Mark Risinger, Bass

New Yorker Mark Risinger returns to Belle Ile in 2007 for his third season, after appearances as Mozart's Figaro and Leporello. He first performed at the  New York City Opéra during the 2002-2003 season and has since sung with the Baltimore Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Connecticut Opera, Fort Worth Opera, and Arizona Opera. In concert Mr Risinger has sung with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, New England Philharmonic, and the Fort Worth Symphony, and also appeared in Carnegie Hall with the Manhattan Philharmonic.  He can be heard on Naxos records in Leonard Bernstein's Dybbuk.  In addition to two degrees in English literature, Mr. Risinger holds a Ph.D. in Musicology from Harvard University, where he completed a dissertation on compositional process in the music of G. F. Handel and where he was Lecturer on Music from 1996-2001. He currently serves on the American Committee of the Handel House Trust and is preparing the edition of Handel's Semele for the Hallische Händel-Ausgabe.