Italian American and New York native, of Sicilian and Neapolitan roots, World Class Tenor, ERIC MARGIORE, has been praised most notably in Opera News and The Guardian for his “handsome Italianate tenor,” “ripping into his role with brilliance and style, brio and high-octane vocalism,” and for “soaring through his scenes with ravishing fitness.”
Eric has performed worldwide in an array of the Romantic Leading Tenor repertoire with a specialty in Verdi and Puccini, as his most reprised roles being, Rodolfo in La Boheme, Alfredo in La Traviata, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, and Verdi’s, Requiem. He has performed those roles under the baton of such inimitable maestros as, Donald Runnicles, Carlo Rizzi, Steven Mercurio, and Stephen Lord to name just a few, and at many of the prestigious international opera houses including, San Francisco Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, New York City Opera, Opera Hong Kong, St. Margarethen Opera Festival, Opera Holland Park, Michigan Opera Theatre and many more, as well as with some of the top symphony orchestras in the United States, in venues such as Carnegie Hall, and Radio City Music Hall.
Eric has been recognized by, and a winner of, prestigious awards, including from the Sullivan Foundation, Opera Index, the Giulio Gari Foundation, the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, Placido Domingo’s Operalia, Lyric Opera of Chicago and Houston Grand Opera International Studio's, as well as a Metropolitan Opera National Semi-Finalist. He holds music degrees from New York University and the Mannes College of Music, and received his formal young artist training at Glimmerglass Opera, Chautauqua Opera, and the Opera Theatre of St. Louis.
