Charles Blandy

The tenor CHARLES BLANDY has been hailed for “agility, endless breath, and vigorous high notes" (Goldberg Early Music Magazine), and as “unfailingly, tirelessly lyrical” (Boston Globe). This past year he appeared in Boston Early Music Festival’s peformances of Ulisse, L’Orfeo, and the Vespers of Monteverdi; as Belmonte in Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio with Emmanuel Music; with the American Classical Orchestra in Bach’s B minor Mass at Lincoln Center; and in American Bach Soloists’ Saint Matthew Passion. With Emmanuel Music, he was Tom Rakewell in Stravinsky’s Rake’s Progress; Lurcanio in Handel’s Ariodante; Tamino in Mozart’s Magic Flute; and appeared in John Harbison’s Great Gatsby. He has performed with the Portland Baroque Orchestra, Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Charlotte Symphony, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Handel and Haydn Society. He was a Tanglewood Music Center fellow, and has degrees from Indiana University and Oberlin College. He is a product of a strong public school music program in Troy, NY. www.charlesblandy.com