Richard Ollarsaba, Bass
Performances by Richard Ollarsaba
| Composer | Title | Date | Action |
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| Steven Mark Kohn | Senator’s Stump Speech | 09/10/2016 |
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| Gerald Finzi | It Was a Lover and His Lass, from Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18 | 09/10/2016 |
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| Gerald Finzi | O Mistress Mine, from Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18 | 09/10/2016 |
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| Gerald Finzi | Fear No More the Heat o' the Sun, from Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18 | 09/10/2016 |
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| Gerald Finzi | Who is Silvia?, from Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18 | 09/10/2016 |
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| Gerald Finzi | Come Away, Come Away, Death, from Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18 | 09/10/2016 |
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| Adolf Jensen | Waldesgespräch, Op. 5, No. 4 | 09/10/2016 |
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| Adolf Jensen | Barcarole, Op. 23, No. 2 | 09/10/2016 |
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| Adolf Jensen | Lehn’ deine Wang’ an meine Wang’, Op. 1, No. 1 | 09/10/2016 |
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| Adolphe Adam | Le Chalet (Vallons de l’Helvétie and Chant de nos montagnes) | 09/10/2016 |
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| Jean-Baptiste Lully | Bois épais, from Amadis | 09/10/2016 |
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Richard Ollarsaba, Bass
Biography
A third-year (as of 2016) member of The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago and native of Tempe, Arizona, bass-baritone Richard Ollarsaba earned a Postgraduate Certificate and Master of Music degree through the A. J. Fletcher Opera Institute at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He appeared there in roles by Mozart, Donizetti, and Nicolai. During his time in Winston-Salem he also appeared with Piedmont Opera as Ferrando/Il trovatore (also North Carolina Opera), Masetto/Don Giovanni, and Reverend Hale/The Crucible.
Mr. Ollarsaba earned his Bachelor of Music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music and made his professional debut at Opera Cleveland as Antonio/Le nozze di Figaro. Concert engagements include the Apollo Chorus of Chicago, the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra, the Ravinia Festival, Kansas City Symphony, Greensboro Symphony, and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. A grand finalist in the 2013 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, he is a former participant in the young-artist programs at Tanglewood (75th-anniversary gala, PBS telecast) and Music Academy of the West.
The bass-baritone has performed in Lyric Opera productions of Otello (debut), Madama Butterfly, Parsifal, La traviata, The Family Barber, Don Giovanni (stepping in to sing the title role), Capriccio, Anna Bolena, Tosca, and The Passenger. This season at Lyric, Mr. Ollarsaba will be featured in Der Rosenkavalier.