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To start the year, Ryan McKinny travels to San Francisco, to perform on January 9, 10, 11 and 12 alongside mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, the San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas. In this concert, love’s anguish finds its voice in Mahler’s settings of the classic folk poems Des Knaben...
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Following his greatly acclaimed house debut at Chicago’s Lyric Opera in Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, Ryan McKinny goes on to star as the title role in Mozart’s Don Giovanni on December 3, 5 and 8. He last sang the role of the seducer in Houston for which Opera News praised his...
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After making an appearance at the Chicago Humanities Festival on October 31 at the First United Methodist Church, where Sister Helen Prejean will be interviewed by Mary A. Mitchell, Ryan McKinny portrays Joseph De Rocher in Jake Heggie & Terrence McNally’s opera Dead Man Walking at the...
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On September 4, Ryan McKinny performs at San Francisco Symphony’s Opening Night, a spectacular celebration of Michael Tilson Thomas’ 25th and final season as Music Director. Joining him on stage are Susanna Phillips, Jennifer Johnson Cano and Jonathan Tetelman. Don’t miss the...
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On August 20, BR-Klassik will broadcast the first performance of Parsifal, recorded on July 30, thus closing the Bayreuth summer festival season for the year. Ryan McKinny is Amfortas, who has been the ruler of the Grail kingdom at the Bayreuther Festspiele since 2016, when he premiered the...
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For seven performances from July 30 until August 26, Ryan McKinny portrays Amfortas in Wagner’s Parsifal at the Bayreuther Festspiele. The rest of the cast features Andreas Schager as Parsifal, Günther Groissböck as Gurnemanz, Wilhelm Schwinghammer as Titurel, Derek Welton as Klingsor and...
