Randy Bills, tenor

Born: June 16, 1980, in Fresno, California

At the Chorale: 3 seasons, soloist in Messiah

Critical acclaim: “a Lysander of lyrical beauty and intensity…”— Wall Street Journal about the Tanglewood Music Center’s production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Opera roles: Prince Ramiro in Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Rev. Parris in Robert Ward’s The Crucible, Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte and Tamino in Die Zauberflöte

Featured performances: tenor soloist with Fresno Philharmonic in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Uriel in Haydn’s The Creation with the La Sierra University Sinfonia, P.D.Q. Bach’s The Seasonings with Pasadena Symphony, Mozart’s Requiem with Long Beach Mozart Festival Orchestra

Currently: Los Angeles Opera Chorus; working towards a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Southern California

If not a musician, I’d be: a graphic designer