In the world premiere
ofLa
Coupe et les levres,
a
reworking of Puccini's opera, Edgar, under the baton of
Maestro Anton Coppola -
October 31st 2009 at the Kaye Playhouse in New York City.
|The Baker
in
Into The Woods St
Petersburg Opera
September 2009 "Todd William Donovan, playing the Baker, sang and
acted splendidly throughout the evening, culminating with his
passionate, powerful performance of the show's grand theme,No
More."
Todd is regularly performing concerts, some
worth mentioning are the following:
August 2009
34th Classical Music Festival
in Eisenstadt,
Austria
Bass Soloist
for the
following:
Theresienmesse
and Die sieben letzen Worte unseres Erloers am Kreuze (The Seven Last
Words of our Saviour on the Cross)
by
Joseph Haydn
The Classical Music Festival
in Austria
April 2009
Mendelssohn's "Elijah"
Todd performs as a guest soloist
April 17th, 2009 at the Palladium theatre
ENCORE SERIES 2008
April 2008
Todd sang Samuel Barber's powerful Dover Beach accompanied by
Virtuosi players
Scott Kluksdahl,
Carolyn Stuart, violinist
Christina Adams, violinist
J.T. Tilton, violist The Master Chorale
of Tampa Bay
April 2008
Under the direction of Dr.
Richard Zielinski
Music and Artistic Director
Featured soloist in their 2008
"Discover"
concert and on
their "Discover" CD release.
Todd was the soloist in
the choral work
"Don't Get Down"
by Duke Ellington and arr. by
Alice Parker.
He was also soloist for Alice Parker's
World Premiere Choral work
"I Got a Hidin' Place"
Savannah
Music Festival
(American Traditions Competition 2009)
April 2009
Todd took 1st place with the
Oxnard Gold Medal Award
and also won the
Johnny Mercer
Award
Elizabeth Oxnard, Todd and his wife
Todd
holding his Johnny Mercer Award
in front of the historic Johnny Mercer's house in Savannah The Savannah Now
newspaper article Click on the above photo
for a link to some Savannah photos
New Jersey
Association
of
Verisimo Opera
(20th Annual Vocal Competition)
January 13th, 2009
3rd place winner
Altamura/Caruso International
Vocal Competition
March
2008
Todd Donovan was
the 3rd place
winner in the Altamura/Caruso
International Vocal Competition.
There were 19 finalists
from around the world competing.
John Keeler
for the Hudson-Catskill Newspaper wrote:
"Todd
Donovan has a splendid lyric
voice and proved quite an actor"
Marquis
D'Obigny
in
Verdi's
La Traviata
Escamillo
in
Bizet's
Carmen
The
Wanderer/Wotan
in
Wagner's
Siegfried
New Century Opera
Marco
in
Puccini's
Gianni Schicchi
Opera Tampa
photo
was purchased through Pictage taken by The Gallery Studios
Baron Mirko Zeta
in
Lehar's The
Merry Widow
Larger photo courtesy of photographer
Alberta P
Times Performing Arts Critic, John
Fleming says:
"Todd Donovan, wearing a fez, is a
suitably comic baron."
-St Petersburg Times
Leporello
in
Don Giovanni
A
"modern day" Don Giovanni
June 2008
Leporello's Catalogue Aria
Most photos used
in the slideshow are courtesy of
Alberta P
The Father
in
Hansel and Gretel
November 2008
Wotan
in
Die Walkure
April &
May 2008
Wotan
in
Das Rheingold
April 2008
Times Performing Arts Critic, John
Fleming says:
"...a solid performance by Todd Donovan, an
experienced bass-baritone, as Wotan...." -St Petersburg Times
Times Staff Writer, Elena Lesley says:
"The deep voice of Wotan, the Ruler of
the Gods boomed." -Tampa Bay Times aka TBT
Colline
in
La Boheme
June 2007
Colline's Coat
Aria
Vecchia zimarra, senti
Times
Performing Arts Critic, John Fleming
says:
"Todd Donovan's Colline was richly mournful
in the philosopher's aria to his coat"
-St. Petersburg Times
Dr. Falke
in
Die Fledermaus
December 2006
Bruderlein
Times Performing Arts Critic, John
Fleming says:
" Todd brought elegant style to Dr. Falke."
-St. Petersburg Times
Don Basilio
in Barber
Of
Seville
June 2006
Basilio's La calunnia aria
Times Performing Arts Critic, John
Fleming says:
"Todd Donovan brought resonant warmth to
the
music teacher Basilio."
-St. Petersburg Times