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American bass-baritone Daniel Mobbs has won praise on both sides of the Atlantic for his "solid, resonant voice and boundless energy...his stage presence virtually ensured that he was the focal point of nearly every scene in which he appeared," as written in the New York Times.
Daniel Mobbs begins the 2010-2011 season with his role debut as Alidoro in La cenerentola with Minnesota Opera. He later sings Capulet in a new production of Roméo et Juliette at the Opera Company of Philadelphia, directed by Manfred Schweigkofler. Following this appearance, Mr. Mobbs returns to Opera Orchestra of New York for Don Pedro in Meyerbeer's L'Africaine, sings Giorgio in I Puritani with Knoxville Opera, and returns to Opera Company of Philadelphia for Angelotti in Tosca. Future seasons include returns to Portland Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia and the Caramoor International Music Festival.
In the summer of 2009, Mr. Mobbs bowed as Assur in Semiramide at Caramoor International Music Festival. At the Bard SummerScape Festival, he participated in a concert of Wagner arias with the American Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Leon Botstein. In the fall of 2009, Mr. Mobbs joined Boston Lyric Opera, adding the role of Escamillo in Carmen to his vast repertoire, followed by a Gala Concert with the Collegiate Chorale to celebrate the appointment of new Music Director James Bagwell. The spring found him as Leporello in Don Giovanni with Virginia Opera, Ormonte in Partenope at New York City Opera, and Dandini in La Cenerentola with Washington Concert Opera. He later collaborated with the New York Choral Society for Mozart's Requiem and James DeMars' Tito's Say. In the summer of 2010, Mr. Mobbs appeared for his 11th consecutive season with the Caramoor International Music Festival, this time in the role of Oroveso in Bellini's Norma.
In the summer of 2008, Mr. Mobbs sang Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Caramoor International Music Festival. In the 2008-2009 season, he bowed as the title role of Le nozze di Figaro with Palm Beach Opera and Leporello in Don Giovanni with New Orleans Opera.
The 2007 – 2008 season brought a wealth of interesting and challenging roles to Daniel Mobbs, including Baritone #1 (the Cold Genius of Winter) in Purcell's King Arthur at New York City Opera, an appearance at the Opera Orchestra of New York's Gala 100th Performance Concert at Carnegie Hall, Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette at Baltimore Opera, Capellio in Bianca e Falliero at Washington Concert Opera, the tile role in Guillaume Tell at the National Opera (Warsaw), and a soloist in Brahms' Requiem at Carnegie Hall. (Bianca e Falliero marks the fourth time Daniel Mobbs has performed a Rossini opera with Vivica Geneaux!)
Mr. Mobbs has also enjoyed a long relationship with the Caramoor International Music Festival. In recent seasons he has been seen as Lycomedes in Handel's Deidamia, in the American premiere of Donizetti's Elisabetta, Ernesto in Il Pirata, Elmiro in Rossini's Otello, Lodovico in Verdi's Otello and recitals entitled Shakespeare's Songs and Love, Death, Heaven and Hell.
Past performances include: his Metropolitan Opera debut in the 2003-04 season as Cascada in performances of The Merry Widow followed by Yamadori in Madama Butterfly, Lakmé with Baltimore Opera and Finzi's In terra pax with the New York Choral Society; Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with New York City Opera, Kentucky Opera, Arizona Opera, the Spier Festival in South Africa and Baltimore Opera, where he has also sung Dandini in La Cenerentola. He has also bowed in Turandot with the Washington National Opera and Pittsburgh Opera. Other credits include Taddeo in L'italiana in Algeri, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, and Ping in Turandot with New York City Opera; Papageno with Washington National Opera; Dominik in Arabella with Santa Fe Opera; Valentin in Faust with Grand Rapids; Danilo in The Merry Widow with Shreveport Opera; Belcore in L'Elisir d'Amore with Kentucky Opera; and Sid in Albert Herring with both Cleveland Opera and Kentucky Opera.
Orchestral credits include the Fauré Requiem with the Pacific Symphony; Carmina Burana with the symphonies of Kalamazoo, Nashville, Knoxville and Grand Rapids, The Messiah with Chattanooga Symphony, and Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem with the Nashville Symphony.
A native of Louisville, Kentucky, his awards include first place in both the College Division of the MacAllister Awards and the Mario Lanza Scholarship. He is a winner of the Sullivan Foundation Award and also a recipient of a grant from the Puccini Foundation. In 2008, New York City Opera awarded him the Kolozsvar Award, recognizing his "memorable performance of multiple roles in Purcell's King Arthur." He is a graduate of the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia. |
