Andrew Pardini

• Select Complete Roles
• Reporter The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs San Francisco Opera 2023
• Il Commissario Imperiale Madame Butterfly San Francisco Opera 2023
• Regular Chorus 2023-2024 Season San Francisco Opera 2023-2024
• Sciarrone Tosca Livermore Valley Opera 2023
• Bass Soloist Messiah Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2022
• Flora’s Servant La traviata San Francisco Opera 2022
• Regular Chorus 2022-2023 Centennial Season San Francisco Opera 2022-2023
• Giuseppe Palmieri The Gondoliers Winter Opera Saint Louis 2022
• Schaunard La bohème Opera North 2021
• Dancaïre/Escamillo © Carmen Opera Orlando 2021
• Schaunard La bohème Gulfshore Opera 2021
• Dr. Falke Die Fledermaus Opera Orlando 2020
• Nils Krogstad A Doll’s House Voice Afire Opera-Cabaret 2020
• Edmund Bertram Mansfield Park Opera Modesto 2020
• The Pirate King The Pirates of Penzance Winter Opera Saint Louis 2019
• Silvio Pagliacci Salt Marsh Opera 2019
• Der dritte Edle/Telramund © Lohengrin Opera Southwest 2019
• Tobia Mill La cambiale di matrimonio Opera Southwest 2019
• Schaunard La bohème Salt Marsh Opera 2018
• Emperor Overall The Emperor of Atlantis IN Series 2018
• Awards and Honors
• Finalist The Gerda Lissner Foundation Lieder/Song Vocal Competition – NY, NY 2017
• Finalist Partners for the Arts Vocal Awards Competition – Alexandria, VA 2014
• Encouragement Award Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions – Pittsburgh, PA 2012
• Young Artist Programs and Education
• Resident Artist Opera North Resident Artist Program – Lebanon, NH 2021
• Studio Artist Opera Orlando Studio Artist Program – Orlando, FL 2020-2021
• Apprentice Artist Opera Southwest Apprentice Artist Program – Albuquerque, NM 2019
• Studio Artist Opera Maine Studio Artist Program – Portland, ME 2017
• Studio Baritone The Atlanta Opera Studio Artist Program – Atlanta, GA 2016-2017
• Studio Artist The Crested Butte Music Festival Opera Studio – Crested Butte, CO 2016
• Resident Baritone Dayton Opera Artists-In-Residence Program – Dayton, OH 2015-2016
• Festival Artist Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre Festival Artist Program – Logan, UT 2015
• Special Skills Suzuki Method Violin Instruction (14 Years)/Piano Instruction (3 Years)/Dance
• and Feldenkrais Method Movement Instruction (2 Years)/Acting, Improvisation, and Shakespeare Instruction
• (2 Years)/Stage Combat Instruction (1 Year)
• Coaches Conductors Directors Teachers
• Lynn Baker Simon Holt Ken Cazan Dominic Cossa
• Lisa Hasson Alexander Katsman Fenlon Lamb Gary Glaze
• Brian Holman John Keene Shawna Lucey François Loup
• Rachelle Jonck Eun Sun Kim Leon Major Mark Nicolson
• Justina Lee Kelly Kuo Nick Olcott Ron Raines
• E. Loren Meeker Timothy Long Josh Shaw Erik Buck Townsend
• Rolando Salazar Stephen Lord John Stephens Joseph Wiggett
• Alan L. Smith Ming Luke Dona D. Vaughn Don Wiggins
• Dan Franklin Smith Ryan Murray Sara E. Widzer
• Howard Watkins Jeffrey Thomas Tomer Zvulun

Extolled by The Baltimore Sun for his “robust work” and DC Metro Theater Arts for “a heart-stopping, high voltage bass-baritone voice,” Andrew Thomas Pardini continues to win audiences with his vibrant tone and thrilling character portrayals.

Upcoming engagements include company and role debuts with Livermore Valley Opera as Sciarrone/Tosca, a special appearance with Opera Modesto as Baritone Soloist/40th Anniversary Gala, as well as company debuts with San Francisco Opera as part of its 2023-2024 Season, where he will return as a member of the Regular Chorus. Earlier this season, Pardini made his company debuts with San Francisco Opera as part of its 2022-2023 Centennial Season, where he performed as a member of the Regular Chorus, company and role debuts with San Francisco Opera as Flora’s Servant/La traviata, company debut with San Francisco Opera Guild’s Opera Together as Marcello/La bohème, company debut with Winter Opera Saint Louis as Giuseppe Palmieri/The Gondoliers, and a return collaboration with Handel Choir of Baltimore as Bass Soloist/Messiah.

During the 2020-2021 Season, Pardini made his company debut with Opera North as Schaunard/La bohème, in addition to serving as a 2021 Opera North Resident Artist, company and role debuts with Opera Orlando as Dr. Falke/Die Fledermaus, Peter (Cover)/Hansel and Gretel, and Dancaïre & Escamillo (Cover)/Carmen, in addition to serving as a 2020-2021 Opera Orlando Studio Artist, as well as company debut with Gulfshore Opera as Schaunard/La bohème. Pardini made his company and European debuts at Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra as part of its 2018-2019 Season, where he performed the Baritone Soloist/Ein deutsches Requiem at such venues as Hertz Hall (Berkeley, USA), Alexela Kontserdimaja (Tallinn, Estonia), Rīgas Doms (Riga, Latvia), and Konserthuset Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden). Other recent engagements include company and role debuts as Nils Krogstad at Voice Afire Opera-Cabaret in the World Premiere of Raymond Luedeke’s A Doll’s House, role debut as Edmund Bertram/Mansfield Park at Opera Modesto, role debut as The Pirate King/The Pirates of Penzance at Winter Opera Saint Louis, role debut as Silvio/Pagliacci at Salt Marsh Opera, company debuts as Schaunard/La bohème at The Festival of the Atlantic and Salt Marsh Opera, company and role debuts as Tobia Mill/La cambiale di matrimonio and Der dritte Edle & Telramund (Cover)/Lohengrin at Opera Southwest, company debut as Peter/Hänsel und Gretel at Bar Harbor Music Festival, role debut as Emperor Overall/The Emperor of Atlantis at IN Series, role debuts as Marco/Gianni Schicchi and Buoso’s Ghost at OperaDelaware, company and role debuts as Zurga/Les pêcheurs de perles at Winter Opera Saint Louis, company debut as Bass Soloist/Messiah at Bach In Baltimore, company and role debuts as Baritone Soloist/Ein deutsches Requiem at Crescent Choral Society, as well as company and role debuts as Albert/Werther at Baltimore Concert Opera and OperaDelaware.

Priding himself as a champion of contemporary works, Pardini relishes the opportunity to be a part of the creative and developmental process, garnering acclaim for his striking interpretations. Pardini joined good friend and composer, Joshua Rush Barnett, as the Baritone Soloist for the premiere of his epic Civil War masterwork, Valley Echoes. He originated the role of Andreas Baader in The Last Act of Revolution, the inaugural operatic undertaking of composer, Evan Meier, and librettist, Lucas Richmond, and also created the role of Navarro in the Los Angeles debut of David Conte and Oliver Mayer’s racially-charged opera, America Tropical.

The realm of vocal competition has propelled Pardini’s burgeoning career, helping him to capture a loyal following of supporters. Foremost among his many successes, Pardini won Second Place in the 2015 Michael Ballam Concorso Lirico International Vocal Competition, as well as being a Finalist in both the 2017 Gerda Lissner Foundation Lieder/Song Vocal Competition and 2014 Partners for the Arts Vocal Awards Competition, and the recipient of an Encouragement Award in the 2012 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions – Pittsburgh District.

Pardini has honed his craft at a number of Young Artist Programs and training institutes throughout the United States, the most notable being Opera Southwest Apprentice Artist Program, Opera Maine Studio Artist Program, The Atlanta Opera Studio Artist Program, The Crested Butte Music Festival Opera Studio, Dayton Opera Artists-In-Residence Program, Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute, and OperaWorks.

Pardini holds a Master of Music degree in Opera Performance from the University of Maryland – Maryland Opera Studio, under the tutelage of Dominic Cossa and François Loup, and a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Southern California – Thornton School of Music, studying with Gary Glaze. Prior to university, Pardini spent his earliest years as the student of Erik “Buck” Townsend, who reared him from boy soprano to “baby baritone,” imbuing him with a passion and reverence for singing and performing. Pardini dedicates his every artistic pursuit, with love and admiration, to his voice teacher and mentor.

A native of Modesto, California, Pardini is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. For more information, please visit www.andrewthomaspardini.com.