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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.
Eric Ferring’s 2026-2027 season features a host of anticipated orchestral appearances, including Mozart’s Requiem with the Seattle Symphony (Xian Zhang) and New World Symphony (Stephanie Childress), as well as performances of Handel’s Messiah with the Salzburg Easter Festival (Emmanuelle Haïm), Minnesota Orchestra & Kansas City Symphony (Dame Jane Glover) and Boston Baroque (Christoph Koncz).
Highlights of Mr. Ferring’s 2025-2026 season included Mozart’s Requiem with the New Jersey Symphony and Music Director Xian Zhang, Rinuccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi with Opera Carolina, and Handel’s Messiah with both the Charlotte and Knoxville Symphonies.
Ferring’s 2024-2025 season included a program of Rameau and Handel with conductor Emmanuelle Haïm and her ensemble Le Concert d'Astrée, for both his Los Angeles Philharmonic debut, and performances in Lille, France. He performed Act 1 of Mozart’s Zaide with the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center conducted by Dame Jane Glover; bowed in the role of Artabano in Vinci’s Artaserse with Haymarket Opera, and joined the Ravinia Festival as Oronte in Alcina. Additionally, he sang Mozart’s Requiem with the North Carolina Symphony, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Portland Symphony Orchestra, and Handel’s Messiah with the Evansville Philharmonic.
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, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Opéra de Lille, as well as Don Ottavio and and Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Opéra de Rouen.
In concert, he has performed Grimoaldo in Rodelinda with The English Concert on a multi-continent tour conducted by Harry Bicket, Mozart’s Requiem with the Insula Orchestra in Paris, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with Spoleto Festival USA and Handel’s Messiah with the Seattle and Jacksonville Symphonies.
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.
