BIOGRAPHY

Chad A. Johnson

Tenor Chad A. Johnson’s performances in the 2011-12 season include the Duke in Rigoletto with Pensacola Opera, a New Year's Eve concert with the Alabama Symphony, Mozart's Requiem with Modesto Symphony Orchestra, and a pops program with Long Beach Symphony. In 2010-11, he sang Lysander in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream with Boston Lyric Opera. Mr. Johnson studied at Western Michigan University, The University of Kentucky and the American Institute of Musical Studies, Opera Studio in Graz, Austria. In 2001, he joined the young artist program of the Chicago Opera Theater. Over the next two seasons he performed in the operas ensembles and covered the role of the Male Chorus in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia. Other career highlights include Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte with the Tanglewood Music Center, Gėrald in Lakmė with Minnesota Opera and Florida Grand Opera, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with New Orleans Opera, Ruggero in La Rondine with Lyric Opera San Diego and Paolino in Il matrimonio segreto. Most recently, Mr. Johnson won First Place in the Four Cities District and Second Place in the Great Lakes region for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, as well as first prize in the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation Competition.