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JOHN LaFORGE Bass-Baritone John LaForge has appeared as a guest artist with symphony orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States, including The Washington Opera, Dallas Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Eugene Opera, and The Atlanta Opera, among others. He has also performed in metro Atlanta with the Michael O'Neal Singers, Atlanta Ballet, Atlanta Sacred Chorale, Collegium Vocale, and Peachtree Repertory Opera. He is making his third appearance with Capitol City Opera, having sung the title role in Signor Deluso and John Proctor in The Crucible. He was recognized by The Santa Fe Opera as Outstanding Apprentice Artist of 1995 (where he performed in their productions of La Fanciulla del West and Salome) and received a similar award in 1994 from the Central City Opera (where he starred as the Comte Des Grieux in Manon). Other awards and honors have been bestowed upon him by the Sullivan Foundation, the Florida Suncoast Opera Competition, the Houston Grand Opera Auditions, the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. His active orchestral repertoire includes such works as Handel's Messiah, Faure's Requiem, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Verdi's Requiem, Haydn's Creation and Bach's Saint Matthew Passion and B Minor Mass. LaForge presently serves as Coordinator of Music Education for Fulton County Schools and is an active choral and vocal clinician and adjudicator. He is also active in numerous arts organizations in the Atlanta area, including serving as a member of the Spivey Hall Education Committee and Atlanta Opera Advisory Council. Most recently, he was named to the Advisory Board of the National Center for Educational Partnerships in Music. |