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Ross Halper
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Repertoire
Merry Widow Kromov Los Angeles Opera (John De Main, cond.) 2002
War and Peace Madman//Orderly San Francisco Opera (Valery Gergiev, cond.) 1990
Siegfried Mime (concert) San Francisco Lyric Opera 1999
Das Rheingold Mime San Jose Opera (Barbara Day-Turner, cond.) 1996
Bartered Bride Vasek Sacramento Opera (Monroe Kanouse, cond.) 1985
Salome Herod San Francisco Opera Ens. (Kent Nagano, cond.) 1994
Marriage of Figaro Basilio, Curzio Festival Opera (Michael Morgan, cond) 1998
Albert Herring Albert/Mayor West Bay Opera (Stewart Robertson, cond) 1978
Fidelio Jacquino Berkeley Opera (Jonathan Khuner, cond.) 1998
Fledermaus Alfred/Dr. Blind Berkeley Opera (Jonathan Khuner, cond.) 2003
Magic Flute Monostatos Carmel Bach Festival (Sandor Salgo, cond.) 1989
Falstaff Dr. Caius Long Beach Opera (Steven Sloane, cond.) 1996
Madama Butterfly Goro Arizona Opera (Henry Holt, cond.) 1988
Tosca Spoletta Oakland Opera (Robert Feist, cond.) 1987
Flying Dutchman Steersman West Bay Opera (Sam Cristler, cond.)1992
Hansel and Gretel Witch Marin Opera 1986
Turandot Pang San Francisco Lyric Opera 2002
Tales of Hoffman Four Grotesques Cinnabar Opera 1985
Andrea Chenier Incredibil San Francisco Lyric Opera (Mary Chun, cond.) 1999
Candide Governor California/Reno Symphonies (Jenkowsky, cond). 2002
Consul Magician West Bay Opera (Henry Mollicone, cond.) 1998
Master Peter’s Puppet Show Master Peter Berkeley Symphony (Kent Nagano, cond.) 2001
Oedipus Rex Shepherd Berkeley Symphony (Kent Nagano, cond.) 1997
Love of Three Oranges Truffaldino San Francisco Opera Ens. (Kent Nagano, cond.) 1987
Mahagonny Fatty San Francisco Opera Ens. (Kent Nagano, cond.) 1989
Gypsy Baron Szupan Sacramento Opera (Monroe Kanouse, cond.) 1986
Gods and Goblins Character Tenor Recital Columbia Artists Community Concerts 1998
The Nose (Shostakovich) Ivan/Policeman Sinfonia San Francisco (Sam Cristler, cond.) 1985
Susannah Elder Gleaton Festival Opera (Michael Morgan, cond.) 2003
L'ormindo (Cavalli) Erice San Jose Opera (Barbara Day-Turner, cond.) 1989
Calisto (Cavalli) Linfea San Jose Opera (Barbara Day Turner, cond. 1989
Jenufa Laca San Francisco City Opera 1997
Orpheus in Hades Orpheus Lamplighter, SF 1986
Postcard from Morocco Mr. Owen San Francisco Opera Ens. (Mary Chun, cond.) 1987
Transformations Rumpelstiltskin Cinnabar Opera 1991

CONCERT/ORATORIO
Ninth Symphony (Beethoven)/ Romeo et Juliette (Berlioz) Berkeley Symphony, Kent Nagano, cond. 1988-90
Bernstein on Broadway San Francisco Symphony Emil de Cou, cond. 1991

WORLD TOURS
Faust in Ken Hill's Phantom of the Opera, North American/European Tour 1995-1997

TELEVISION
Comic acting leads in Kelloggs, Apple Computer, Discover Card, and Vancouver Sun commercials

EDUCATION
Vocal studies with David Gordon, Bernard Chalip, Leopold Simoneau, Jess Thomas, Vicki Shaghoian, Brandeis University, BA. in Sociology

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