Baritone teaching artist, Brian B. Carter, has been hailed by Houston Chronicle as having “a big, commanding voice that demonstrate(s) [Carter’s] range, technique, musicality and sensitivity.” Dr. Carter has sung dozens of lead and supporting roles in opera companies throughout the United States, including Sarasota Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Austin Lyric Opera, Dicapo Opera, Opera San José, Opera Delaware, Opera North, Greensboro Opera and Opera Illinois. Favorite roles include the title roles in Rigoletto and Gianni Schicchi, George (Of Mice and Men), Ping (Turandot), Tonio (Pagliacci) and Alberich (Das Rheingold).
Though much of his early performing has been on the operatic stage, Brian B. Carter has in more recent years found a home in the concert hall. In addition to numerous song recitals, he has been the baritone soloist for many concert works including the title role in Mendelssohn’s Elijah, the Fauré, Mozart, and Duruflé Requiems, Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, the J.S. Bach Magnificat, and Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem and Five Mystical Songs, The Golden Harp by Gwyneth Walker, and Requiem for 9/11 by Wilson Somers.
Having taken an interest in stage direction, Dr. Carter has directed several productions in the Delaware Valley Area including Andrea Chenier for Concert Opera of Philadelphia, and scenes from Alceste and Don Pasquale for the Rodin Opera Workshop (University of Pennsylvania). He has also brought musical theater to the stage including The Drowsy Chaperone for Avon Grove Community Theater and Fiddler on the Roof with the Brandywiners, Ltd.
Dr. Carter teaches as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Delaware, and at the University of Pennsylvania through the Blutt College House Music Program, where he is sought out for his expertise in both classical and commercial styles of singing. He has also taught at The University of Texas at Austin and Temple University.
Dr. Carter received both his Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music at the University of Texas at Austin under the supervision of Profs. David Small (voice) and Darlene Wiley (pedagogy). He earned his Bachelor of Music at San José State University where he studied with Dr. David Rohrbaugh (voice) and Metropolitan Opera star Ms. Irene Dalis (opera). Prior to his university study, Dr. Carter was a student of the great performer of American art song and creator of the AIDS Quilt Songbook, William Parker, whom he credits as his first inspiration to become a singing artist.
