Anthony Varner

Tenor Anthony Varner is an emerging young professional from Colorado currently based in the

Germantown, MD area. He sang as a studio artist with Opera Fort Collins where he took part in

outreach -- performing art song, aria, and musical theater pieces throughout the community.

Alongside the outreach, he sang in the chorus for Opera Fort Collins’ productions of Cosi Fan

Tutte, Daughter of the Regiment, and Lucia di Lammermoor. His mainstage performances

include the roles of Il Podesta (La finta giardiniera), Alfred (Die Fledermaus), and Edward (La

cambiale di matrimonio) with the University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory Opera and

the role of Fenton (Falstaff) with the University of Northern Colorado. In addition, he has

performed with Boulder Opera as El Remendado (Carmen), with Emerald City Opera as multiple

characters in Speed Dating Tonight, and covered the role of Tamino (Die Zauberflöte) with

LandLocked Opera.

In professional engagements, Anthony has worked extensively as an opera chorister in

Landlocked Opera’s Die Zauberflöte; Opera Colorado’s Lucia di Lammermoor and La Fanciulla

del West; Opera Classica Europa’s Nabucco, Die Fledermaus, and Tosca; and Loveland Opera

Theatre’s HMS Pinafore.

While he performs both classic and contemporary operatic works, he is particularly fond of

newer works. His premiere engagements include Elon in the workshop premiere of Anna Brake’s

The Nightingale and the Rose, vocal soloist in the world premiere of James Stephenson’s

Dialogue of Self and Soul saxophone arrangement and the role of Pastor Patterson in the world

premiere of David Conte’s Stonewall.