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Biography

Chicago-based tenor Brian Skoog is known for his "rich and strong" voice (San Diego Story) and "spellbinding tenor” (Take Effect). This season, operatic performances include Ferrando in Così fan tutte with Chicago’s Salt Creek Chamber Orchestra, Narraboth in Salome with Union Avenue Opera, Ralph Rackstraw in H.M.S. Pinafore with Winter Opera Saint Louis, and the title role in the world premiere of The Higgler by Margi Griebling-Haigh. In concert, Skoog makes appearances with the Bozeman Symphony (Mozart Requiem), Toledo Symphony (Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Handel Messiah), Bach Cantata Vespers Chicago (Bach Mass in B minor), and West Shore Chorale (Mozart Mass in C minor). Skoog also recently appeared as Tempo in Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno and Lurcanio in Ariodante with Opera Neo, Mozart in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Mozart and Salieri with The Cleveland Opera, and Jake in Aucoin’s Second Nature with Opera Fayetteville. For more information, visit www.brianskoog.com