Brett B. Sprague

BM Vocal Performance
Class of 2010

Brett B. Sprague is currently a Junior Vocal Performance major at the Chapman University Conservatory of Music. Before beginning his studies at Chapman Brett performed and studied around the Tacoma, Washington area. There he performed Handel’s Messiah with the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra as well as performing in many other solo recitals and concerts. As a student at Chapman University Brett has been a member of the cast of Opera Chapman productions for the past three years. His first role was Eisenstein in Johann Strauss’ Die Fledermaus in the fall of 2007.

Last spring he performed the role of Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini, and this year he will be singing the role of Leon in Signor Deluso by modern American Composer Thomas Pasatieri. He has also performed as a soloist in major works such as Mozart’s Mass in C, as well as chamber works such as Bach’s Cantata No. 80. Brett has studied with many musicians in America as well as Austria, spending the summer of 2008 near Innsbruck as a part of the Tyrolean Opera Program. In July 2009 he is scheduled to sing the role of Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore in Rome as part of the International Lyrical Academy, Italian Opera Program. He has given many recitals of art song and plans to continue to perform in his remaining year at Chapman and into the future.