Scott piper tenor biography

In Italy alone, he has appeared in Rome, Modena, Ravenna, Catanzaro, as well as the Teatro di Verdi di Busseto.
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I was born in Tucson, Arizona and raised in Kirksville, Missouri and Alajuela, Costa Rica.

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Scott Piper

Spinto tenor Scott Piper’s rich, resonant voice and charismatic stage presence quickly established him as a sought after interpreter of opera’s romantic leading men, in roles such as Cavaradossi in Tosca, Don José in Bizet’s Carmen, Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, and Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana. Of his performance with Utah Opera, the Salt Lake Tribune wrote “His voice was rich and natural, with baritone heft in the lower range; his heart-tugging third-act aria, “E lucevan le stelle,” was one of the evening’s highlights.” Recently transitioning into spinto repertoire, Mr. Piper has sung Calaf in Turandot for Pensacola Opera and Minnesota Opera, Manrico in Il trovatore with Utah Opera, Pollione in Norma in Wiesbaden, and Luigi in Il tabarro and the title role of Otello with Opera Köln, Wiesbaden, Klagenfurt, and Dayton Opera, Verdi’s Requiem with Angers-Nantes in France, Canio in Pagliacci with Utah Opera, and Canio/Turridu in Pagliacci/Cavalleria rusticana with Madison Opera. Upcoming engagements include Pablo Neruda in Il

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National Award Winners

Artistic luminaries such as Megan Hilty, Jessye Norman, and Shirley MacLaine are among the hundreds of artists who have been helped by The National Society of Arts and Letters in the early stages of their careers.

Sarah Mesko (Little Rock Chapter): Mezzo-soprano Sarah won first place in the 2008 NSAL National Voice Competition. Since then, her career has flourished. She was praised by The Washington Post for her “consistently beautiful sound,” in her striking role debut as Dorabella with Washington National Opera in their 2012 Emerging Artist performances of Così fan tutte.

Sarah also makes recital appearances with the Dolce Suono Ensemble, performing “La flûte enchantée” from Ravel’s Shéhérazade; with Vocal Arts DC, presenting Janáček’s Diary of One Who Disappeared with tenor Toby Spence and pianist Carrie-Ann Matheson; and with San Francisco Opera Center’s Schwabacher Debut Recital Series, presenting a joint recital with tenor Theo Lebow and pianist Robert Mollicone. In May,

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Meet our Voice Festival Director and Artist-Faculty, Scott Piper!

Spinto tenor Scott Piper’s rich, resonant voice and charismatic stage presence quickly established him as a sought after interpreter of opera's romantic leading men, in roles such as Cavaradossi in Tosca, Don José in Bizet's Carmen, Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, and Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana. Of his performance with Utah Opera, the Salt Lake Tribune wrote “His voice was rich and natural, with baritone heft in the lower range; his heart-‐tugging third-‐act aria, "E lucevan le stelle," was one of the evening's highlights.” Recently transitioning into spinto repertoire, Mr. Piper has sung Calaf in Turandot for Pensacola Opera and Minnesota Opera, Manrico in Il trovatore with Utah Opera, and Luigi in Il tabarro with Opera Köln. The 2014-‐2015 season saw his debut in Wiesbaden as Pollione in Norma and a reappearance in Köln as Otello. In 2015-‐2016, Mr. Piper will return to Wiesbaden and Dayton Opera as Otello, as well as Opera Köln as Radames in Verdi’s majestic Aïda.