Devon Russo

Celebrated for his “brilliant” and “booming” baritone, Devon Russo performs frequently as a soloist and ensemble member in Opera, Contemporary Music, and Early Music throughout the United States.  Onstage, he has performed the roles of Sam (Trouble in Tahiti), Arbas (Cadmus et Hermione), The Drunken Poet (The Fairy-Queen), Oloferne (La Giuditta), Papageno (Die Zauberflӧte), and the title roles in Gianni Schicchi, Le Carnaval Mascarade and Dido and Aeneas. With a particular love for Handel’s operas and oratorios, he has sung Tirenio (Il Pastor Fido), Manoah (Samson), Farasmane (Radamisto) and Argante (Rinaldo). He has performed with the Boston Lyric Opera, Odyssey Opera, Opera in Williamsburg, Connecticut Lyric Opera, Opera Providence, and Salt Marsh Opera. He has sung the baritone solos in Faure’s Requiem, Paukenmesse, Five Mystical Songs, Fantasia on Christmas Carols, Finzi’s In Terra Pax, Carmina Burana, Weihnachts-Oratorium, Elijah and Messiah. Devon has taken part in Young Artist Program with the Boston Early Music Festival, the Seraphic Fire Professional Choral Institute at the Aspen School of Music, Haymarket Opera Company, the Baroque Opera Workshop at Queen’s College, the Amherst Early Music Festival, Nahant Music Festival, and the Manhattan Opera Studio. He has performed with the Voces8 Choral Scholars, Quicksilver, the Oratorio Society of New York, Brevitas, Musica Dolce, the Cantata Singers, and the Blacksburg Master Chorale. A passionate educator, he is currently a part of the voice faculty at Providence College and the Community College of Rhode Island. Devon earned his Master’s in Vocal Performance from the Manhattan School of Music and Bachelors in Vocal Performance from the University of Rhode Island and is currently reading towards his Doctorate of Musical Arts at Boston University. www.devonrusso.com