Oliver Sewell ’20 · tenor
Hometown
Christchurch, New Zealand
Education
B.M. University of Canterbury; M.M. Manhattan School of Music
Competitions
Gerda Lissner Grant Award Winner (2017), Stan Sesser Career Award Winner (2016), Alan M. and Joan Taub Vocal Competition Finalist (2016), Lexus Song Quest Finalist (2015), Kiri Te Kanawa Grant Recipient
Previous Roles
Ramiro, La Cenerentola, ARE Opera; Gastone, La traviata, New Jersey Festival Orchestra; Benoit, Le Roi l’a Dit, Danceny, The Dangerous Liaisons, Tamino, Die Zauberflöte, all with Manhattan School of Music Opera Studio; Ernesto, Don Pasquale, Crested Butte Music Festival.
Roles at AVA
- Jubilate! A Concert of Sacred Music
- Massenet Les oubliés Forgotten Opera Excerpts of Jules Massenet
- La favorite · Fernand
- Russian Romances
- Fall Recital · German Lieder Rarities
- Roméo et Juliette · Tybalt
- Jubilate! A Concert of Sacred Music
- Così fan tutte · Ferrando
- Suor Angelica and Le Villi · Ensemble
- La traviata · Alfredo Germont
- Jubilate! A concert of sacred music
- Ariadne auf Naxos · Dance Master/Brighella
- Il trovatore · A Messenger