Randal Turner

Randal Turner is an American operatic baritone.

Early years and training

Randal Turner was born and raised on a farm near Crawfordsville, Indiana. After studying music and ballet at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, studied voice at Oberlin and at Indiana University. He also studied at the International Opera Studio in Zürich.

Opera career

Turner sang the role of Stanley Kowalski in the Italian premiere of A Streetcar Named Desire at the Teatro Regio di Torino in 2003.[1] He has performed in several other European opera houses, including: Opernhaus Zürich, Stadttheater St. Gallen, Landestheater Linz, Vienna Kammeroper, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Stadttheater Bielefeld, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Opera di Roma, and the Manoel Theatre in Malta.

Turner made his American debut in 2010 as Don Giovanni with Michigan Opera Theater.[2]

Discography
  • Living American Composers (2011)
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References
  1. Manin, Giuseppina (17 March 2003). "Il tram del desiderio a teatro: versione lirica con spogliarello". Corriere della Sera, p. 31
  2. Michigan Opera Theatre (2010) "Don Giovanni Romances Audiences"


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