Praised by Opera Today for his “sizable lyric instrument” and “honeyed tone on all registers”, this season Arnold Livingston Geis (Rodolfo) joins LA Master Chorale at Walt Disney Hall for Haydn’s Creation, returns to the LA Philharmonic as the Shepherd in Tristan und Isolde, and returns to Chautauqua Opera for further performances of Mr. Markes in Gordon’s Intimate Apparel and Pirelli in Sweeney Todd.
Last season he made his Lincoln Center debut creating the role of Mr. Marks in Ricky Ian Gordon’s Intimate Apparel, joined four-time Grammy Award-winner Esperanza Spalding as Agamemnon in her and Wayne Shorter’s new opera Iphigenia on tour with performances at the Kennedy Center, MassMOCA and ArtEmerson in Boston, joined Opera Lafayette in Philidor’s The Blacksmith, New Amsterdam Opera for Georges in La Dame Blanche, Opera Saratoga for Beadle in Sweeney Todd, and sang Carmina Burana in his LA Philharmonic debut at the Hollywood Bowl with Maestro Gustavo Dudamel.
His recent engagements include Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore with Illinois Symphony, Handel’s Messiah with Indianapolis Symphony and Obadiah in Mendelssohn’s Elijah with St. George’s Choral Society in New York City. Mr. Geis recently joined Washington National Opera for Jonathan Dale in Silent Night, Gastone in La Traviata, and Busdriver/New Preacher in Kamala Sankaram and Jerry Dy’s world premiere of Taking Up Serpents. He also sang Nikolaus Sprink in Silent Night with Glimmerglass Opera, Arnold Murray in The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing with Chicago Opera Theater, and Tamino in The Magic Flute with Pacific Opera Project.