Upcoming Performances
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Mozart and Salieri The Cleveland Opera POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO COVID-19 Skoog will sing the role of Mozart in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's chamber opera Mozart and Salieri. Mass in C minor, K. 427 Western Reserve Chorale POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO COVID-19 David Gilson conducts the Western Reserve Chorale in a performance of Mozart's Great Mass in C minor. Skoog appears as the tenor soloist. Trial By Jury Toledo Opera POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO COVID-19 Skoog will sing the role of The Defendant in Gilbert & Sullivan's Trial By Jury, which will be presented in a double-bill with Derrick Wang's Scalia/Ginsburg under the stage direction of James Norman and the baton of Kevin Bylsma. The Fall of the House of Usher Opera Maine Thursday, July 8, 2020 @ 7:30PM Saturday, July 10, 2020 @ 7:30PM Skoog will make his Opera Maine debut performing the role of Roderick in Philip Glass's The Fall of the House of Usher. The Flying Dutchman Opera Maine Thursday, July 29, 2020 @ 7:30PM Saturday, July 31, 2020 @ 7:30PM Skoog will cover the role of the Steersman in Richard Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer. Carmen Pensacola Opera Friday, Januray 22, 2021 @ 7:30PM Sunday, January 24, 2021 @ 2:00 PM Skoog will make his Pensacola Opera Debut as the smuggler Remendado in Bizet's Carmen. H.M.S. Pinafore Pensacola Opera Friday, March 12, 2021 @ 7:30PM Sunday, March 14, 2021 @ 2:00PM Skoog will cover the role of Ralph Rackstraw in Gilbert & Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore Così fan tutte The Cleveland Opera Saturday, May 22, 2021 Sunday, May 23, 2021 Skoog will sing the role of Ferrando in Mozart's Così fan tutte under the baton of Maestro Grzegorz Nowak. These performances, originally scheduled for May 2020, will take place at the historic Mimi Ohio Theatre, in the heart of Cleveland's Playhouse Square. Additional dates are added regularly. Stay tuned! |
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Past PERFORMANCES (HIGHLIGHTS)
Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings, Op. 31
Heights Chamber Orchestra
Sunday, February 16, 2020 @ 3:30PM
Dean Buck conducted the Heights Chamber Orchestra as Skoog performed Benjamin Britten's iconic Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings, Op. 31. Van Parker was the horn soloist.
Findlay Civic Choir presents Handel's Messiah
Sunday, December 15, 2019 @ 3PM
Skoog was the tenor soloist for Handel's Messiah at the Marathon Center for the Performing Arts in Findlay, Ohio.
The Cleveland Opera presents Manon Lescaut
Friday, November 22, 2019 @ 7:30PM
Sunday, November 24, 2019 @ 3:30PM
Skoog sang the role of Edmondo in Puccini's Manon Lescaut, which was accompanied by the Cleveland Women's Orchestra under the baton of Maestro John Thomas Dodson.
Cleveland Composer's Guild
Drinko Recital Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
Sunday, October 13, 2019 @ 3PM
Accompanied on the piano by John Simmons, Skoog performed "This Morning is Beautiful" by Margaret Brouwer in this concert of chamber music composed by members of the Cleveland Composer's Guild.
Blue Streak Ensemble
Wednesday, July 31, 2019 @ 7PM
Skoog appeared as a soloist with the Blue Streak Ensemble on this concert, performing excerpts from Margaret Brouwer's Voice of the Lake and Batter’s Box by Robert Paterson, as well as "Élégie" by Massenet with John Simmons, piano and Mari Sato, violin.
Stambaugh Chorus: Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass
Stambaugh Auditorium, Youngstown, Ohio
Friday, May 31, 2019 @ 7:30PM
Skoog was the tenor soloist in this presentation of Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass with the Stambaugh Chorus and Festival Orchestra.
Cleveland Opera Theater presents La traviata
Maltz Performing Arts Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Friday, April 26, 2019 @ 7PM
Sunday, April 28, 2019 @ 3PM
Skoog performed the role of Gastone in Verdi's La traviata.
Toledo Opera presents The Ballad of Baby Doe
The Valentine Theatre, Toledo, Ohio
April 12, 2019 @ 7:30PM
April 14, 2019 @ 2PM
Skoog appeared as President Chester A. Arthur in this semi-staged version of an American classic by Douglas Moore.
The Cleveland Opera presents The Land of Smiles
Cleveland, Ohio
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 @ 7PM
Friday, February 22, 2019 @ 7:30PM
Sunday, February 24, 2019 @ 3:30PM
Skoog performed the role of Count Gustav in this co-production with Cleveland Ballet and Cleveland Women's Orchestra.
