Sundays on the Mezzanine: Corey McKern

Award-winning baritone Corey McKern continuously earns critical acclaim and accolades in every appearance he makes. Of his performance as Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, critics hailed: “Corey McKern… has all the goods to rise to star stature – timing, stamina, vocal heft and an easy-going stage presence – especially telling in Figaro’s signature aria, ‘Largo al factotum della citta.’” This past season’s engagements included a return to Handel’s Messiah with The Alabama Symphony, the role of Sharpless in Madama Butterfly with Inland Northwest Opera, and the title role of Don Giovanni with Pensacola Opera. Recent engagements include Older Thompson in Glory Denied with Opera Birmingham, performances as a soloist in Carmina Burana with Missoula Symphony, Handel’s Messiah with the Alabama Symphony, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Tallahassee Symphony. He also returned to the Florentine Opera for a concert of “Opera’s Greatest Hits.”