Brian Ming Chu
On the operatic stage, Brian Ming Chu, baritone, has performed with opera companies around the country, in signature roles including Marcello in La Bohème, the Count in The Marriage of Figaro, Figaro in The Barber of Seville, and Silvio in Pagliacci. He recently appeared in the title role of Anton Rubinstein's Russian opera, The Demon, at the Academy of Vocal Arts.
Brian performed the role of the Count in Operanauts' world premiere of FANDANGO! (music by Mozart). He has appeared in recital at Carnegie’s Weill and Merkin Halls in New York, the Annenberg Center for the Arts, Washington's Phillips Collection, and as a US Embassy Cultural Artist in West Africa and Vienna, Austria.
Mr. Chu did his graduate work in voice and opera at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, and holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Cornell University. He teaches on the voice faculty of Muhlenberg College (PA).