ABOUT SCOTT
Scott J. Brunscheen’s “sweet and substantial lyric tenor” (Chicago Tribune) has garnered acclaim in operatic and oratorio repertoire of the baroque, classical, and contemporary eras. A frequent guest soloist with Haymarket Opera, his recent performances there of Handel's Il resurrezione, Caccini’s La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina, Haydn’s L’isola disabitata, Marais’ Ariane et Bachus, and Cesti’s L’Orontea received praise from Opera News, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, and Chicago Classical Review. He recently made his Kennedy Center debut under the baton of Christophe Rousset and direction of Catherine Turocy in the acclaimed modern premier of Mouret's Les Fêtes de Thalie with Opera Lafayette.
Other operatic engagements have included the world premiere of Stewart Copeland’s The Invention of Morel at Chicago Opera Theater, Mozart’s Die Zauberflote with Madison Opera, Purcell’s The Fairy Queen at Long Beach Opera and Chicago Opera Theater, Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites and Donizetti’s La Favorite at the Caramoor Festival, Britten’s The Turn of the Screw and The Rape of Lucretia with Chicago Fringe Opera, and Rossini’s La Cenerentola with the Lyric Opera of Chicago Lyric Unlimited series. Mr. Brunscheen also understudied and performed in Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment, Puccini’s Tosca, and Heggie's Dead Man Walking (Madison Opera); Glass’ The Fall of the House of Usher, Rossini's Mose in Egitto, Cavalli's Giasone, and Die Zauberflote (Chicago Opera Theater); Chin’s Alice in Wonderland and Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd (Opera Theater of St. Louis); Rossini’s Guillaume Tell and Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia (Caramoor Bel Canto Festival); Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia and La Cenerentola and Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Candid Concert Opera); and Mozart's Don Giovanni with Opera New Jersey.
Outside of his work in opera, Scott has been the tenor soloist throughout the country for Orff’s Carmina Burana, Handel's The Messiah and Judas Maccabaeus, Mozart's Requiem, Haydn's The Creation, Pergolesi’s Magnificat, Bach's Magnificat, Resphigi's Lauda per la Nativita, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Britten's Serenade and Canticles, and cantatas of Bach, Buxtehude, and Rameau. He has been a finalist and prize winner in the Oratorio Society of New York, Handel Aria Competition, Grand Rapids Keller Bach Award, and American Prize in Opera.
Other operatic engagements have included the world premiere of Stewart Copeland’s The Invention of Morel at Chicago Opera Theater, Mozart’s Die Zauberflote with Madison Opera, Purcell’s The Fairy Queen at Long Beach Opera and Chicago Opera Theater, Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites and Donizetti’s La Favorite at the Caramoor Festival, Britten’s The Turn of the Screw and The Rape of Lucretia with Chicago Fringe Opera, and Rossini’s La Cenerentola with the Lyric Opera of Chicago Lyric Unlimited series. Mr. Brunscheen also understudied and performed in Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment, Puccini’s Tosca, and Heggie's Dead Man Walking (Madison Opera); Glass’ The Fall of the House of Usher, Rossini's Mose in Egitto, Cavalli's Giasone, and Die Zauberflote (Chicago Opera Theater); Chin’s Alice in Wonderland and Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd (Opera Theater of St. Louis); Rossini’s Guillaume Tell and Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia (Caramoor Bel Canto Festival); Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia and La Cenerentola and Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Candid Concert Opera); and Mozart's Don Giovanni with Opera New Jersey.
Outside of his work in opera, Scott has been the tenor soloist throughout the country for Orff’s Carmina Burana, Handel's The Messiah and Judas Maccabaeus, Mozart's Requiem, Haydn's The Creation, Pergolesi’s Magnificat, Bach's Magnificat, Resphigi's Lauda per la Nativita, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Britten's Serenade and Canticles, and cantatas of Bach, Buxtehude, and Rameau. He has been a finalist and prize winner in the Oratorio Society of New York, Handel Aria Competition, Grand Rapids Keller Bach Award, and American Prize in Opera.
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