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Aurelius Gori
Baritone

Dr. Aurelius Gori is an acclaimed soloist and recitalist based in Washington, DC whose singing has been hailed as "splendidly lyrical" by the Washington Post. A 1990-91 Fulbright scholar, he studied at the Hochchule fuer Musik in Munich and was a 1991 semifinalist in the International Belvedere Competition in Vienna. Two years later, he was awarded a scholarship to study Lieder with Ian Partridge at the Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies in England. As a young graduate student at the Univesity of Maryland, Gori portrayed Araspe in the American premiere of Handel's Tolomeo. While completing his doctorate at Maryland, he created the role of General Biante in the world premiere of Lawrence Moss's The Queen and the Rebels. Although he has sung many concert and operatic roles, his deepest musical love is for the art song, and in this medium he has specialized in the presentation of lecture recitals of music by Andre Caplet and Yrjo Kilpinen. He premiered several compositions by his friend American composer, Marshall Ocker (1926-2004) including Trilogy for Baritone on the Vienna Modern Masters label (VMM 2030). Dr. Gori made his Kennedy Center Concert Hall debut in 1985. He has appeared with the Fairfax Symphony, the Amherst (New York) Symphony and the North York Symphony in Toronto, Canada. He has performed with numerous local choral societies including many performances with the NOVA Community Chorus, including the baritone solos in a gala performance of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana at the dedication of the Rachel Schlesinger Performing Arts Center. Most recently he sang the title roles of Sonora and Billy Jackrabbit in the 2007 production of La Fanciulla del Ouest with the American Center for Puccini Studies. Dr. Gori maintains a large voice studio, and is currently on the faculties of Frederick Community College, Northern Virginia Community College-Alexandria, and the Washington Conservatory of Music. He feels especially privileged when given the opportunity to perform with his wife, mezzo-soprano Grace Gori. Upcoming performances include Ralph Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic and the NOVA Community Chorus.

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