Michael Boley, Tenor

American tenor Michael Boley, rapidly climbing the operatic ranks, is an Ohio native who began his career with Columbus Opera. An exponent of the romantic French and Italian repertoire, performance highlights included the title role in Les Contes de Hoffmann, Rodolfo in La Bohème, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, Lenski in Eugene Onegin and Tamino in Die Zauberflöte. Further successes included his turn as the Chevalier de Danceny in Susa’s The Dangerous Liaisons, and the Beast in Giannini’s Beauty and the Beast for Dicapo Opera. In the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons, Michael was a Resident Artist with Opera San Jose, where he assumed principal assignments in Verdi’s Rigoletto, Weiser’s Where Angels Fear to Tread, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Puccini's Tosca, Bizet's Carmen, and Previn's Streetcar Named Desire. In 2017, Mr. Boley was a part of New York City Opera’s critically acclaimed Candide directed by Hal Prince. Recent performances include the tenor soloist in the Lord Nelson Mass and Schubert's Mass in C no.4 at Carnegie Hall and Calaf in Turandot with Mississippi Opera. Michael and his wife live in Raleigh. www.michaelboley.com