Resident Artists

Geoffrey Schmelzer · baritone

AVA Third-year Resident Artist

Hometown

Skokie, Illinois

Education:
Northwestern University (MM), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (BM)

Awards:
Giargiari Bel Canto Competition (3rd Prize), The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, St. Louis and Iowa Districts (Encouragement Award), Opera Mississippi Vocal Competition (1st Place Crossover Winner), Northwestern University 2023 Concerto Competition Winner, Central City Opera Cady Young Artist Award, Casa Italia Chicago Muccianti Scholarship Award.

Recent Roles:
Count in Capriccio, Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro (The Academy of Vocal Arts), Le Baron in Offenbach’s La vie parisienne and Georg (cover) in She Loves Me (Opera Saratoga), David in L’amico Fritz and Valentin in Faust (The Academy of Vocal Arts), Mr. Greatorex/George Gissing/Etcher/Witness #6 in Elizabeth Cree and Major-General Stanley cover in The Pirates of Penzance (The Glimmerglass Festival), Fiorello and Figaro (cover) in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Junius in The Rape of Lucretia (AVA), Grégorio in Roméo et Juliette (Central City Opera).

Roles at AVA