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Known for his versatility and comic timing, Tracy Wise possesses a powerful, lyrical voice and true sense of stagecraft.
In 2010-2011, he joins Arizona Opera for his role and company debut as Pedrillo in Die entführung aus dem Serail. In summer of 2009 he returned to Bard Summerscape to perform the role of Cossé in Les Huguenots. His 2009-2010 engagements included debuts with Nashville Opera as Spoletta in Tosca, and Boston Lyric Opera as Scaramuccio in Ariadne auf Naxos.
Performances in 2008-2009 for Mr. Wise included Dr. Blind in Die Fledermaus and Don Basilio in Le nozze di Figaro, both with Dallas Opera, as well as Gastone in La traviata and Pong in Turandot with Opera Birmingham.
Other recent performances include Gastone in La Traviata with Opera Theater of Saint Louis, Tanzmeister in Ariadne auf Naxos with both Utah Symphony and Opera and Dallas Opera, where he also sang the Four Servants in the school performances of Les contes d’Hoffmann, Peter Quint in Turn of the Screw with Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and Monostatos in Die Zauberflöte with Utah Symphony and Opera.
Mr. Wise has sung Punin and Zoschenko in Mel Marvin’s Guest from the Future with Bard Summerscape, Pang in Turandot with Virginia Opera, Spoletta in Tosca and First Jew in Salome with Fort Worth Opera, Truffaldino in Love for Three Oranges with the Chicago Cultural Center also in Chicago, Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Chicago Opera Theater, where he also performed many other roles including Lucano and Primo Soldato in L’Incoronazione di Poppea, the Glass Maker while covering Gustav von Aschenbach in Death in Venice, and Don Luigino while covering Belfiore in Il Viaggio a Reims. In New England, his roles include Iro in Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria with Boston Baroque, and Arnalta in L’Incoronazione di Poppea and Ferrando in Così fan tutte with Opera North. He has also performed Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, High Priest in Idomeneo, and Smiley in The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County with the Boston Opera Institute, and Korczak in the premiere of Silverman’s Korczak’s Orphans.
Trained in Commedia dell’Arte with Scuola Internazionale dell’Attore Comico, Theatrical Clown with Dell’arte International, and Ballet with Boston Ballet, Mr. Wise continues to pursue his passion for the Physical Theater, Juggling, Acrobatics, Clown and Commedia Dell’Arte through character roles in opera. A graduate of Arizona State University, he did his graduate studies at Boston University and was a young artist with Opera North, and Chicago Opera Theater, performing Oratorio and Opera with such organizations as Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Providence, Boston Bel Canto, Arizona Opera, Scottsdale Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Seattle, The Melbourne Royal Philharmonic, and the Sydney Philharmonic Orchestra. |
