The American baritone, Aaron T. Murphy, obtained his Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Lee University (2008-2014), as a student of Tony Deato; and his Master of Music degree in Voice and Opera from McGill University (2015-2017), as a student of Stefano Algieri. He is currently a doctoral student in voice with Timothy Noble at the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University (since 2018; expected graduation: 2025).
Aaron Murphy appeared as Betto in Gianni Schicchi, Don Alhambra in The Gondoliers and Ben in The Telephone with Lee University Opera Theatre and as Guglielmo in W.A. Mozart's Cosi fan tutte and the Mayor in Georges Bizet's Docteur Miracle with Opera Tennessee. With Opéra McGill, he appeared as The Origamist in the Canadian premiere of Michael Ching's Speed Dating, Tonight!, Frank and Frosch in Die Fledermaus, Ramiro in L’heure espagnole, and covered the role of Melisso in George Frideric Handel's Alcina. While living in Canada, he covered Farář in Cunning Little Vixen and appeared as the title role in Eugene Onegin with Opera NUOVA. In 2019, he covered the role of Valdeburgo in Bellini’s La straniera with Teatro Nuovo (formerly known as Bel Canto at Caramoor) and sang the role of Count Almaviva in W.A. Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro with IU Opera Theatre. In March 2023, he created the role of Hermann Van Dann in the world premiere of Shulamit Ran's Anne Frank with the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
Aaron Murphy's concert credits include the bass solos in G.F. Handel's Messiah with the Southern Adventist University Orchestra, Ralph Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music for the annual Lee University Masterworks Festival, the role of the Narrator in Charpentier's Le reniement de Saint-Pierre with the Lee University Chorale, L.v. Beethoven's Mass in C with the Cantabile Chorale de Ste.-Geneviève in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, and J.S. Bach's Magnificat at historic St. Michael’s Church in Charleston, South Carolina. He currently lives in Bloomington, Indiana. |