Lumbee tenor, Ryan Chavis’s recent performances include Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles and Rautavaara’s Vigilia in The Sound Between’s debut season. Recent operatic performances include Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo & Arturo) and La Traviata (Alfredo, cover), Gianni Schicchi (Rinuccio) and La bohème (Rodolfo) at the Mediterranean Opera Festival of Caltagirone, Sicily (‘22, ‘23), The Cunning Little Vixen (Pásek), Die Fledermaus (Eisenstein), The Copper Queen (Theodore) at the Manhattan School of Music. Ryan is also a passionate recitalist and choral musician. They perform regularly with EnsembleNYC, the New York Philharmonic Chorus, and the chancel choir at The Brick Presbyterian Church. Further solo credits include Mozart’s Requiem, Zohar (Leshnoff) with the NYC Master Chorale, and Magnificat (Durante) with MuSE. Ryan is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music (M.M. ’23), where they were a semi-finalist in the prestigious Alan M. and Joan Taube Ades competition. They continue their study of voice with Gioacchino LiVigni.
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