Baritone John Tibbetts made his debut in the role of Ping in Puccini's Turandot last May Opera Grand Rapids.
cited for his “unexpectedly rich voice” and “reverberating tones” by Palm Beach Post, is accomplished on the recital, concert, and operatic stage. The artist “worthy of mention” (OPERA Magazine) sang with the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre, as the baritone soloist in Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana with Craig Jessop, Priest in Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”, Doncairo in Bizet’s “Carmen” and brother Reuben in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Tibbetts made his international operatic and film debut in the 2021-22 season playing the role of Adam in Edwin Huizinga’s Angel with Toronto’s Opera Atelier. The 21-22 season included concert performances throughout Florida with a Gulfshore Opera and First Coast Opera debut along with a full-length recital at All Saints Episcopal Church in Atlanta, where he sang a world premiere arrangement of “Shenandoah” by Raymond Chenault. Tibbetts is the the President and Co-Founder of Amelia Island Opera in Fernandina Beach, Florida. circa (2020)
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