Cleveland Public Theatre's Fire on the Water Excerpts: Voice of the Lake by Margaret Brouwer
February 27, 2019 @ 8PM
After Cleveland Public Theatre performs excerpts from Fire on the Water, the Blue Streak Ensemble presented excerpts from Margaret Brouwer's Voice of the Lake, featuring soprano Angela Mortellaro and tenor Brian Skoog.
Cleveland Opera Theater NOW Festival
The Divorce Box by Ryan Charles Ramer
Fynes Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
February 9 @ 8PM
Skoog portrayed Mark in Ryan Charles Ramer's micro-opera The Divorce Box. as part of Cleveland Opera Theater's New Opera Works Festival, which featured an appearance by world-renowned composer Jake Heggie.
Mozart Requiem
Avon Auditorium, Avon, Ohio
December 19, 2018 @ 7PM
Skoog appeared as the tenor soloist for Mozart's Requiem.
Handel's Messiah
Fort Collins, Colorado
December 16, 2018
Skoog appeared as the tenor soloist for Handel’s Messiah with members of the Fort Collins Symphony conducted by David Adkins.
Toledo Symphony Orchestra presents Handel's Messiah
Rosary Cathedral, Toledo, Ohio
December 2, 2018 @ 4 PM
Skoog made his Toledo Symphony Orchestra debut as the soloist for Handel's Messiah under the baton of Sara Jobin.
The Cleveland Opera presents I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Cleveland, Ohio
November, 2018
Skoog performed the role of Tebaldo in a chamber version of Bellini's retelling of the Romeo and Juliet story.
Voice of the Lake
Kulas Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
October 19, 2018 @ 7 PM
Cincinnati, Ohio
October 31, 2018
Having sung for the world premiere performance in 2017, Skoog again appeared as the tenor soloist for Margaret Brouwer's Voice of the Lake in this performance conducted by Domenico Boyagian.
Central City Opera presents The Magic Flute
Nina Odescalchi Kelly Family Matinee
The Central City Opera House, Central City, Colorado
July 31 @ 2:30 PM
Skoog performed the role of Tamino in this performance of Mozart's The Magic Flute. (Sung in German with German dialogue)
Central City Opera presents The Face on the Barroom Floor
The Central City Opera House, Central City, Colorado
July - August 2018
Skoog performed the dual role of Larry/Matt in the 40th Anniversary Production of Henry Mollicone's chamber opera.
The Cleveland Opera presents Le mariage aux lanternes
Cleveland, Ohio
April 2018
Skoog performed the role of Guillot in Offenbach's delightful one-act opera, Le mariage aux lanternes.
Nashville Opera presents Susannah
Polk Theater, Nashville, Tennessee
Friday, April 6, 2018 @ 8 PM
Saturday, April 7, 2018 @ 8 PM
Sunday, April 8, 2018 @ 2 PM
Skoog performed the role of Elder Hayes in Carlisle Floyd's Susannah.
Nashville Opera presents Hercules vs. Vampires
Andrew Jackson Hall, Nashville, Tennessee
January 27, 2018 @ 8 PM
Mr. Skoog made his Nashville Opera debut singing the role of Theseus in this groundbreaking work by composer Patrick Morganelli.
The Cleveland Opera presents Two Portraits
Cleveland, Ohio
November-December 2017
Mr. Skoog performed the role of "The Poet" of Schumann's Dichterliebe in this production by The Cleveland Opera.
World Premiere: Voice of the Lake
Breen Center for the Performing Arts, Cleveland, Ohio
November 12, 2017 @ 3 PM
Mr. Skoog was the tenor soloist for the world premiere of acclaimed composer Margaret Brouwer's original concert drama, Voice of the Lake.
Concert for All Saints
First United Methodist Church, Fort Collins, Colorado
November 5, 2017 @ 3 PM
Highlights of this concert included Ralph Vaughan Williams' Four Hymns for Tenor, Viola, and Piano and Beethoven's Adelaide.
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Masterworks Series
Bach: Cantata No. 80, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80
Beethoven: Choral Fantasy
Schuster Center, Dayton, Ohio
October 13 & 14, 2017 @ 8 PM
M.U.S.i.C. International Orchestra
Beechmont Country Club, Cleveland, Ohio
September 18, 2007 @ 1:30 PM
Skoog sang excerpts from Così fan tutte and Die Fledermaus at M.U.S.i.C.'s annual benefit concert.
Utah Festival Opera
Logan, Utah
Summer 2017
Skoog appeared as Mark Smeaton in Rex, Jacey Squires in The Music Man, and Frederic (Cover) in The Pirates of Penzance.
Dayton Opera presents Carmen
Schuster Center, Dayton, Ohio
Friday, May 19, 2017 @ 8 PM
Sunday, May 21, 2017 @ 3 PM
Skoog made his Dayton Opera debut in the role of Le Remendado in this production of Carmen, conducted by Neal Gittleman and directed by Fenlon Lamb.
