DANIEL NARDUCCI
Biography
Classic American Baritone Daniel
Narducci is a multi-faceted artist whose talents have been captured through live
stage presentations, recordings, documentaries, and television. Since his
professional debut with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra under the direction of
Erich Kunzel, Mr. Narducci has appeared with many of the world’s most
prestigious orchestras, including the Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia
Orchestra, Boston Pops, Naples Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Rochester
Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Houston Symphony, and the
Detroit Symphony. He has appeared regularly as a guest artist at many popular
summer music venues throughout North America, including the Wolf Trap, Ravinia,
Blossom, Saratoga, and Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festivals.
Mr. Narducci’s television appearances have reached audiences worldwide. His
historic performance with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra at the Great Hall of the
People in Beijing was filmed for nationwide broadcast in China. Mr. Narducci’s
other television appearances include co-starring with Frederica von Stade and
the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra in a program broadcast internationally by PBS
entitled Pops at the Phil: A Century of Broadway. He also appeared with
Judy Kaye in the BBC television documentary Kurt Weill in America: I’m a
Stranger Here Myself.
On the operatic stage, Daniel Narducci’s recent appearances include Mercutio in
Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette with the Cleveland Opera, and Escamillo in
Carmen with the Indianapolis Opera. He has portrayed Count Almaviva in Le
Nozze di Figaro, Marcello in La Bohème, Figaro in Il Barbiere di
Siviglia, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, and Belcore in L’Elisir
d’amore with the opera companies of Washington, New Orleans, Central City,
Palm Beach, Kentucky, Nashville, Fresno, and Hawaii.
Daniel Narducci’s combined talents have been seen on operetta and musical
theatre stages throughout North America and Europe. He recently made his New
York City debut at Alice Tully Hall with the Collegiate Chorale under the
direction of Robert Bass in An Evening of American Operetta. He played
the role of Lancelot during two national tours of Camelot, most notably
opposite Robert Goulet’s King Arthur, and portrayed Old Deuteronomy in the 10th
anniversary production of Cats in Hamburg, Germany. In Cleveland Opera’s
production of Sweeney Todd, he appeared as Anthony Hope. Mr Narducci’s
additional operetta credits include Jim Kenyon in Rose Marie with the
Central City Opera, Count Danilo in The Merry Widow with the Chautauqua
Opera and Cincinnati Symphony, and Strephon in Cleveland Opera’s production of
Iolanthe.
An increasingly active recording artist, Daniel Narducci recently created the
role of Captain Hook on the world premiere recording of Leonard Bernstein’s
Peter Pan. This complete version of the musical co-stars Linda Eder, and was
released by Koch International Records. Mr. Narducci’s debut recording,
Timeless Broadway, appears on the Archaeus Records label, and a solo
Christmas CD entitled Christmas Once More, a collection of classical and
traditional songs, is set for release this holiday season.
Daniel Narducci is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Music.
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