Resident Artists
John Viscardi, tenor
AVA fourth-year Resident Artist
Hometown: Manhasset, New York
Education: M.A. in Music Performance, Opera Concentration, New York University; B.M. in Vocal Performance, New York University
Competitions: Finalist, George London Foundation Vocal Competition, 2013; Encouragement Award, Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition, 2012; Encouragement Award, George London Foundation Vocal Competition, 2012; The Bertha Koempel Award, Leiderkranz Competition, 2012; Second Place, Giargiari Bel Canto Competition - WRTI broadcast radio online poll, 2011; Lys Symonette Award for Outstanding Performance of an Individual Number, Lotte Lenya Competition, 2011; First Place, Mario Lanza Scholarship, 2010; Third Place, Giargiari Bel Canto Competition (Listener's Choice), 2010.
Roles at AVA: Juan, Don Quichotte; Lensky, Eugene Onegin; Count Almaviva, Il barbiere di Siviglia; Pelléas, Pelléas et Mélisande; Nathanaël, Spalanzani and Schlémil, Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni; Waiter, Arabella; Song seller and lover, Il tabarro; Fenton, Falstaff.
Other Roles: Prunier, La Rondine, Des Moines Metro Opera; Dancing Master and Lamplighter, Manon Lescaut, Opera Company of Philadelphia; Tamino, The Magic Flute, Cat, Old Man, Tea Pot, L’enfant et les Sortilèges, Camille, The Merry Widow, Frederick, The Pirates of Penzance, First Sailor, Dido and Aeneas, all with New York University; Camille (Cover), The Merry Widow; Giuseppe, La traviata, Tamino (Cover), First Priest, Die Zauberflöte, all with Opera New Jersey; Rinuccio, Gianni Schicchi, Rockland Opera; Shining Knight, Babes in Toyland, Little Orchestra Society.