Bass-baritone Richard Ollarsaba, represented USA at the 2019 Cardiff Singer of the World. This season he debuts with Opera Columbus as Escamillo in Carmen, in the title role of Don Giovanni with Arizona Opera and returns to Portland Opera and Piedmont Opera as Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro. Season 2022/23 he debuted with the Glimmerglass Festival, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and Portland Opera as Escamillo in their productions of Bizet’s Carmen. He debuted with Chicago Opera Theater in the world-premiere opera The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing composed by Justine F. Chen as Fred Clayton and Judge Harrison, and presented the role of Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro with Knoxville Opera. On the symphonic stage he made return appearances as bass soloist with the Palm Beach Symphony in their performances of Handel’s Messiah and the Master Chorale of South Florida in their performances of Verdi’s Requiem.
