Steven Cole (tenor)

Cole was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He studied sociology and anthropology at Union College and singing at the Peabody Conservatory and at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm.Schenectady Gazette (15 July 1970). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6kZGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PekMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1526,3339787&dq=steven-cole+union+college&hl=en "Cole ends studies in Stockholm"]. Retrieved 29 June 2013. After graduating from Union College in 1971, he was awarded a Watson Fellowship and pursued further vocal training in England.Yount, Dan (23 July 2011). [http://www.thecincinnatiherald.com/news/2011-07-23/Front_Page/Opera_artist_Steven_Cole_makes_himself_at_home_whe.html "Opera artist Steven Cole makes himself at home when in Cincinnati"]. Cincinnati Herald. Retrieved 29 June 2013. He made his professional debut as Monsieur Triquet in Eugene Onegin at the Tanglewood Festival in 1974 in a Boston Symphony Orchestra performance conducted by Seiji Ozawa.Snyder, Louis (21 August 1974). [https://archive.today/20130629191221/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/263549652.html?dids=263549652:263549652&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Aug+21,+1974&author=By+Louis+Snyder&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=Tchaikovsky's+turn+at+Tanglewood's+game&pqatl=google "Tchaikovsky's turn at Tanglewood's game"], p. 16. The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 29 June 2013 {{subscription required}}.St. Joseph Gazette (8 April 1982). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DyFdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nFoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3523,5112672&dq=steven+cole+triquet&hl=en "Tenor Steven Cole Residency Feature"]. Retrieved 29 June 2013. Cole went on to sing in major opera houses and festivals across North America and Europe, including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera,San Francisco Opera Archives. [http://archive.sfopera.com/qry3WebCastlist.asp?psearchall=on&psearch=Steven%20Cole&psearchtype= "Steven Cole"]. Retrieved 30 June 2013. Paris Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu, and the Salzburg Festival. His discography includes Orphée aux enfers conducted by Marc Minkowski, Le Grand Macabre conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, The Magic Flute conducted by William Christie, and The Rake's Progress conducted by Kent Nagano.

Cole's wide-ranging repertoire spans operas from the Baroque era to the 20th century. His roles from 1974 to the present have included:

