ROBERT LUCIEN DEMERS
ROBERT LUCIEN DEMERS was born and educated in the USA. Mr. Demers has had en extensive performing career in Europe from 1989 until 2002 and received critical acclaim for both Opera and Concert performances. His excellent Bass-baritone voice continues to attract audiences and critics alike. His operatic roles are from Operas including, but not limited to: Wassermann in RUSALKA in Bayreuth, N�rnberg, and Hof, Germany; Basilio in IL BARBIERE DI SEVILLA in Breganz Austria, Altenburg and Baden-Baden Germany; Daland in DER FLIEGENDE HOLL�NDER in Altenberg, Germany; Herman Ortel in DIE MEISTERSINGER VON N�RNBERG at the San Carlos Opera in Lisbon, Portugal; Colline in LA BOHÈME in Radebeul and on short notice in Nordhausen, Germany; Graf von Liebenau in DER WAFFENSCHMIED in Vaduz, Lichtenstein; Osmin in DIE ENTF�HRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL on short notice in Wienner Neustadt, Austria; Bartolo in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO in Vienna, Austria; Monterone in RIGOLETTO in Baden-Baden and on short notice in Ulm, Germany; Dr. Grenvil in LA TRAVIATA in Hof, Bayreuth, N�rnberg, Germany and Baron in LA TRAVIATA in Breganz, Austria; the King in AIDA in Altenburg, Germany; Commandatore in DON GIOVANNI on short notice in Ulm, Germany; Zuniga in CARMEN in Hof, Germany; Trulove in THE RAKE�S PROGRESS in Hof, Germany; Jeremias in DAS SCHLOSS from Reimann on short notice in Vienna, Austria; Goldh�ndler in CARDILLAC by Hindemith in Hof, Germany; Sir Humphrey in DER VAMPYR by Marschner in Hof, Bayreuth, N�rnberg, Germany; Plumkett in MARTHA in Vaduz, Lichtenstein and recently in Philadelphia, PA.; the Wagner Society of Washington, D.C., invited Mr. Demers to participate in a concert of Richard Wagner Scenes where he performed in the roles of Hagen from Die G�tterd�mmerung, Wotan from Das Rheingold, and Wolfram from Tannh�user for the German Embassy; Rocco in FIDELIO in Philadelphia, PA.; Sarastro in THE MAGIC FLUTE with Opera Delaware at the Grand Opera House in Wilmington, DE. Even though Mr. Demers has embraced a myriad of Oratorio and Opera roles, his strength lies in the dramatic Verdi Bass roles and heroic High Bass demands of the Wagner Repertoire. Demers' symphony, concert and oratorio performances of Hayden's CREATION in the large Musikvereinssall in Vienna, Austria; Handel's MESSIAH with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, Delaware Repertory Orchestra, Delaware Symphony Baroque Orchestra; Bach's MAGNIFICAT with the Dresdner Barockorchester in the Dresdener Vers�hnungskirche; Bach's CHRISTMAS ORATORIO with the Gewandhausorchester in Leipzig and with the Ansbacher Kammerorchester in the St. Petri Church Kulmbach, Germany; Brahm's REQUIEM in Wies Church in Wies, Germany; Bruckner`s TE DEUM and Beethoven`s C MAJOR MASS in the Stadthalle in Bayreuth, Germany; with the Wiener Symphoniker in the Mehrerau Monastery for the opening of the Bregenzer Festival in Bregenz, Austria; Dvor�k's STABAT MATER with the Th�ringer Symphoniker in the Stadthalle Bayreuth, and in the Kulturhaus in Schwarza, Germany; Rossini's STABAT MATER and MESSA SOLENNE in Wilmington, and Newark, De.; Verdi's MESSA DA REQUIEM with the Baden-Badener Philharmonie in the B�nazetsaal in Baden-Baden, with the Filharmonie Hradec Kr�lov� on short notice in the Salvator Church in Duisburg and on short notice in the Basilica of St. Maximin in Trier, Germany; Shostakovich's 14TH SYMPHONY on short notice with the notabu - ensemble of new music with Pjotr Meschtschaninow conducting in the Tonehalle in D�sseldorf, and with the Philharmonica Hungarica again with Pjotr Meschtschaninow conducting in Dortmund; Mozart's REQUIEM recently with the Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg for the Vorarlberger Oratorienvereinigung in the Festival House in Bregenz, Austria; the title role in Mendelssohn's ELIJAH in Philadelphia, PA. and recently in Dover, DE. Mr Demers is often asked to perform the MESSIAH arias and other Religious repertoire in concert halls with Orchestras and in Church settings like the recent concert in La Madeleine in Paris, France where he sang Lord God of Abraham from ELIJAH. Mr. Demers will continue to perform concerts and major Bass, Bass-Baritone and High Bass operatic and oratorio roles. Mr Demers is frequently asked to perform in Opera Gala performances and Recitals. |
