Four-time Grammy Award-winning American tenor
Four-time Grammy Award-winning American tenor and pedagogue Anthony Dean Griffey has captured critical and popular acclaim on opera, concert and recital stages around the world. Equally sought after as a teacher and adjudicator, Griffey is a perennial judge of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competitions and a regular presence at masterclasses and workshops all over the world. Since 2015 Griffey has served as Professor of Voice at the University of Rochester-Eastman School of Music. Over the course of nearly 30 years, Griffey has performed leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Opera, San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Opéra Nationale de Paris, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, San Diego Opera, Canadian Opera Company, and Opera Australia; as well as made operatic appearances at the Gyndebourne, Bregenz, Glimmerglass, Mostly Mozart, Saito Kinen and Aspen Festivals. A celebrated concert performer, Griffey sings a wide variety of repertoire ranging from Bach and Mozart to Schoenberg, Janáček, Mahler and Stravinsky. He appears regularly with many distinguished international orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, and many others. The list of acclaimed conductors he has worked with includes James Conlon, Sir Andrew Davis, Valery Gergiev, Alan Glibert, Bernard Haitink, Lorin Maazel, Sir Neville Mariner, Kurt Masur, Seigi Ozawa, James Levine, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Andre Previn, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Michael Tilson Thomas, Edo de Waart and Jaap van Zweden. An avid recitalist, Griffey made his Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall recital debut in 2004. Griffey has also been presented with his long-time pianist and collaborator Warren Jones by mant prestigious recital series throughout the US and Canada