Keith Phares

Baritone

Noted by the press for his dashingly attractive stage presence, commanding vocal authority, and creamy, warm baritone voice, Keith Phares is acclaimed both on the opera and concert stage as one of today's most versatile artists.

During the 2008-09 season Keith Phares makes his San Francisco Opera debut in the Company's premiere of Jake Heggie's Three Decembers, singing opposite Frederica von Stade. He debuts with the Opera Company of Philadelphia as Haly in L'Italiana in Algeri and bows as Falke in Opera New Jersey's presentation of Die Fledermaus, singing opposite Ruth Ann Swenson. The artist returns to the Washington National Opera as Ned Keene in Peter Grimes and offers a recital under the auspices of the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.

A graduate of the Juilliard Opera Center, he was a national winner of the 1998 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and a finalist in the 1999 Eleanor McCollum Competition of the Houston Grand Opera. He also has been recognized with a Richard Gaddes Grant from the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and the 2000 Richard F. Gold Career Grant from the Juilliard School of Music.