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Tom Sitzler

Tom Sitzler proved his own skills both with his strong singing style and a good way with comedy.

Mark Bretz, Ladle News
Tom Sitzler, dressed in a bowler hat and period waistcoat, conversing with a woman in a black floor-length gown in "The Boor."
Tom Sitzler, dressed in a bowler hat and period waistcoat, conversing with a woman in a black floor-length gown in "The Boor."

Tom Sitzler in "The Boor," with Gateway Opera.

TOM SITZLER, lyric baritone, has been capturing audiences with his warm, generous voice and convincing stage presence. Growing up in Arizona, Tom was buying CD’s of pianist Glenn Gould and composer Rachmaninoff, while his older brothers and friends were buying the newest albums of the latest bands. This began his lasting love of classical music.

In 2009, Mr. Sitzler stepped into the professional arena of performing as the Old Gypsy in “Il Trovatore” with Union Avenue Opera. That was followed by premiering the role of Bob in “Family Dynamics” by composer Bill Lenihan with St. Louis City Opera. Among many other programs and performances, Tom participated in the Victoria J. Mastrobuono Emerging Artist Program, in New Jersey, covering Figaro in “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”. In 2012, Mr. Sitzler was heard singing Silvano from “Un ballo in Maschera” with UAO, where Sarah Bryan Miller from the St. Louis Post Dispatch said, “Tom Sitzler … made the most of a small role” and Mark Bretz from Ladue News said, “Tom Sitzler is entertaining as the sailor.” Later that same year, Mr. Sitzler stepped down from a two-year apprenticeship with the Bach Society of St. Louis, where he performed the bass solos in Mozart’s Requiem, and covered the solos in J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. In 2015, Mr. Sitzler returned to St. Louis to perform the title role in “The Boor” with Gateway Opera, where Mark Bretz from Ladue News said, “As the boor, Tom Sitzler proved his own skills both with his strong singing style and a good way with comedy.” Most recently, he was engaged as Germont from “la Traviata” and Scarpia from “Tosca” with Painted Sky Opera.

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    Painted Sky Opera, Midwest City, OK

    Leporello

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    Le Pauvre Matelot

    Hub City Opera

    as Son ami

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    Phony + Coffee Cantata

    Hub City Opera, Avenel, NJ

    Heath (Phony) / Schlendrian (Coffee Cantata)

Tom Sitzler, as Scarpia, wearing a white undershirt, kneels threateningly beside Tosca Long Island Lyric Opera's production of Puccini's "Tosca."

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