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Douglas Webster
photo: Michel Sevelo
Representation: Broadway Baritones,
Inc. (212) 262-5220 E-mail: BroadwayBaritones@aol.com
Douglas Webster is enjoying a widely
varied career as a performer. His repertoire includes
opera, musical theater, chamber music, solo recital and solo with
orchestra. Recently, he was Interim Director of Opera
Theater for the University of Oregon in Eugene. Under his
guidance, the UO Opera Theater made its' first New York Showcase
appearance this past May. Currently, he is
playing the role of Jean Valjean for the Broadway Rose Theater Company
in Portland, Oregon. Performances of Valjean will continue
with regional theater companies through the coming 2008-2009 season.
Winner of the Joy In Singing and
Concert Artists Guild awards, Douglas Webster has performed as
soloist in concert and recital in forty-six of the United States and
Europe. He made his stage debut in 1988 singing the role of 'the
Celebrant' in Leonard Bernstein's epic theater work MASS at the Tanglewood Festival
for the composer's 70th Birthday Gala. He then joined the
National tour (Marius company) of Les
Misérables. He later joined the Broadway company of the Les Miz at the Imperial theater.
Considered the foremost interpreter of Leonard Bernstein's MASS, he has
led over twenty productions as soloist, producer and stage director in
venues including Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, The Vatican and
with symphony orchestras in Dallas, Denver, Columbus and Portland among
others. The DVD recording of MASS from Vatican City (Kultur
Video) is the only video available of the work. Internationally,
he also performed the role of the Celebrant in Latvia, Lithuania and
across Spain. His production company was engaged by the Dallas
Symphony for their commemoration of the life of John F. Kennedy in 2003.
As soloist with orchestra, he performs standard baritone
repertoire including: Carmina Burana,
Brahms' Requiem, and Vaughan
Williams' Sea Symphony.
For symphonic pops concerts, he has frequently performed with the pops
trio BRAVO BROADWAY! and
currently, with THE BROADWAY
BARITONES show.
Website: BroadwayBaritones.com
With Hollywood
pianist, Lincoln
Mayorga, Douglas Webster toured for two seasons for Community Concerts
performing over one hundred concerts together. He has performed
chamber music with festivals in Santa Fe, Rockport, Fredericksburg,
Juneau, Breckenridge, Aspen, Madison, and Round Top, Texas. His
chamber music recordings include Schumann's Dichterliebe (Yamaha), Klezmer Rondos (New World), And David Danced Before the Lord
(Koch/Milkin Archive) and a collection of 20th century chamber music
released on the Eco Classics label including Ravel's Chansons Madécasse and
Barber's Dover Beach.
At the end of his tour with Les Miz,
he returned to classical vocal studies and an apprenticeship with the
Santa Fe Opera. His opera roles include Don Giovanni
(Shreveport Opera), Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus (Virginia Opera,
Eugene Opera), Philip Marshall in the opera by Seymour Barab (Northern
Plains Opera) and recordings of John Philip Sousa's El Capitan (El
Capitan) on Zephyr Records and Copland's The Tender Land (Top) on Koch
Records. His other recordings include the voice of Prince
Charming on the Grammy nominated A
Disney Spectacular (Telarc) with Erich Kunzel and the
Concinnati Pops.
While commited to his
own performance schedule, Douglas Webster created a program to nurture
young singers in their pursuit of music as a profession and
avocation. Since 1999, the American Singer Seminar brings
successfully
working vocalists together with aspiring young singers.. Past
participants of the Musical Theater Intensive program are currently
appearing on Broadway,
National tour and in regional theaters
across the country. Website: AmericanSinger.com
Douglas Webster received his Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana
University and Master of Music degree from Northwestern
University in voice and opera stage direction. Further studies
continued at The Banff Centre and the
Centre Internationale de Formation Musicale in Nice, France. His
teachers include: Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Paul Kittle, Gérard
Souzey, Norman Gulbrandsen, William Shriner and Lorraine Nubar.
Anything he does correctly as an actor is the responsibility of Ann
Ducati.
ON
STAGE
As "The Celebrant" in MASS
Carnegie
Hall
The Vatican
The Kennedy Center
Dallas Symphony
Oregon Symphony
Eugene Symphony
Colorado Symphony
Columbus Pro Musica
Illinois Philharmonic
Latvian National Chorus and Symphony
Lithuanian National Symphony
Peralada, Spain
Santendar, Spain
Valencia, Spain
Catholic University of America
George Mason University
Tanglewood Festival
Aspen Music Festival
Cabrillo Music Festival
Les Misérables
Broadway (Imperial Theater) 1993
National Tour (Marius Company) 1989 - 1991
UPCOMING:
BROADWAY ROSE THEATER COMPANY
Portland, Oregon June 27- July 20, 2008
COEUR d'ALENE SUMMER THEATER
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho August 9 - 23, 2008
ARKANSAS REPERTORY THEATRE
Little Rock, Arkansas September 12 - October 12, 2008
PHOENIX THEATRE
Phoenix, Arizona February 18 - March 22, 2009
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IN SCHOOL
Interim Director of Opera Theater
Artist Teacher of Voice
University of Oregon
2007-2008
For Private Voice Lessons, or for information on masterclasses offered
in conjunction with local appearances, call:
Call (212) 262- 5220
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