ERIC COYNE

(First Victim/Judge/Chorus)

ERIC COYNE most recently appeared as Orgon in Kirke Mechem’s Tartuffe with West Bay Opera. Other comic roles have included Dr. Bartolo in The Barber of Seville, Sacristan in Tosca, and Ali Ben Ali in Romberg’s The Desert Song. The bass is known throughout Europe for his Mozart interpretations, including Simone in La Finta Semplice (Opera Piccola, Bremen), Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro (East Slovakian State Opera, KoŠice), and Leporello in Don Giovanni (City Opera of Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic). In the more dramatic Verdi repertoire, Coyne has appeared as Samuel in Un Ballo in Maschera (Silesian State Opera of Opava, Czech Republic), and Sparafucile in Rigoletto (Livermore Valley Opera).