Shawn Roth · tenor

AVA Third-year Resident Artist

Hometown

Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Education

B. M. in Voice Performance, Oberlin Conservatory, 2020

Competitions

Winner, Marilyn Horne Song Competition, 2021; Great Lakes Region Encouragement Award Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, 2020; Michigan District Winner, MONCA, 2019; The Marilyn Horne Rubin Scholar, 2019; The Lotte Lehmann Memorial Scholarship, Music Academy of the West, 2019

Previous Roles

Lysander, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Pa, Proving Up, Oberlin Opera Theatre; Bardolfo, Falstaff, Music Academy of the West; Der Lakai, Ariadne auf Naxos, The Cleveland Orchestra

Roles at AVA

• Don Giovanni · Don Ottavio
• Jubilate! A Concert of Sacred Music
• Don Pasquale · Carlino
• Fall Recital
• La traviata · Flora’s Servant
• La bohème · Parpignol
• Spring Recital - Entre l’amour et la mort (between love and death)
• The Giargiari Bel Canto Competition
• Jubilate! A Concert of Sacred Music
• Russian Romances
• New Artists Recital