| Biography | BM, New England Conservatory; MM, Yale University; DMA, Rutgers University. Dr. Pope gained critical acclaim appearing as an ECCO Artist with the Cincinnati Opera Company. His credits have gone on to include Théatre du Châtelet in Paris; Glyndebourne and Buxton Opera; London Proms; Schleswig-Holstein Musikfest and Tanglewood Music Festivals; Netherlands Opera Forum in Amsterdam; and Oper Kiel in Germany, as well as performances with the companies of Pittsburgh, Boston, Orlando, Grand Rapids, Hawaii, and Anchorage. He has appeared in concert at the Théatre de la Ville in Paris, Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, Brooklyn Academy of Music with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and New Yorks Carnegie Hall with the American Symphony. Additionally, he has performed with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the City of Birmingham Symphony, and the Pittsburgh, Charleston, St. Louis, and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras as well as with the Orchestra of St. Lukes. He has recorded for the Col Legno label. Dr. Pope previously served on the voice faculty at the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria, and the faculty of the Florida State Universitys College of Music, where he received a 2004 Developing Scholar Award, which led to the publication of selected Lieder of Robert Fuchs. He was a 2003 NATS Master Teacher for the Summer Intern Program. He is currently co-director of the Barga Opera Festival in Barga, Italy. |