Eric Delagrange ’22 · bass
AVA Fourth-year Resident Artist
Hometown
Buffalo, NY
Education
B.M. in Music Education, Mercyhurst University; M.M. Voice Performance, DePaul University
Competitions
(2020) Special Judges Award & Audience Choice Award, Giargiari Bel Canto Competition; (2018) Cynthia Vernardakis Award, Orpheus National Vocal Competition; (2017) Dr. & Mrs. Bob Robinson Award Shreveport Opera, Mary Jacobs Smith Competition; (2015) 2nd Place, Kleinman Vocal Competition; (2014) American Opera Society of Chicago Award
Roles at AVA
Balthazar, La favorite; Le Duc, Roméo et Juliette; Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte; Vodník, Rusalka
Previous and Recent Roles
Der Hermit, Der Freischütz (Heartbeat Opera); Gideon March/Dashwood, Little Women (Opera in the Heights); Kochubey, Mazeppa; King Rene, Iolanta; Thibaut d’Arc, The Maid of Orleans (Russian Opera Workshop); Pistola, Falstaff; Dr. Grenvil, La traviata (Martina Arroyo’s Prelude to Performance) Sarastro, Die Zauberflöte (DePaul University); Falstaff, Falstaff (DePaul University), Sir Toby Belch, Twelfth Night (DePaul University); Figaro, Le Nozze di Figaro (Mercyhurst University); Gugliemo, Cosi fan tutte (Mercyhurst University)
Roles at AVA
- La bohème · Colline
- Farewell Recital
- Spring Recital - Entre l’amour et la mort (between love and death)
- Eugene Onegin · Zaretski
- A Celebration of American Composers
- Jubilate! A Concert of Sacred Music
- Massenet Les oubliés Forgotten Opera Excerpts of Jules Massenet
- La favorite · Balthazar
- Russian Romances
- Roméo et Juliette · Duke
- Rusalka · Vodnik
- Russian Romances
- Suor Angelica and Le Villi · Ensemble
- New Artists Recital
