Stephen Swanson
Professor
Voice
Phone: (319) 335-1671
Office: 2081 VMB
stephen-swanson@uiowa.edu

www.stephenswansonbaritone.com

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Stephen Swanson

Stephen Swanson has appeared in 91 roles in operas, operettas and musicals. Mr. Swanson has sung on German, Dutch and Austrian radio broadcasts and has been a featured soloist in the Berliner Festwochen, Assisi Festa Musica Pro, and Dresdner Tage der zeitgenössischen Musik.

Mr. Swanson has recorded Mendelssohn's St. Paul and Ullmann's Der Kaiser von Atlantis. He has an extensive concert repertoire ranging from Baroque to avant-garde and has performed with many renowned conductors including Sir Georg Solti, Rafael Frübeck de Burgos, Margaret Hillis, and Vance George. In 1994 he accepted a position on the music faculty at The University of Iowa and was promoted to full professor in 2002.

Born in Minneapolis, Mr. Swanson earned his B.M. from North Park College, Chicago, and M.M. from Northwestern University. In 1971 he had his professional debut in Chicago and in New York's Carnegie Hall with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Arnold Schönberg's Moses and Aaron. In 1975 he received a scholarship to study at the International Opera Studio in Zurich, Switzerland, and remained in Europe performing in opera houses there until 1994.

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