Genres Classical, Opera Instruments Voice Website johnbrancy.com Genre Opera | Occupation(s) Operatic baritone Years active 2011–present Spouse Wallis Giunta | |
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Parents Michael Brancy, Margaret Brancy Similar Wallis Giunta, Opera Lyra Ottawa, Paul Phillips, RTÉ National Symphon, Philippe Sly Profiles | ||
Danny boy performed by john brancy and peter dugan
John Brancy (born November 14, 1988) is an American operatic baritone performing with leading opera companies around the world. He is of Polish, German, English and Irish descent.
Contents
- Danny boy performed by john brancy and peter dugan
- Recital john brancy baritone and peter dugan pianist
- Early Life Education
- Career
- Operatic Repertoire
- References
Recital john brancy baritone and peter dugan pianist
Early Life & Education
Brancy was born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, to Margaret and Michael Brancy. He has a younger sister, Jenna, a visual artist Brancy started voice lessons with Marvin Keenze in 2005. He graduated high school from Clearview Regional High School in 2007. He continued his education at The Juilliard School where he completed his Bachelor of Music (studying voice with Cynthia Hoffmann) and a Graduate Diploma under the voice tutelage of Edith Wiens, who he continues to study with.
Career
During the 2012/13 season, Brancy made his professional operatic debut with the Dresden Semperoper, singing the role of Fiorello in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia. While still an undergraduate student at the Juilliard School, Brancy made his debuts at Carnegie Hall and David Geffen Hall (formerly known as Avery Fisher Hall) as the baritone soloist in Fauré’s Requiem, Mozart’s Coronation Mass, and Schubert’s Mass in G. He was the winner of the 2010 Juilliard School Honors Recital Competition and in the following year made his Alice Tully Hall debut, with pianist Brian Zeger. Brancy is a recent first prize winner of the Jensen Foundation competition and has received the Sullivan Foundation Grand Prize and career grant, first prize at the Classical Singer Magazine Competition, the Gold Award for Voice at the YoungArts Foundation competition. He was a 2nd Place winner in the Gerda Lissner and Liederkranz competitions, and a laureate of the 2012 Montreal International Music Competition.
Operatic Repertoire
Brancy's repertoire includes:
