Biography
Canadian baritone Michael Adair, is a graduate of the Zürich International Opera studio where he performed Jupiter in Cavalli’s La Didone, Maestro di Casa in Andrea Chenier, Zalzal in L’Étoile, Guccio in Gianni Schicchi, Ben Budge in Britten’s The Beggar’s Opera and Jim in La Fancuilla del West under the batons of Nello Santi, Carlo Rizzi and Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Other opera credits include Herr Fluth in Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Marcello in La Boheme, Betto/Il Notario in Gianni Schicchi, Starveling in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Elder Ott in Floyd’s Susannah, the title role in Pasatieri’s Signor Deluso and Alte Knurrhahn in the children's opera "Der Fischer und seine Frau" at the Cologne Opera. Most recently, Michael sang Gugliemo in Cosí fan tutte at the Teatro Comuna
Performance credits
Past performances 2012 — Yesterday
Vom Fischer und seiner Frau (The Fisherman and His Wife), Hoffmann, I.
Oper KölnAlter Knurrhahn
View cast and crewVom Fischer und seiner Frau (The Fisherman and His Wife), Hoffmann, I.
Oper KölnAlter Knurrhahn
View cast and crewWar Requiem, Britten
Baritone
View cast and crewMessiah (Messiah HWV 56), Händel
Bass
View cast and crewMatthäus Passion, BWV 244 (St. Matthew Passion), Bach, J. S.
Petrus (Peter) + 2 roles
View cast and crewBiography
Canadian baritone Michael Adair, is a graduate of the Zürich International Opera studio where he performed Jupiter in Cavalli’s La Didone, Maestro di Casa in Andrea Chenier, Zalzal in L’Étoile, Guccio in Gianni Schicchi, Ben Budge in Britten’s The Beggar’s Opera and Jim in La Fancuilla del West under the batons of Nello Santi, Carlo Rizzi and Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Other opera credits include Herr Fluth in Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Marcello in La Boheme, Betto/Il Notario in Gianni Schicchi, Starveling in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Elder Ott in Floyd’s Susannah, the title role in Pasatieri’s Signor Deluso and Alte Knurrhahn in the children's opera "Der Fischer und seine Frau" at the Cologne Opera. Most recently, Michael sang Gugliemo in Cosí fan tutte at the Teatro Comuna
