Graham Fandrei
Vocal Instructor

SoBe Music Institute
751 Euclid Avenue, Suite 2
Miami Beach, Fl 33139
305 674-9220 

Audio Samples ( Download Windows Media)

• Papageno's Suicide - Die Zauberflote - Mozart
• Questo Amor - Edgar - Puccini
  

Teaching Positions:

• SoBe Music Institute (Miami's Institute for Performing Arts) - Vocal Instructor (2006 - current)
  

Operatic Experience:

• Emperor - The Emperor of Atlantis - Opera Modus
• Giorgio Germont* - La Traviata - Center City Opera
• Papageno - The Magic Flute - Knoxville Opera
• Pirate King - The Pirates of Penzance - Gulf Coast Symphony
• Floyd/Cameahwait -  A Dream of the Pacific - Opera Omaha
• Jim/Undertaker - Porgy and Bess - Evansville Philharmonic
• Michael(World Premiere) - A Song of Eddie - Conductors Institute at Bard
• Floyd/Cameahwait  - A Dream of the Pacific - Opera Theatre of St. Louis
• Paquillo - La Perichole - DiCapo Opera
• Maximillian/The Captain - Candide - Rotterdam Philharmonic
• Schaunard - La Boheme - Baz Luhrmanns Production of
• Marcello - La Boheme - Puccini’s La Boheme
• Count Almaviva - Le Nozze di Figaro - Juilliard Opera Theater
• Don Giovanni - Don Giovanni - Bay Area Summer Opera Institute
• Demetrius - A Midsummer Night’s Dream - New England Conservatory
• Starveling - A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Juilliard Opera Theater
• Suzaku - The Tale of Genji - Opera Theatre of St. Louis
• Customs Officer - The Loss of Eden - Opera Theatre of St. Louis Reporter (World Premiere)
• Peter - Hansel and Gretel - Longwood Opera
• Hamlet* - Hamlet - Opera Theatre of St. Louis
• Baron - La Traviata - Orchestra X
• Hunter - Hippolytus and Aricia - Opera Theatre of St. Louis
• Mr. Gedge - Albert Herring - Bay Area Summer Opera Institute
• Soloist - Tribute to Gene Kelly - Charleston Symphony Orchestra, SC 2006

*-indicates cover

Solo with Orchestra:

• Mozart - Mass in C - Master Chorale of South Florida, FL
• Various - America Music Review - Charleston Symphony Orchestra, SC
• Mendelsohn - Elijah - Brookhaven Chorale, Long Island, NY
• Brahms – Requiem - Queens College, Queens, NY
• Cole Porter - Cole Porter Review - Gulf Coast Symphony, FL
• Newman - Requiem (World Premiere) - St. Paul Chorale, Houston, TX
• Orff - Carmina Burana - University of Houston, Houston, TX
• Faure – Requiem - Hugenot Memorial Church, Pelham, NY
• Schubert - Mass in G - Hugenot Memorial Church, Pelham, NY
• Finzi - Let us Garlands Bring  - N.E.C. Concerto Concert

Education:

• The Juilliard School, 1999-2001
• New England Conservatory, Bachelor of Music, May 1999

Reviews:

• Paquillo, La Perichole, DiCapo Opera

  “Graham Fandrei was her Paquillo, singing with a zesty, full-bodied [Baritone] voice. …his drunken pratfalls were truly impressive.”  Opera News 12/21/03

• Floyd/Chief Cameahwait, Dream of the Pacific, Opera Theatre of St. Louis

  “…baritone Graham Fandrei demonstrated both dramatic flexibility and vocal strength.  His voice is big and dark; he gave a thoroughly likable performance as Floyd, and a noble one as Cameahwait.”   St. Louis Post Dispatch 02/08/04

• Baritone Soloist, Cole Porter Review, Gulf Coast Symphony

  “Another winner for the evening, was Graham Fandrei, who sang "All Through the Night" with a seasoned, rich baritone, enhanced by a powerful finish.”

  “…"Begin the Beguine" which ended the first set, wove a spellbinding web of mystery and romance, sung by Fandrei…”  Sun Hearld 01/11/05

Biography:

Educated at both the New England Conservatory and The Juilliard School, baritone Graham Fandrei has performed in venues across the United States, Europe and Asia.  Recently, with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, he performed a concert of American songs, including pieces from composers Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Johnny Mercer and Kurt Weill.  Mr. Fandrei performed both Marcello and Schaunard in director Baz Luhrmann’s (Moulin Rouge, Strictly Ballroom, Romeo and Juliet) production of Puccini’s La Boheme on Broadway.  In 2003, he made his European debut with the Rotterdam Philharmonic in Rotterdam, Holland.  While in Holland, Mr. Fandrei performed in a two-week Leonard Bernstein Festival singing in pop concerts, recitals and performances in the roles of Maximilian and the Captain in Candide.

Mr. Fandrei has performed several seasons with the Opera Theatre of St. Louis.  In the fall of 2001, he traveled with OTSL to Tokyo, Japan to perform Suzaku in the Japanese premiere of Minoru Miki’s opera The Tale of Genji, directed by Colin Graham.  The following year in St. Louis, he played multiple roles in the world premiere of Cary John Franklin’s The Loss of Eden.  

Mr. Fandrei has performed over 20 different operatic roles throughout the U.S. including the title role in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, both Demetrius and Starveling in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Peter in Hansel and Gretel, Apollo in Cavalli’s L’Egisto and Mr. Peachum in Weil’s Three Penny Opera.

Equally comfortable in concert as in opera, Mr. Fandrei has performed as a guest artist in Carmina Burana with University of Houston, both the Faure and Mozart Requiem and recently, the world premiere of a Requiem by noted composer and organist Anthony Newman.

In December of 2003 he was seen performing the role of Paquillo in DiCapo Opera’s production of La Perichole. In February of 2004 he created the roles of Charles Floyd and Chief Cameawait in the Opera Theatre of St. Louis’ production of A Dream of the Pacific.  In the summer of 2004 he created the role of Michael, in Harold Farberman’s new opera The Story of Eddie and shortly thereafter performed the role of Papageno in The Magic Flute with Knoxville Opera.  In the summer of 2005 he participated in Verdi’s La Traviata with Center City Opera in Philadelphia.  Most recently, Mr. Fandrei returned to Charleston for a concert tribute to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.  In 2007 he will be performing the role of Lord Henry in Lowell Lieberman’s opera The Picture of Dorian Gray.