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Basso cantante, B1-F4

Tom is is a frequent performer with the Opera Company of North Carolina, Capital Opera Raleigh and Longleaf Opera of Chapel Hill.

Thomas (Tom) Link is a native of North Carolina and lives on the ancestral family farm near Hillsborough where his relatives have lived since 1754. Link has been a member of the Duke University Chapel Choir since 1999 and is best known regionally for his large abstract paintings included in the collections of the North Carolina Museum of Art, Glaxo-Smith-Kline, RJReynolds and others. Link made his operatic debut with the Opera Company of North Carolina’s 2002 production of La Traviata-- conducted by Maestro Daniel Beckwith--appearing with the opera chorus and in the part of the Commissionaire in Act II.

OPERA EXPERIENCE :

Chorus, La Traviata, Opera Company of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, April 2002

Compromario: The Commissionaire, La Traviata, Opera Company of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC,

April 2002: Website at - http://hometown.aol.com/epartp/latraviata.html

Chorus, Samson et Dalila, Opera Company of North Carolina, January/February 2003

Chorus, Turandot, Opera Company of North Carolina, May 21 & 23, 2004

Betto di Signa: Gianni Schicchi, Capitol Opera Raleigh/Meredith Opera Theatre, October 2004

Opera Company of North Carolina: Opera Scenes Workshop Performance, Raleigh, March 17, 2005

Vecchia Zimarra, Infelice!, duet: La Ci Darem..., trio: Soave Il Vento

Chorus, The Merry Widow, Opera Company of North Carolina, April 2005

Blackbeard Teach: The Devil and Daniel Webster by Douglas Moore, Longleaf Opera, May 2005

Chorus, The Devil and Daniel Webster, Longleaf Opera, Chapel Hill, NC, May 13,14,15, 2005

Carceriere (Jailer) Tosca, Opera Company of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, June 10 & 12, 2005

Chorus, Tosca, Opera Company of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, June 10 & 12, 2005

Opera Company of North Carolina: Opera MasterClass Performance: “Grand Ol’ Opera” with Christine Weidinger and

Ken Smith, Raleigh, July 23, 2005: In Diesen Heil g’en Hallen from “Die Zauberflote”, Vi ravviso from “La Sonambula”

Antonio: Le Nozze di Figaro, Capital Opera Raleigh/Meredith Opera Theatre, September 30 - October 2, 2005

Chorus: Le Barbiere di Sivilglia, Opera Company of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, June 2 & 4, 2006

Nicholas, the Major Domo: Vanessa, Longleaf Opera Company, Chapel Hill, Nc, October 20 & 22, 2006

Chorus: La Boheme, Opera Compay of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, April 20 & 22, 2007

The Bonze: Madama Butterfly, Capital Opera, Raleigh, NC, May 25 & 27, 2007

Dr. Grenvil: La Traviata, Capital Opera, Raleigh, NC, October 19 & 21, 2007

Zuniga: Carmen, Capital Opera, Raleigh, NC, October 17 & 19, 2008

Colas: Bastien et Bastienna, Capitol Opera Raleigh, NC, May 2011

Balthazar: Amahl and the Night Visitors, Longleaf Opera, Chapel Hill, NC December 2011

Buff: The Impresario, Capitol Opera Raleigh, NC, August 2012

CHORAL EXPERIENCE :

Duke University Chapel Choir, Durham, NC, 130 members: 1999 - Present

Triangle Gay Mens Chorus (TGMC), Durham, NC, 25+ members: 2000 - Present

Opera Chorus of Opera Company of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, 60 members: 2002 - Present

Longleaf Opera Chorus, Chapel Hill, NC: 2005 - Present

Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham, Conducted by Rodney Wynkoop; A Celebration Concert, October 23, 2005, First Prebyterian Church of Durham

Vox Vivorum of Research Triangle Park

SOLO EXPERIENCE :

TGMC Concert: January, 2001: Coroner in “Wizard of Oz”

TGMC Concert: June, 2001: Bass Soloist, “I Come From Good People” from “Naked Man”

TGMC Concert: December 2001: Bass Soloist, “Christmas Is Delicious”, Scott Henderson

Duke University Chapel Handel Messiah Sing-Along Concert, December 2001: Aria No. 11: “The People That Walked in Darkness”

Compromario: The Commissionaire, La Traviata, Opera Company of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, April 2002

TGMC Concert June, 2002: Bass Soloist, “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows”

