski’s 2019/2020 highlights included singing the title role in Manhattan School of Music’s mainstage production of Mercadante’s rarely heard I Due Figaro, as well as being selected to sing in a master class led by world-renowned baritone Thomas Hampson. Previous operatic performances include Capellio/I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Theseus/A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nourabad/The Pearl Fishers, and Guglielmo/Così fan tutte. As a concert soloist, Laszdowski has performed Carissimi’s Jephte and Charpentier’s Le Reniement de St. Pierre, both in New York with the MSM Chamber Choir and Orchestra at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The bass-baritone is a winner of the National Young Arts Foundation’s Classical Voice division