About me
Henry Pleas has appeared as leading tenor in many operatic productions, including work as soloist for Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera Grand Rapids, Skylight Opera Theater and Chicago Opera Theater. His roles have included the title role in Tales of Hoffmann, Rodolfo in La Boheme, Tamino in the Magic Flute, and Turridu in Cavalleria Rusticana, and Don Jose in Carmen. In orchestral performance he has appeared as principle tenor soloist in the Beethoven Missa Solemnis, Mozart Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Haydn’s Creation, Britten’s St. Nicholas, Stravinsky’s Pulcinella, Vaughan William's Hodie and Adolphus Hailstork's "Done Made my Vow".
For the past several years he has lived in Germany, working, improving his use of the German language and coming to understand a little better a culture that gave birth to a wealth of important poets, composers and great singers. His artistic focus of late has been on increased performance in the chamber format; To date he has performed such works as Schubert's Winterreise, Liszt's Petrarch Sonnets, and a good deal of the song repertoire from Benjamin Britten. He is a finalist in the Lotte Lehmann Foundation 2008 Cybersing competition. More information about Mr. Pleas and his work is available from his website www.henrypleas.com