TGMC Concert November, 2002: Bass Soloist, “Pledge of Allegiance”

Duke University Chapel Handel Messiah Sing-Along Concert, December 2002: Accompagnato No. 5: “Thus Saith The Lord”

Duke University Chapel Service of Worship, June 2003: Bass Soloist, “Every Time I Feel The Spirit”

TGMC Concert November, 2003: Bass Soloist, Franz Biebl, “Ave Maria”

Duke University Chapel Spring Oratorio, April 3, 2004: Liszt, Via Crucis: Bass Soloist, Pilate

Betto di Signa: Gianni Schicchi, Capitol Opera Raleigh/Meredith Opera Theatre, October 2004

Duke University Chapel Handel Messiah Sing-Along Concert Soloist, December 2004:

Aria No. 38: “Thou Art Gone Up on High”

Opera Company of North Carolina: Opera Scenes Workshop Performance, Raleigh, March 17, 2005

“Vecchia Zimarra” from La Boheme; “Infelice!” from Ernani; duet: “La Ci Darem” from Don Giovanni; trio: “Soave Il Vento” from Cosi Fan Tutti

Blackbeard Teach: The Devil and Daniel Webster by Douglas Moore, Longleaf Opera, May 2005

Carceriere (Jailer) Tosca, Opera Company of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, June 10 & 12, 2005

Opera Company of North Carolina: Opera MasterClass Performance: “Grand Ol’ Opera” with Christine Weidinger

and Ken Smith, Raleigh, July 23, 2005: In Diesen Heil g’en Hallen from “Die Zauberflote”, Vi ravviso from “La Sonambula”

Antonio: Le Nozze di Figaro, Capital Opera Raleigh/Meredith Opera Theatre, September 30 - October 2, 2005

Duke University Chapel Handel Messiah Sing-Along Concert Soloist, November 20, 2005: Accompagnato No. 5: “Thus Saith The Lord”

An Afternoon of Music and Friends: Natalie Peacock, Tom Link, Florence Peacock and Anne Cahill, May 13, 2006

Duke University Chapel Summer HymnSing: Soloists Tom Link and Erin Smith with David Arcus, July 31, 2006

Nicholas, the Major Domo: Vanessa, Longleaf Opera Company, Chapel Hill, Nc, October 20 & 22, 2006

The Bonze: Madama Butterfly, Capital Opera, Raleigh, NC, May 25 & 27, 2007

Dr. Grenvil: La Traviata, Capital Opera, Raleigh, NC, October 19 & 21, 2007

Zuniga: Carmen, Capital Opera, Raleigh, NC, October 17 & 19, 2008

Colas: Bastien et Bastienna, Capitol Opera Raleigh, NC, May 2011

Balthazar: Amahl and the Night Visitors, Longleaf Opera, Chapel Hill, NC December 2011

Buff: The Impresario, Capitol Opera Raleigh, NC, August 2012

RECENT PERFORMANCE REPERTOIRE :

Handel: Messiah Durufle: Requiem Fanshawe: African Sanctus

Rutter: Requiem Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna Verdi: Stabat Mater

Vierne: Messe Solemnelle Mendelsohn: Elijah Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms

Mozart: Requiem Bach: St. Matthew Passion Liszt: Via Crucis

Verdi: La traviata St. Saens: Samson et Dalila Puccini: Turandot

Puccini: Gianni Schicchi Lehar: The Merry Widow Verdi: Requiem

Moore: Devil & Daniel Webster Puccini: Tosca Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro

Rossini: Barber of Seville Barber: Vanessa Puccini: Madama Butterfly

Mozart: Grand Mass in C Minor Puccini: La Boheme Rachmaninoff: All Night Vigil

Achron: Sabbath Evening Bizet: Carmen Mozart: Bastien et Bastienne

Mozart: The Impresario Leoncavallo: Cavalleria Berlioz: Requiem

Menotti: Amahl

Awards :

1st Prize, 2006 Mid-Atlantic Regional National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Auditions, April 8, 2006: Category 22, Men’s Continuing Education Classical Division, Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina.

N.C.45th Annual North Carolina National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition, Student Auditions, April 2006, UNC-G, Greensboro, North Carolina: 3rd Prize, Category 22 - Classical Music, Continuing Education.

N.C.43rd Annual North Carolina National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition, Student Auditions

February 21, 2004, at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina: 2nd Prize, Category 22 - Classical Music, Continuing Education & 2nd Prize, Category 24, Musical Theatre, Continuing Education.

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