Resident Artists
Scott Conner, bass
AVA second-year resident artist
Hometown: Olathe, Kans.
Education: B. M. in Vocal Performance, University of Missouri—Kansas City Conservatory of Music.
Competitions: Gold award winner, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) Vocal Competition, 2004; First Place Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council, Kansas City District, 2008
Roles at AVA: Colline, La bohème; Direktor, Capriccio; Oroveso in excerpts from Norma.
Roles: Figaro, Le nozze di Figaro, the Pirate King, The Pirates of Penzance, Sarastro, Die Zauberflöte, all with the Kansas City Conservatory of Music; Colline, La bohème, Naples Philharmonic; Colline, La bohème, the King, Aida, Don Basilio, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Nourabad, The Pearl Fishers, Wagner, Faust, all with Wichita Grand Opera; Mathieu, Andrea Chenier, Mobile Opera; Alidoro, La Cenerentola, Dr. Grenvil, La Traviata, both with Opera New Jersey; Sparafucile, Rigoletto, Springfield Regional Opera; Dr. Grenvil, La traviata, Curio, Giulio Cesare, Lyric Opera of Kansas City.
Upcoming: Title role, Le nozze di Figaro, Nashville Opera and Columbus Opera, February 2011.
