Patrick Carfizzi

• Bass-Baritone

Biography

Patrick Carfizzi past engagements include performances of Masetto in Don Giovanni for the Tanglewood Music Festival under James Levine, Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola with Houston Grand Opera, Handel’s Messiah with San Francisco Symphony, Janacek’s Glagolitic Mass with Seattle Symphony, Pandolfe in Massenet’s Cendrillon with Central City Opera, Frank in Die Fledermaus with Seattle Opera, Leporello in Don Giovanni with Minnesota Opera, and Dr. Bartolo in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.

In addition to his staged opera performances, he has also performed with a number of concert organizations such as Opera Orchestra of New York, Washington Concert Opera, and Mostly Mozart festival singing Mozart’s Mass in C-Minor. A graduate of the Yale University School of Music School, Mr. Carfizzi has won several prestigious awards: Of note, he has won the Richard Tucker Career Grant Award, the George London Award, the Sullivan Foundation Award, The Richard F. Gold Career Grant from The Shoshana Foundation, and the Sergio Franchi Memorial Scholarship from the National Italian American Foundation. He has also participated in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions where he was the Connecticut District Winner.