Samuel Rosner is a tenor and composer, currently based in Chicago. He recently returned to Teatro Nuovo, covering the role of Elvino in La Sonnambula, and  joined Wolf Trap Opera as a Studio Artist, covering Jupiter in Semele.  Upcoming performances include Don Ramiro  in La Cenerentola with Salt Marsh Opera and the Tenor Soloist in Stacy Garrop's Terra Nostra with the Elgin Symphony & Master Chorale. Other recent credits include the Tenor Soloist in Carmina Burana with the Oratorio Society of New Jersey, the Tenor Soloist in Jane Glover's Music of the Baroque for their Holiday Brass & Choral Concerts, and solos in several Lili Boulanger  works with Voices of Ascension. Samuel has also sung the Tenor Solos in Elijah, Messiah, and BWV 78 with several organizations throughout NYC. Samuel previously covered Tonio in La fille du régiment with Saint Petersburg Opera (Florida), and he was a 2022 Sarasota Opera Apprentice Artist, singing in scenes from Così fan Tutte, Carmen, and The Rake’s Progress.

 

He recently earned his Graduate Diploma at the Juilliard School, where he performed as Sheldon Segal (Later that Same Evening), and Remendado (Carmen) and Tenor Soloist/First Man/Tenor Priestess in King Arthur with Juilliard Opera. He also sang as the tenor soloist in John Musto’s The Book of Uncommon Prayer and performed Liszt’s Petrarch Sonnets in Juilliard’s Liederabend Series. Samuel previously attended the Dual Degree Program between Harvard University and New England Conservatory, in which he studied Linguistics at Harvard and Vocal Performance at NEC. Praised as “outstanding… both as a singer and a thoroughly persuasive actor” (The Boston Music Intelligencer), Samuel has previously performed roles such as Chevalier de la Force/L'Aumônier in Dialogues of the Carmelites (New England Conservatory Opera), Don Curzio in Le Nozze di Figaro (Opera Neo), Tamino in Die Zauberflöte (Harvard College Opera), Le Prince Charmant in Cendrillon (Harvard College Opera), and Évandre in Gluck’s Alceste with the Boston-based early music ensemble, Grand Harmonie.

 

As a composer, Samuel has written vocal, instrumental, chamber, choral, and electroacoustic works, as well as numerous film scores. His compositions have been premiered at venues such as Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and Juilliard, and performed throughout the United States, as well as in France, Austria, Canada, and Israel. Samuel also performed his own settings of Hebrew Holocaust poems by Hannah Szenes on NPR’s From the Top, and recently, his film scores have been screened several film festivals including Nitehawk Shorts Festival, IFFBoston, and the New/Next Film Festival. Samuel is also a Cantorial Soloist for the High Holy Days at Temple Beth Am in Pincecrest, Florida.