| Philip Cutlip - OrphéeBaritonePortland Opera Debut Philip Cutlip has garnered consistent critical acclaim for his performances in both North America and Europe. Established on both concert and opera stages, he has performed with a distinguished list of conductors that includes Nicholas McGegan, Yves Abel, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Gerard Schwarz, and Donald Runnicles.Mr. Cutlip's 2008/09 season currently includes the role of the Count in Utah Opera's Le nozze di Figaro; Nadir in Les Pêcheurs de perles with Opera Columbus; appearing as soloist with Phoenix Symphony in Haydn's The Creation; with Nashville and Richmond symphonies in Messiah, also with San Diego Symphony, with which he sings Baroque concerts; in Mendelssohn's Elijah with the Choral Art Society of Portland (ME); in Mozart's Requiem with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra; in Fauré's Requiem with the Charlotte Symphony; in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the Oregon Symphony; as soloist with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra in Carmina Burana; and with Frans Brüggen's Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, to sing selected Bach cantatas. He also returns again to the New York Festival of Song. Among Mr. Cutlip's recent successes on the operatic stage are his critically acclaimed Glimmerglass Opera debut as the title role in Philip Glass's Orphée, his return to Seattle Opera to sing Marcello in La bohème, and his return to the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona to sing Mattieux in Andrea Chénier. He also recently appeared as Rodrigo in Don Carlo with Hawaii Opera Theatre, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly with both Austin Lyric Opera and Arizona Opera, and made his debut with Houston Grand Opera as Donald in Billy Budd. Throughout his career Mr. Cutlip has portrayed many of opera's most well-known baritone roles including Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with New York City Opera and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Harlequin in Ariadne auf Naxos with Seattle Opera, the title roles in both Don Giovanni and Il barbiere di Siviglia with Opera Birmingham, Malatesta in Don Pasquale with Fort Worth Opera, and Guglielmo in Così fan tutte with Arizona Opera.
Mr. Cutlip has also appeared as soloist with nearly every major North American orchestra. His extensive list of concert credits include performances with New York Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Oratorio Society of New York at Carnegie Hall, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony, and the Minnesota Orchestra. He has performed such works as Bach's Christmas Oratorio with the Handel and Haydn Society under Grant Llewellyn, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Charles Dutoit, Brahms's Requiem with the Portland Symphony Orchestra, Carmina Burana with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and Haydn's The Seasons with Philadelphia Baroque. He also performed Handel arias written for Mantagnana with La Stagione Frankfurt ensemble as well as Handel's Belshazzar at the Göttingen Festival in Germany. |