Performance, Voice and Opera
Baritone
Jeff Ray is an alumnus of Lyric Opera of Chicago's Patrick G. and
Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center. He has performed in operatic and concert
halls throughout the United States and Europe. Highlights from his
career have included numerous performances with Lyric Opera of Chicago
and Berlin's Deutche Oper. He has been heard frequently in the roles of
Don Giovanni, Figaro in Il Barbiere di Seviglia, Sharpless in Madame
Butterfly, Marcello in La Boheme, Valentin in Faust, Lescaut in Manon,
and the father in Hansel und Gretel.
Mr. Ray has performed
Handel's Messiah at New York's Carnegie Hall and Avery Fischer Hall. He
has sung with the Berlin Rundfunks Orchester, the Munich Bach Festival,
and has been featured at the Ravinia Festival where he is also an alum
of the Stearns Institute.
Jeff enjoys having the opportunity to
perform with Chicago area orchestras. Over the years he has been heard
singing Broadway classics, Operatic hits and oratorio favorites with the
Park Ridge Symphony, The University of Chicago Symphony, DuPage
Symphony, DuPage Opera, Joliet Symphony and the Elgin Symphony, as well
as various funeral services, and wedding ceremonies.
Jeff Ray is
in constant demand as a recitalist and clinician. He has been heard
live from the Levin Studio on WFMT, and received accolades for his
recital performance at Atlanta's Spivey Hall.
Mr. Ray can often be heard singing the National Anthem for the Chicago Bears, Blackhawks, Bulls and the Chicago Cubs.