Bio: Baritone Robert Barefield is a frequent performer in opera, oratorio, and recital. He has performed with organizations throughout the country including the New Orleans Opera, the Central City Opera, the Ohio Light Opera, the Abilene Philharmonic, the Evansville Philharmonic, the Maryland Lyric Opera, the South Texas Symphony, Houston's Opera in the Heights, the Mississippi Symphony, and the Dorian Opera Theatre. Operatic roles have included Figaro in The Barber of Seville, Germont in La Traviata, Sid in Albert Herring, Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, the title role in Gianni Schicchi and John Proctor in Robert Ward's The Crucible. As an oratorio soloist, Barefield's performances have included Orff's Carmina Burana, the Sea Symphony of Vaughan Williams, Mendelssohn's Elijah and Handel's Messiah.
An accomplished recitalist, Robert Barefield has performed programs throughout the United States and in Europe. His wide-ranging repertoire has encompassed major works such as Schubert's Winterreise, as well as premiere performances of songs by composers, including David Conte, Simon Sargon and Robert Maggio.
For many years, he served on the opera faculty at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival in Alaska. Articles on voice-related topics by Robert Barefield have appeared in The Journal of Singing, The American Music Teacher and Music Educators Journal. He has offered lecture/recitals on a variety of topics at national and international music conferences.
Barefield received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where he was a Corbett Opera Scholar. Prior to his work at ASU, he served on voice faculties at Southern Methodist University, the University of Mississippi and West Chester University of Pennsylvania. His current and former voice students are active as performers and educators throughout the United States.
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