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Acclaimed as a “superb” (New York Stage Review) and “powerful baritone,”  (Washington Post) Schyler Vargas is establishing himself as a versatile talent, bringing  interdisciplinary performances to the operatic, theatrical, and concert stage. His notable credits  include highly praised performances at Carnegie Hall, first as Strephon in Iolanthe by Gilbert &  Sullivan, then at Connie and the Ragged Man in The Grapes of Wrath by Ricky Ian Gordon, and premieringUNKNOWN by Shawn Okpebholo which was featured on PBS NewsHour and NPR.  

Performing alongside some of opera and theatre greats such as Nathan Gunn, Christine
  Ebersole, and Kelsey Grammer, Schyler has been seen in main stage roles at The Atlanta Opera,  The Glimmerglass Festival, Arizona Opera, Holy City Arts & Lyric Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint  Louis, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Pacific Opera Project, and the Chateau de Versailles in France, among others. Succeeding in both serious and comedic roles, past highlights include:  Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Count Almaviva in Le nozze di  Figaro, Cinderella’s Prince and the Wolf in Into the Woods, and Riff, Diesel, and Chino in West Side Story by Stephen Sondheim with original Jerome Robbins choreography.

On the concert stage,  Schyler has been the baritone soloist for Vaughn William’s Five Mystical Songs, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solenelle, and Schubert’s Mass in A-flat.  

Prioritizing new music in his career, Schyler has proudly worked on various  commissions for new operas and song cycles with the Houston Grand Opera, Cincinnati  Opera, The Glimmerglass Festival, Holy City Arts & Lyric Opera, UrbanArias, and Opera  Theatre of Saint Louis.


 

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