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Tenor Eric Ferring, a native of Dubuque, Iowa, graduated magna cum laude from Drake University with his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and The Boston Conservatory with his Master of Music in Opera Performance. He is a graduate of the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center and the Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist Program, a 2022 George London Foundation Award Winner, and the Top Prize Winner of the 2022 Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition.
Ferring’s 2024-2025 season includes his Los Angeles Philharmonic debut with conductor Emmanuelle Haïm, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Portland Orchestra and Handel’s Messiah with the Evansville Philharmonic.
The 2023-24 season featured Eric’s house debut with Opéra de Lille as Don Ottavio in a new production of Don Giovanni, a role he also sang in concert for his return to Opéra de Rouen. He made his debuts with the Seattle Symphony for Handel's Messiah, the Insula Orchestra in Paris, France for Mozart’s Requiem, and with The English Concert, Mr. Ferring made his role and orchestra debut as Grimoaldo in Rodelinda on a multi-continent tour conducted by Harry Bicket.
Previous notable engagements include his principal role debut at Lyric Opera of Chicago as Lurcanio in Ariodante, a role he also performed for his Opéra de Paris debut in a new Robert Carsen production. With the Metropolitan Opera, he has bowed as Arturo in a new production of Lucia di Lammermoor, Tamino in The Magic Flute, and Pong in Turandot. He has sung Fenton in Falstaff with Santa Fe Opera, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte with Opéra national du Rhin and the Verbier Festival, and Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Opéra de Rouen.
With Pittsburgh Opera, he appeared as The Protagonist in the world premiere of the one-man opera Ashes & Snow in collaboration with American Opera Projects, bowed as Nemorino in a student matinee performance of in L’elisir d’amore, and sang Ricky in The Long Walk and Señor Alcalde in the world premiere of The Summer King. In concert, he has performed Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with Spoleto Festival USA and Handel’s Messiah with the Jacksonville Symphony.
In 2022, he released his solo debut album No Choice but Love with Lexicon Classics, which showcased works by LGBTQIA+ composers. This was followed by 2023’s We Have Tomorrow, featuring pianist Madeline Slettedahl and French string quartet, Quatuor Agate, and recorded under the Delos label.
Eric Ferring was an Apprentice Singer at Santa Fe Opera, where he was awarded the 2017 Richard Tucker Memorial Scholarship. He also participated in the Académie de Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ Gerdine Young Artist Program, receiving a career award from the Richard Gaddes Fund for Young Artists, and was a Studio Artist at Wolf Trap Opera.