Resident Artists
Christopher Bolduc, baritone
AVA fourth-year resident artist
Hometown: Albany, NY
Education: B.M. Purchase College Conservatory of Music (SUNY) M.M. and honorary Performer's Certificate, Indiana University
Competitions: winner, William Matheus Sullivan Musical Foundation Awards, 2009; semi-finalist, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, 2007 and 2008; first place, Florida Grand Opera Competition, 2007; third place, Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, 2007; third place, Opera Index Competition, 2007; third place, Giulio Gari Foundation, 2007, finalist and honorable mention, George London Foundation, 2007; winner, Liederkranz Foundation Awards for Voice, 2005; encouragement award, Fritz and Lavinia Jensen Foundation, 2005; winner, Connecticut Opera Guild Competition, 2005; first place, Classical Singer Convention Competition, 2005.
Roles at AVA: Figaro, Il barbiere di Siviglia, title role; Eugene Onegin, Lescaut; Manon; Guglielmo, Così fan tutte; Lescaut, Manon Lescaut (Act ll); Marchese D'Obigny, La traviata; Basilio, La fiamma; Enrico, Lucia di Lammermoor, Ford, Falstaff.
Other roles: Masetto, Don Giovanni, Central City Opera; Demetrius, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Indiana University; Papageno, Die Zauberflöte, Indiana University.
