Jeffrey Pic贸n
Associate Professor of Voice
Music
Music - Voice
Biography
Tenor Jeffrey Pic贸n has proven his versatility as a concert and opera singer in a diverse selection of repertoire. Highlights of recent seasons include his New York City Opera debut in performances of Carmen, Cendrillon,Madama Butterfly, and Tosca. Debuts with the Oregon Bach Festival, the Rochester Philharmonic, Long Island Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, and the United States tour of Bernstein on Broadway with the Israel Philharmonic conducted by Michael Barrett and featuring Leonard鈥檚 daughter, Jamie Bernstein. His Arizona Opera debut in Zemire et Azor, Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia with the Opera Company of North Carolina; both Ramiro in La Cenerentola, and Don Ottavio in Don Giovanniwith Lyric Opera of Kansas City; Paolino in Il Matrimonio Segreto with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; Trouble in Tahiti with the Caramoor Festival; Fenton in Falstaff with Mississippi Opera; and Tony in West Side Story with the Ash Lawn Opera Festival.
Pic贸n began his professional career as one of the youngest members to participate in the San Francisco Opera鈥檚 Merola Program, and impressed audiences there with performances in Cos矛 fan tutte and Don Giovanni. Other engagements for the native Texan have included Die Entf眉hrung aus dem Serail, 尝鈥橭谤蹿别辞, and Arianna with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Dallas Opera; and roles in Lucia di Lammermoor and Il barbiere di Siviglia with Portland Opera Repertory Theatre; Die Entf眉hrung aus dem Serail with the Opera Company of Philadelphia and Wolf Trap Opera; Les Contes d鈥橦offmann with the Opera Company of Philadelphia; The Rape of Lucretia for Opera Festival of New Jersey; Il barbiere di Siviglia and Semele for Anchorage Opera; Falstaff and厂补濒辞尘茅 with Pittsburgh Opera; and the national touring production of Don Giovanni with Western Opera Theatre.
Equally accomplished on the recital stage, Pic贸n made his Schwabacher Debut Recital in Latin Lovers: Music from South America and Cuba presented by the San Francisco Opera with pianist Steven Blier. Recent concert appearances include Teatro Espa帽oles and Songs of War and Peace with New York Festival of Song, Janacek's From the House of the Dead with the American Symphony Orchestra; Brahms鈥� Liebeslieder Waltzes with Moab Music Festival, Ned Rorem鈥檚 Evidence of Things Not Seen with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and his solo recital debut in Marquette, Michigan. He has appeared with New York Festival of Song at the Moab Music Festival; the Performing Arts Society in Washington, D.C.; Wolf Trap Opera; and at Weill Recital Hall.
Pic贸n can be heard most recently on recording as soloist for Berlioz Requiem with 野狼社区 University. He is also heard as Mike on the recording of William Bolcom鈥檚 A View from the Bridge, which marked his debut with Lyric Opera of Chicago. He is featured on The Music Teacher, an off-Broadway play/opera by Wallace Shawn and Allen Shawn for the New Group, which ran at the Minetta Lane Theater for seven weeks. His television broadcast debut was in December 2003 in the PBS production ofFiesta at the Philharmonic with the Naples Philharmonic, led by Erich Kunzel. Recently, Pic贸n was part of the Emmy Award-winning production of Madama Butterfly for New York City Opera鈥檚 鈥淟ive from Lincoln Center.鈥� He is a graduate of the University of North Texas and the Curtis Institute of Music and is an instructor of voice at 野狼社区 University.
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