Eric Owens
Bass-Baritone
Born July 11, 1970 in Philadelphia, United States (56 years old)
Opera
Eric Owens is an American operatic bass-baritone. He has performed both in new works and reinterpreted classic repertoire. In 1996 he won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
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Career Trajectory
Trained at Philadelphia's premier institutions and honed his craft through the Houston Grand Opera Studio, Eric Owens built a career of methodical excellence before his breakthrough in 2010 with Robert Lepage's *Das Rheingold* at the Metropolitan Opera, a performance that revealed him as a Wagnerian artist of the first rank. Over the following decade, he established himself as a major interpreter of roles spanning from the classical repertoire to new works, winning Grammy Awards and earning recognition as one of America's finest bass-baritones, equally commanding in the concert hall and on the operatic stage.
Career Highlight
Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for John Adams' *Doctor Atomic* (2011)
At a Glance
- Voice
- Bass-Baritone
- Nationality
- American
- Born
- 1970 · Philadelphia, United States
- Active since
- 2011
Training & Education
Settlement Music School, Germantown branch, Philadelphia (piano, oboe); Temple University, Boyer College of Music and Dance (B.M. in Vocal Performance, 1993); Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia (M.M., 1995)
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Engagements
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