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra presents Sound & Song
Dayton Art Institute Renaissance Theatre, Dayton, Ohio
Sunday, February 26, 2017 @ 3 PM
On Wenlock Edge for Tenor, String Quartet, and Piano by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Neue Liebeslieder Waltzer by Johannes Brahms
Toledo Opera presents Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro
The Historic Valentine Theatre, Toledo, Ohio
Friday, February 10, 2017 @ 7:30 PM
Sunday February 12, 2017 @ 2 PM
Skoog made his Toledo Opera debut as Don Curzio in this production, conducted by James Meena and directed by Garnett Bruce.
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra presents Handel's Messiah
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Dayton, Ohio
December 18, 2016 @ 6:30 PM
Skoog made DPO debut as the soloist for this presentation of Messiah, with Neal Gittleman conducting.
Alabama Civic Chorale presents Handel's Messiah
Riverchase United Methodist Church, Hoover, Alabama
Sunday, November 20, 2016 @ 3 PM
Skoog returned as the tenor soloist for Alabama Civic Chorale's 69th annual performance of Handel's masterpiece.
Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, OH
November 13, 2016 @ 11:15 AM
Skoog was the tenor soloist for this performance of Rejoice in the Lamb, conducted by Steven Plank and accompanied on the organ by Karel Paukert.
The Cleveland Opera presents Mozart's Die Zauberflöte
Westlake Auditorium - Cleveland, Ohio
March 11, 2016 @ 7:30 PM, March 13, 2016 @ 3:00 PM
Skoog performed the role of Tamino in this co-production with Opera Circle Cleveland and the Cleveland Women's Orchestra.
Alabama Civic Chorale presents Handel's Messiah
Riverchase United Methodist Church - Birmingham, Alabama
November 22, 2015 @ 3:00 PM
Mr. Skoog returned to sing the tenor solos of Handel's masterpiece with the Alabama Civic Chorale.
The Cleveland Opera presents Smetana's The Bartered Bride
Timken High School Auditorium - Canton, Ohio
October 18, 2015 @ 3:00 PM
Bohemian National Hall - Cleveland, Ohio
October 25, 2015 @ 3:00 PM
Skoog sang the role of Jenik in this co-production with The Cleveland Opera, VOCI Canton, and the Cleveland Women's Orchestra.
Celebrating Our Stars: M.U.S.i.C. Benefit Concert
Beechmont Country Club - Orange, OH
September 27, 2015 @ 1:30 PM
Mr. Skoog performed several operatic selections with the M.U.S.i.C. International Chamber Orchestra on M.U.S.i.C.'s yearly benefit concert.
The Cleveland Opera presents Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Ohio Theatre - Cleveland, Ohio
June 13, 2015
Skoog performed the role of Goro in this production in Cleveland's Playhouse Square.
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito
Kulas Hall - Cleveland, Ohio
February 25 & 27, 2015
Mr. Skoog appeared as the title role in Mozart's final opera.
Händel: Alcina
Kulas Hall - Cleveland, Ohio
November 5-8, 2014
MSkoog sang the role of Oronte in the Cleveland Institute of Music Opera Theatre's production of Händel's Alcina.
Alabama Civic Chorale presents Handel's Messiah
Riverchase United Methodist Church - Birmingham, Alabama
November 23, 2014 @ 3:00 PM
Skoog performed the tenor solos of Handel's masterpiece with the Alabama Civic Chorale.
Central City Opera presents Le nozze di Figaro
Central City Opera House - Central City, Colorado
Matinees at 2:30 pm: July 2, 4, 6, 8, 16, 20, 22, 26
Evenings at 8:00 pm: June 28; July 10, 12, 18
Skoog made his company debut in the role of Don Curzio.
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Kulas Hall - Cleveland, Ohio
February 27 & March 1, 2014
Mr. Skoog performed the title role of Aeneas under the direction of David Bamberger.
Mendelssohn: Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise)
Birmingham, Alabama
May 4, 2014
Skoog was tenor soloist for this presentation of Mendelssohn's Hymn of Praise.
Saint-Saëns: Oratorio de Noël
December 24, 2013
Cleveland, Ohio
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
Kulas Hall - Cleveland, Ohio
November 7 & 9, 2013
Skoog performed the role of Tamino in the Cleveland Institute of Music's production of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte.
Aspen Music Festival
June 27-August 18, 2013
Aspen, Colorado
Mr. Skoog spent the summer of 2013 in Aspen, Colorado, participating in the Aspen Music Festival. In July, he covered the title role in Bernstein's Candide, in which he also appeared as King Theodore, First Inquisitor, and the Priest.
Skoog was also the tenor soloist for the Bach cantata Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63 at the Aspen Chapel.
Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzer
M.U.S.i.C. Stars in the Classics
September 8, 2013
Cleveland, Ohio
