Email to Mr.
Rogers
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W e s l e y R o g e r s (tenor) divides his busy singing career between opera
and oratorio. Recent concert engagements have included performances of
Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Magnificat,
Haydn’s Creation, Honnegar’s King David, Kurt Weill’s Seven
Deadly Sins, and the world premiere of Hawley’s Seattle. Wesley has
appeared with the Seattle Choral Company, the Meridian Symphony, the Cascadian
Chorale, the Bremerton Symphony, and Belle Arte Concerts.
In March 2003, Rogers performed the role of Damon in Handel’s
Acis and Galatea with Santa Fe Pro Musica. On the operatic stage he was
most recently seen in the role of Martin in Sun Valley Center for the Arts’
production of Copland’s The Tender Land. Summer 2002 found Wesley
returning to the Lake Chelan Bach Festival where he performed the role of
Bastien in Mozart’s Bastien und Bastienna. He performed the role of
Laurie in Mark Adamo’s Little Women at the Cabrillo Festival of
Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz, California. Shortly after moving to the
Pacific Northwest, Rogers made his Seattle Opera debut in 2001 as Maintop in
Britten’s Billy Budd. He returned the next season as the Fourth Jew in
Strauss’ Salome.
Rogers has also performed roles with companies including
Opera Memphis, Washington East Opera, Obsidian Opera, Seattle Community Outreach
Productions, and the University of Washington Opera Theatre. Upcoming
performances include Mozart’s Coronation Mass with EOS Orchestra and Trin
in Seattle Opera’s production of Puccini’s Fanciulla del West. He
recently completed his Master of Music degree from the University of Washington.
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