Tom
Krause

Equally successful in the fields of opera, recital, oratorio
and recording, Finnish baritone Tom Krause is internationally recognized as one of the greatest vocal
artists today.During a career spanning over fifty roles in
the Italian, German, French, English, Czech, Russian,
and Swedish repertory including the Baroque, Classical,
Romantic and Modern, Mr. Krause has performed in
most of the great opera houses of the world. He has
appeared in leading roles with Milan’s La Scala, Berlin
Opera, Vienna Staatsoper, Munich Staatsoper, Paris
Opera, Rome Opera, Naples’ San Carlo Opera, Grand
Théâtre of Geneva, Metropolitan Opera House, Lyric
Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera and Houston
Grand Opera, as well as with the festivals of Bayreuth,
Salzburg, Edinburgh, Glyndebourne, Savonlinna, and
Tanglewood.A frequent guest soloist in concert,the
baritone has been heard with the most prestigious
orchestras and has shared the stage with such great
singers as Placido Domingo,Luciano Pavarotti,Nicolai
Gedda,Jessye Norman,Kiri Te Kanawa,Joan Sutherland,
Birgit Nilsson, Marilyn Horne and Robert Merrill under
the great conductors of our time, including Leonard
Bernstein, Georg Solti, Herbert von Karajan, Zubin
Mehta,Eugene Ormandy,Seiji Ozawa and Carlo Maria
Giulini. As one of the most prolific recording artists of
our era,he can be heard in over 70 recordings,several of
which were awarded prizes. Mr. Krause regularly gives
master classes in the U.S.A. and Europe.