Jeremy Harr, Bass
Opera Singer
Biography
Praised by OperaNews for his “warm, smoothly produced bass” and “knack for animating a line,” Bass Jeremy Harr is emerging as an exciting young talent to watch. In summer 2024, he debuted with The Princeton Festival as Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte and with Lakes Area Music Festival performing Keeper of the Madhouse and covering Nick Shadow and Father Trulove in The Rake's Progress, and premiered the role of Bagoas in Iris Karlin's Yehudit - the first Chazzanut opera, in collaboration with the Hebrew Union College in New York City. In the 2024-25 season, Mr. Harr joins Opera San Jose covering Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte and returns to Virginia Opera as Zuniga in Carmen.
In summer 2023, Mr. Harr debuted with Des Moines Metro Opera, performing the Herald and covering Tcheilo in The Love for Three Oranges. In the 2023-2024 season, he joined The Metropolitan Opera for their workshop of Jeanine Tesori's Grounded, Salt Marsh Opera as Pistola in Falstaff, Bel Cantanti Opera as the Old Man in Aleko and the title role in Gianni Schicchi, and collaborated with The Why Collective for the workshop of a Heggie/Handel project entitled Transport. He also appeared with Falmouth Chorale as the Bass Soloist in Messiah, and returned to Pacific Northwest Opera to perform the title role in Le nozze di Figaro and Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Serail.
Mr. Harr returned to Opera Saratoga in the summer of 2022 to perform Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia and cover the Bass Solo in Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle. Additionally, he joined the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra to sing the Bass solo in Beethoven's Mass in C. In 2022-2023, Mr. Harr made his debut with Finger Lakes Opera as Don Alfonso in Cosí fan tutte, joined Pacific Northwest Opera to sing Baron Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier, and joined Virginia Opera to sing the Police Sergeant and cover the Pirate King in Pirates of Penzance, performed Potter’s Assistant/Bookseller/Party Guest/Technician/French Priest in Fellow Travelers, and sang Dottore Grenvil in La traviata. In the spring, Mr. Harr made his Carnegie Hall debut with the American Symphony Orchestra covering the First Shepherd in Daphne.
In his 2021-2022 season, Mr. Harr completed a second year as a resident artist at Pittsburgh Opera, where he sang the Speaker and covered Sarastro in The Magic Flute, performed Zuniga in Carmen, and showed a "smooth, resonant bass” and a “deliciously dastardly” portrayal as The Brother in David Hetzberg’s The Rose Elf (onStage Pittsburgh). He also debuted with the Berkshire Opera Festival as Pistola in Falstaff and Opera NexGen as Don Alfonso in Cosí fan tutte. Summer 2021 saw his return to Wolf Trap Opera for a third year, where he performed Mr. Fogg and covered Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd and Death in Holst’s Sāvitri.
In 2020-2021, Mr. Harr sang Don Alfonso in Cosí fan tutte and Cadmus/Somnus in Semele with Pittsburgh Opera during his first year as a resident artist. He also returned to Wolf Trap Opera for a second year, where he was slated to perform Benoit/Alcindoro in La bohème and cover Gremin in Eugene Onegin, both of which were instead performed as video excerpts due to COVID-19. In his 2019-2020 season, he made his debut with the Washington Opera Society singing Ramfis in Aida. He joined Wolf Trap Opera to perform Lakai in Ariadne auf Naxos, perform the Officer and cover Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, and cover Death in Der Kaiser von Atlantis.
Mr. Harr won awards from the Annapolis Opera Vocal Competition in 2022 and the Mid-Atlantic Region of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in 2020. He holds a Master of Music in Opera Performance from University of Maryland Opera Studio, a Bachelor of Music at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and a BA in Theater (Acting) and a minor in Politics from Oberlin College.
Der Rosenkavalier - Pacific Northwest Opera (Diamond's Edge Photography)
Repertoire
Beethoven:
- Bass Soloist (Mass in C)
Bizet:
- Zuniga (Carmen)
Britten:
- Supt. Budd (Albert Herring)
- Collatinus (The Rape of Lucretia)
Donizetti:
- Dulcamara (L'elisir d'amore)
- Mamma Agathe (Viva la mamma)
Handel:
- Bass Soloist (Messiah)
- Il Re di Scozia (Ariodante)
- Simon (Judas Maccabaeus)
- Cadmus / Somnus (Semele)
Hertzberg:
- The Brother (The Rose Elf)
Holst:
- Death (Sāvitri)
Janáček:
- Badger / Parson / Harašta (The
Cunning Little Vixen)
Massenet:
- Pandolfe (Cendrillon)
Menotti:
- Mr. Kofner / Assan (The Consul)
Mozart:
- Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro)
- Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte)
- Speaker / Sarastro (The Magic Flute)
- Osmin (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
Prokofiev:
- Tchelio / Herald (The Love for Three Oranges)
Puccini:
- Gianni Schicchi, Simone (Gianni Schicchi)
- Benoit / Alcindoro (La boheme)
Hoebermann Studio
Rachmaninoff:
- Old Man (Aleko)
Rossini:
- Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia)
- Bass Soloist (Petite Messe Solennelle)
Spears:
- Potter's Asst. / Bookseller / Technician /
Party Guest / French Priest (Fellow
Travelers)
Sondheim:
- Judge Turpin (Sweeney Todd)
Strauss:
- Baron Ochs (Der Rosenkavalier)
- Lackey (Ariadne auf Naxos)
- 1st Shepherd (Daphne)
Stravinsky:
- Nick Shadow / Father Trulove / Keeper of the Madhouse (The Rake's Progress)
Sullivan:
- Pirate King / Police Sergeant (Pirates of
Penzance)
Tchaikovsky:
- Gremin (Eugene Onegin)
Ullmann:
- Death (Der Kaiser von Atlantis)
Verdi:
- Pistola (Falstaff)
- Dottore Grenvil (La traviata)
- Ramfis (Aida)
Weill:
- Frank Maurrant (Street Scene)
- Jimmy (Mahagonny Songspiel)
Williams:
- House Quartet (Rocking Horse Winner)