SOLOMAN HOWARD, Bass
A recent graduate of Washington National Opera’s Domingo-Cafritz
Young Artist Program, a program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts, Soloman Howard is garnering superlatives from the
press for his vivid performances on the opera and concert stages. His
voice is called “sonorous” by The New York Times, “superhuman” by The
Denver Post, and “spectacular” by Maryland Theatre Guide.
Soloman Howard’s 2015-16 season includes performances of
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel
conducting both the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra on tour and the
Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall. The Los Angeles
performances celebrate the commercial release of a CD of the work that
the bass recorded last spring with Mr. Dudamel in Caracas. Mr. Howard
makes a role debut as Fafner in Das Rheingold and Siegfried in
Washington National Opera’s epic presentation of Der Ring des
Nibelungen directed by Artistic Director Francesca Zambello and
conducted by Music Director Philippe Auguin. Other performances of
the season include a debut at Santa Fe Opera as Commendatore in Don
Giovanni, a role debut as Gremin in Eugene Onegin with North Carolina
Opera, and Banco in Macbeth with Kentucky Opera.
The past season was marked by several high profile debuts, most
notably, at the Metropolitan Opera as The King in Verdi’s Aida
conducted by Marco Armiliato. Additionally, Mr. Howard debuted with
the Los Angeles Opera under the baton of Music Director James Conlon
as Doctor Grenvil in La traviata and at the Glimmerglass Festival in
Verdi’s Macbeth and as Sarastro in Mozart’s The Magic Flute during the
same period. In a return engagement to North Carolina Opera, the bass
reprised his acclaimed portrayal of the title role in Approaching Ali.
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Highlights of the recent past for the Washington National Opera feature
Sarastro in The Magic Flute, Ole Joe in Show Boat, Commendatore in Don
Giovanni, and the High Priest of Baal in Nabucco. As a part of the
Company’s American Opera Initiative, Mr. Howard created the role of
Muhammad Ali in the world premiere of Approaching Ali by composer
D.J. Sparr. Of his performance, The Washington Post noted, “the
accomplished young bass Soloman Howard, a Washington native, gave
powerful voice to Muhammad Ali with equal parts humor and proud
bluster.” Notable concert performances include Mendelssohn’s Die erste
Walpurgisnacht at Carnegie Hall with Kent Tritle and the Oratorio
Society of New York, Händel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, and
the Fauré Requiem with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the title
role of Porgy and Bess with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and
Tippett’s A Child of Our Time at New York’s Cathedral of Saint John the
Divine.
Soloman Howard is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and
Morgan State University.
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