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.: Baritone SCOTT DISPENSA is a graduate of Westminster Choir College and The Juilliard School.
As a student at Westminster, he was a member of the acclaimed Westminster Choir, participating for three consecutive seasons
in the chorus of Spoleto Festival USA. At The Juilliard School, Scott appeared as Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus with Juilliard
Opera Theatre, and made his Alice Tully Hall debut in the annual Juilliard Vocal Honors Recital.
Equally at home in musical theatre as in opera, Scott made his Weill Recital Hall debut in 2005 as part of a benefit concert honoring Hal Prince sponsored by the New York Festival of Song. He also appeared in the City Center Encores! production of Kismet. In recent seasons, Scott has toured with Glimmerglass Opera, appeared as Tommy in Brigadoon with Arizona Broadway Theatre, and performed extensively with a wide range of vocal ensembles including Clarion Music Society, Early Music New York, and Vox Vocal Ensemble. This fall, he makes his Metropolitan Opera debut in the chorus of Prokofiev's War and Peace. Upcoming engagements include Bach solos with Vox Vocal Ensemble and his solo debut with the St. Thomas Choir Fifth Avenue in a newly commissioned mass by English composer John Tavener. Scott is a member of the St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys and lives in Astoria, Queens with his beautiful and talented fiancé Heather. .: UPDATED AUGUST 14, 2007 |
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