Anthony Robin Schneider ’17 · bass
Hometown
Auckland, New Zealand and Vienna, Austria
Education
B.M. in Music, the University of Auckland.
Competitions
Grant winner, Gerda Lissner Foundation Lieder/ Art Song Competition, 2016; Grant winner, Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation, 2016; Grant winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, 2016; Semi-finalist, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Mid-Atlantic), 2016; Third Place, Partners for the Arts, Inc., 2015; Encouragement Award, Gerda Lissner Foundation Leider/ Song Competition, 2015; Recipient of the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation Grant, 2015; Encouragement Award, Metropolitan Opea National Council Auditions, 2015; Philadelphia District Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, 2014; Main Prize and Audience Prize, North Shore Harmony Club, 2012; Finalist, New Zealand Aria Competition, 2012; Seamus Casey Memorial Scholarship Award, 2011; Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Awards, 2011.
Previous Roles
Banquo (cover), Macbeth, Glimmerglass Festival; Thibaut D’Arc, Maid of Orleans, Russian Opera Workshop; Bass Soloist, Handel’s Messiah, Philadelphia Orchestra; Doctor (cover), Macbeth, New Zealand Opera; Captain (cover), Eugene Onegin, New Zealand Opera; Secret Policeman, The Consul, Opera Factory.
Anthony gratefully acknowledges the support of the Kiri Te Kanawa Foundation.
Roles at AVA
- Farewell Recital
- Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) · Sarastro
- Rigoletto · Sparafucile
- An Evening of Puccini: Gianni Schicchi & Il tabarro · Talpa, Simone
- Werther · Bailli, Johann
- Russian Romances
- L'italiana in Algeri · Ensemble
- Faust · Méphistophélès
- La bohème · Colline, Benoit
- Manon · Le Comte des Grieux
- Pique Dame · Surin