New York native, Patrick Starke, joins Boston Opera Collaborative where he will sing the role of Don José in La Tragédie de Carmen. Recent roles include Count Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Opera Idaho), Prologue/Peter Quint in Britten's The Turn of the Screw, Alfredo (cover) in Verdi's La Traviata, Don José in Bizet's Carmen (Janiec Opera Company), Father Grenville (cover) in Heggie's Dead Man Walking, Camille (cover) and Saint Brioche in Léhar's The Merry Widow (Opera Idaho). Upcoming engagements include Le Prince Charmant in Viardot’s Cendrillon (Knoxville Opera) and Frederic (cover) in The Pirates of Penzance (Central City Opera)

As an avid soloist, Patrick can frequently be heard on the concert stage. He has recently performed as the tenor soloist in Bach's Mass in B Minor with the Boise Baroque Orchestra and Critical Mass Vocal Artists, Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with Cøda Ensemble, Orff’s Carmina Burana with Symphony Pro Musica, and Goodall's Eternal Light: A Requiem with the Cambridge Chinese Choral Society.

This summer, Patrick will join Central City Opera as an Apprentice Artist. He has previously worked with Cedar Rapids Opera as a Smith Young Artist and Opera Idaho as an Emerging Artist. He earned a Master of Music degree in Voice Performance from The Boston Conservatory at Berklee College and a Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance and Music Education from Ithaca College.