RAY BAUWENS

Ray Bauwens, tenor

Ray Bauwens has been characterized by the Boston Globe as “the closest thing to an Italian tenor New England has produced” in over fifty years. His operatic performances have included Jean in Massenet’s Jongleur de Notre Dame, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, Dick Johnson in La fanciulla del West, Riccardo in Un ballo in maschera, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Don Alvaro in La forza del destino, Leicester in Maria Stuarda, Pollione in Norma, Ferrando in Così fan tutte, Matteo in Arabella, the title rôle in Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux, Canio in Pagliacci, and the role of Don José in Bizet’s Carmen. His concert and oratorio performances include Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Mexico State Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Enrique Batiz, Handel’s Messiah with Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society, Verdi’s Requiem and the Evangelist in Bach’s St John Passion.

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