Joshua Collier

American tenor, Joshua Collier, praised for his “thrilling high range” and “passionate commitment to character,” was hailed as “a great Italian tenor on the make” by Boston’s Classical Scene as Roméo in Roméo et Juliette.

A graduate of The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (Bachelor of Music - Vocal Performance) The New England Conservatory (Masters in Music - Vocal Performance), he has performed throughout New England and beyond in roles including: Mario Cavaradossi (Tosca - BARN OPERA), Rodolfo (La Bohème - Opera Ithaca), Nemorino (L’Elisir D’Amore - Opera Company of Middlebury), Chevalier de La Force (Dialogues of the Carmelites - Sarasota Opera), Calaf (Turandot - Opera Company of Middlebury), Macduff (Macbeth - Raylynmor Opera) B. F. Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly - Opera West), Camille (The Merry Widow - Opera Wilmington), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte - Opera New Hampshire), Tony (West Side Story - Asheville Lyric Opera), Lysander (A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Lowell House Opera), Male Chorus (The Rape of Lucretia - Opera Brittenica), Frederic (The Pirates of Penzance - Opera Providence), Fabrizio (The Light in the Piazza - Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre), among others.

In addition to the lyric stage, Mr. Collier has performed the tenor solos in much of the symphonic and oratorio repertoire including Requiem by both Verdi and Mozart, Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings (op.31), Rejoice in the Lamb, Abraham and Isaac - All by Benjamin Britten, Elijah and Paulus of Mendelssohn, Handel’s Messiah, as well as Beethoven's 9th Symphony and the Coronation Mass of Mozart. He was the tenor soloist for the New England premiere of Robert Aldridge’s Parables: An Interfaith Oratorio with Bennington Choral Society.

Throughout his career he has been fortunate to work with such conductors as James Albritten, Nicolas Giusti, Stephen Lord, Lidiya Yankovskaya, John Moriarty, Emmanuel Plasson, Andy Anderson, Michael Sakir, Francisco Noya, among many others.

Mr. Collier founded the Bostonian opera company, Opera Brittenica, championing the works of Benjamin Britten, in 2013, and is currently is the founder and Artistic Director of BARN OPERA (www.barnopera.com) based in Brandon, Vermont. Mr. Collier is a professor of Voice at Castleton University and widely sought after as a masterclass technician for both vocal, dramatic, and interpretive growth in young, emerging talent. for more information about Collier’s upcoming engagements as a Tenor, please visit jrctenor.com.