Scott MacLeod, baritone
A diverse and exciting performer, baritone Scott MacLeod has garnered critical praise in opera houses and concert halls across the nation. Media reviews have called him “splendid” (operaonline.us), “impressive” (Pensacola News Journal), “emotional… equal parts sweetness and swagger” (Mobile Register), and “a voice to enjoy with every note” (Salt Lake Tribune). Classical Voice of North Carolina said of a recent production “[his] voice is strong and clear, his diction, perfect, and his acting, marvelous… he won this listener’s affection from the moment he arrived onstage.” He has performed over 40 roles with some of the nation’s leading regional houses and abroad, including: Opera Omaha, Central City Opera, Opera North, Utah Festival Opera, Mobile Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Greensboro Opera, Long Leaf Opera, the Florence Masterworks chorale, the Tucson Symphony, the North Carolina Symphony, and the National Symphony of Costa Rica.
Signature roles include the title role in Gianni Schicchi, Giuseppe in The Gondoliers, Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro, the title role in Dallapiccola’s Il Prigioniero, and William Clark in Opera Omaha’s debut of Dream of the Pacific. He can also be heard in the role of Apollo in the world-premiere recordingof John Eccles’ Semele. A faculty member at Catawba College, he has taught voice and theatre as a guest at several prominent institutions and is in demand as a clinician and instructor. In recent months, he performed Holiday Pops with the North Carolina Symphony, the Messiah with the National Symphony of Costa Rica, the Brahms Requiem with the Dallas Highlander Concert Series, and the Lecturer in Long Leaf Opera’s production of the Dominick Argento solo tour-de-force opera A Water Bird Talk. Upcoming performances include A Night at the Opera with the Saginaw Bay Symphony and his Carnegie Hall solo debut in selections from Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the combined Catawba College choirs.
Mr. MacLeod is a graduate of Northwestern University and holds a fellowship Master’s degree from Florida State University. He lives in North Carolina with his wife, Rebecca.