Scott Brunsheen

Scott’s “sweet and substantial lyric tenor” (Chicago Tribune) has garnered acclaim throughout the country in operatic and oratorio repertoire of the baroque, classical, and contemporary eras. A frequent guest soloist with Haymarket Opera, his recent performances there of Handel’s Il resurrezione, Caccini’s La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina​, Haydn’s L’isola disabitata, Marais’ Ariane et Bachus, and Cesti’s L’Orontea received praise from Opera News, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Classical Review, and many others. In spring of 2024, he made his Kennedy Center debut under the baton of Christophe Rousset in Mouret’s Les Fêtes de Thalie with Opera Lafayette.  Other concert and operatic engagements have included the world premiere of Stewart Copeland’s The Invention of Morel at Chicago Opera Theater, Mozart’s Die Zauberflote with Madison Opera, Purcell’s The Fairy Queen at Long Beach Opera, Mozart’s Requiem with Chicago Chorale and Haydn’s The Creation at DuPage University.  Outside of his work in opera, Scott has been the tenor soloist for Orff’s Carmina Burana, Handel’s The Messiah and Judas Maccabaeus, Pergolesi’s Magnificat, Bach’s Magnificat, Resphigi’s Lauda per la Nativita, Donizetti’s Miserere, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Britten’s Serenade and Canticles, and cantatas of Bach, Buxtehude, and Rameau. He has been a finalist and prize winner in the Oratorio Society of New York, Handel Aria Competition, Grand Rapids Keller Bach Award, and American Prize in Opera.