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• Absalom Kumalo in Lost in the Stars
• Aguilar in Jean Prodromidès's La noche triste (world premiere, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, 1989) Boisteau, Claire (2011). [http://www.musiquefrancaise.net/fiche.php?id=238 "Jean Prodromidès La Noche triste"]. Musique française d'aujourd'hui. Retrieved 30 June 2013 {{in lang|fr}}.
• Alceo in Antonio Cesti's L'ArgiaStevens, David (27 October 1999). [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/27/style/27iht-opera.t.html "Rene Jacobs Turns Up a Gem In the Caverns of Baroque Opera: A Rich 'Argia' Unfolds in Paris"]. New York Times. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
• Andrès, Frantz, Pitichinaccio, and Spalanzani in The Tales of HoffmannSeattle Opera. [http://www.seattleopera.org/_downloads/press/releases/Puppets.pdf "Puppets Onstage In Hoffmann"]. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
• Antonio in Les brigandsRevue des deux Mondes (1994) "Les Brigands", p. 196
• Creon in Gavin Bryars's Medea (world premiere, Opéra de Lyon, 1984).GavinBryars.com. [http://www.gavinbryars.com/work/opera Operas: Medea]. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
• Dancing Master in Ariadne auf Naxos Metropolitan Opera Archives. [http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=290020&limit=500&xBranch=ALL&xsdate=&xedate=&theterm=Cole,%20Steven Ariadne auf Naxos {43} Metropolitan Opera House: 09/23/1987]. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
• Don Basilio in The Marriage of Figaro Cincinnati Opera (19 May 2009). [http://www.cincinnatiopera.org/wp-content/uploads/09_Opera_Season_Release_May__FINAL.pdf "Cincinnati Opera Goes to Spain for 89th Summer Festival"]. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
• Elder Gleaton in Susannah Raeburn, Michael (2007). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Hc0iAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Steven+Cole%22+ The Chronicle of Opera], 2nd edition, p. 244. Thames & Hudson
• Flute in A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Fool in Wozzeck Benarroch, Eduardo (13 January 2006). [http://www.mundoclasico.com/ed/documentos/doc-imprimir.aspx?xml=c1b28d87-2486-4c7a-bbf8-6479d514b470&tipo=C "Cuando la obra dice no"]. Mundo Classico. Retrieved 30 June 2013 {{in lang|es}}.
• Goro in Madama Butterfly
• John Styx in Orphée aux enfers Opera (February 1999) "Review: Orphée aux enfers", pp. 234-235
• Lilaque, père in Boulevard SolitudePloski, Harry A. and Williams, James De Bois (1989). "Steve Cole, versatile singer-actor.*, The Negro Almanac: A Reference Work on the African American, p. 1177. Gale Research Incorporated
• Linfea in La Calisto Salzburg Festival Archives. [http://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/archivdetail/programid/4050/id/0/j/1998 La Calisto 1998]. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
• Ménélas in La belle HélèneAngers-Nantes Opéra (2008). [http://www.angers-nantes-opera.com/docspros/actionculturelle/DPBelleHelene.pdf Programme: La belle Hélène], p. 3. Retrieved 30 June 2013 {{in lang|fr}}.
• Monostatos in The Magic Flute
• Monsieur Triquet in Eugene Onegin
• Nick in La fanciulla del West
• Oberon in Oberon Radio Canada. [http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/documents_pdf/calendrier_de_diffusion_1998_1999.pdf "Calendrier de Diffusion 1998–1999"]. Retrieved 30 June 2013 {{in lang|fr}}.
• Osmin in L'incontro improvviso haydnphil.org. [http://haydnphil.org/cgi-bin/new_db/srchevent.pl?CONDUCTOR=1&ORCHESTRA=&START=9%2F12%2F2000&END=9%2F12%2F2000&TYPE=0&CITY=&;COUNTRY=&MAX_DISPLAY=5&SOLO=1&LANGUAGE=en&;SCHEDULE=1 Performances: Tuesday September 12, 2000]. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
• Pedrillo in The Abduction From the Seraglio.Ericson, Raymond (13 May 1979). [https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/13/archives/opera-abduction-by-bronx-troupe.html " 'Abduction' by Bronx Troupe"], p. 41. New York Times. Retrieved 1 July 2013 {{subscription required}}
• Pisandro in Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patriaOpernwelt (1989), "Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria". Vol. 30, p. 39
• Remendado in Carmen
• Rodisbe in Antonio Sartorio's Giulio Cesare in EgittoInnsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik Archives. [http://www.altemusik.at/en/nocache/programme-2013/archive-from-1978/calendar/detail/?tx_eventcalendarfw_pi1%5Bitem%5D=386 Giulio Cesare in Egitto]. Retrieved 30 June 2013 {{in lang|de}}.
• Scrivener in Khovanshchina
• Sellem in The Rake's Progress
• Simpleton in Boris Godunov
• Sobrinin in A Life for the TsarOpéra National de Paris. [http://guschlbauer.com/Progr/vol38.pdf Vol. 38: Saison 1984-1985] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109075955/http://guschlbauer.com/Progr/vol38.pdf |date=2014-11-09 }}. Retrieved 30 June 2013 {{in lang|fr}}.
• Spoletta in Tosca Seattle Opera. [http://www.seattleopera.org/tickets/2007-2008/tosca/artists.aspx Tosca 2007/2008]. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
• Sportin' Life in Porgy and Bess Westphal, Matthew (9 February 2007). [http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/5995.html "Photo Journal: Porgy and Bess at Opera Company of Philadelphia"]. Playbill. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
• Squeak in Billy Budd Page, Tim (20 September 2004). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34449-2004Sep19.html "'Billy Budd' Is One Taut Ship"]. Washington Post. Retrieved 30 June 2013
• Teapot, Frog, and Little Old Man in L'enfant et les sortilèges.Théâtre de Caen (2012). [http://theatre.caen.fr/Spectacles/trouble-tahiti-lenfant-et-les-sortil%C3%A8ges Trouble in Tahiti / L'Enfant et les Sortilèges]. Retrieved 1 July 2013 {{in lang|fr}}.
• White Minister in Le Grand Macabre (world premiere of the revised version, Salzburg Festival, 1997) Schott Music. [http://www.schott-music.com/shop/products/show,158755,,f.html?showAllRecordings=true Le Grand Macabre]. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
• Witch in Hansel and Gretel Dyer, Richard (30 November 2002). [https://archive.today/20130630125858/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7743870.html "BSO Delivers a Heartwarming 'Hansel'"]. Boston Globe. Retrieved 30 June 2013 {{subscription required}}.

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• [http://www.cami.com/?webid=95 Artist's page] at Columbia Artists Management

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