Zachary Altman

Most recent and future engagements of Zachary Altman include SPRECHER Die Zauberflöte and 1. NAZARENER/1. SOLDAT Salome Opera di Roma, BRAM in Mazzoli’s The Listeners Opera Philadelphia, DER PFÖRTNER Das Wunder der Heliane Nederlandse Reisopera, BILLY JACKRABBIT La Fanciulla del West Cleveland Orchestra, VODNIK Rusalka Opera Idaho, TRINITY MOSES Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny Opera Vlaanderen and Komische Oper Berlin, FIRST APPRENTICE Wozzeck Boston Symphony Orchestra (Andris Nelsons), and LEPORELLO Don Giovanni Scottish Opera.

Other recent engagement include BOTTOM A Midsummer Night’s Dream Malmö Opera, LEANDRO The Love for Three Oranges Opera Philadelphia, ATHLET/TIERBÄNDIGER Lulu and DRITTER SCHÄFER Daphne Hamburgische Staatsoper and Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, KISSINGER Nixon in China Royal Danish Opera, FLINT Billy Budd and Henze’s The Bassarids Teatro dell’opera di Roma, LOVELL in Battistelli’s Richard III La Fenice, TSCHAO Der Kreidekreis Opéra de Lyon, FOUR VILLAINS Les contes d’Hoffmann Opera Tampa, LEPORELLO Don Giovanni Virginia Opera, BOTTOM Brescia, Cremona, Pavia, Como, and Reggia Emilia and Teatro Massimo di Palermo, and MR GEDGE Albert Herring Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

As a member of Theater Basel (2014-15) roles included TARQUINIUS The Rape of Lucretia, SCHLEMIL/HERMANN Les contes d’Hoffmann, and MONTANO Otello. He was also featured in concerts with the Sinfonieorchester Basel and the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra. Other past engagements have included NIMMING NED The Beggar’s Opera (Lorin Maazel) Castleton Festival; and the world premiere of Simon Sargon’s Out of the Depths with Voices of Change in Dallas. He sang ZURGA The Pearl Fishers, LUNA Il Trovatore, FALKE Die Fledermaus, FORD Falstaff, SHARPLESS Madama Butterfly and the title roles in Don Giovanni and Gianni Schicchi Opera San Jose.

He received awards from the Marilyn Horne Foundation and the Metropolitan Opera National Council District Auditions. He received his graduate degree from Manhattan School of Music, where he sang FALKE Die Fledermaus, TARQUINIUS The Rape of Lucretia and JOE HARLAND in John Musto’s Later the Same Evening, (released on Albany Records).