Also a company favorite with Seattle Opera, he has appeared there in such roles as Zuniga in Carmen, Tom in Un ballo in maschera, Alidoro in La Cenerentola, and Leporello in Don Giovanni.Īndrew’s extensive list of concert engagements include Händel’s Messiah with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Pacific Symphony, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Haydn’s The Creation with the State College Chorale Society (Pennsylvania), Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Berkshire Choral Festival, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra, Verdi’s Requiem with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and Grand Rapids Symphony, soloist in Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher with Oregon Bach Festival under Marin Alsop, Tan Dun’s Theatre Orchestral II: Re, and Mozart’s Requiem with the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra. Javelinot in Dialogues des Carmélites, and has been involved in productions of La fanciulla del West, Les Troyens, Wozzeck and Un ballo in maschera. Gangestad has frequently returned there, having performed as Brander in La damnation de Faust, Tom in Un ballo in maschera, Colline in La bohème, Truffaldino in Ariadne auf Naxos, Count Ceprano in Rigoletto, Lignière in the company première of Cyrano de Bergerac, Vaudemont in I vespri siciliani, Cappadocian in Salome, Imperial Commissioner in Madama Butterfly, Timur in Turandot, Frate in Don Carlo, Trojan bass in Idomeneo, M. Since his Metropolitan Opera début in Berg’s Lulu, Mr. Gangestad’s international highlights include débuts as Ramfis in Aïda with the Welsh National Opera, as well the Bregenz Festival in Austria, the title role in Le nozze di Figaro at the Macao International Music Festival, and Mephistopheles/Böser Geist/Pater Profundus in Schumann’s Szenen aus Goethes Faust with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. He also performed Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia with several companies, including Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Opera Omaha, Duluth Festival Opera, and Opera Cleveland. In previous seasons, Andrew returned to the Metropolitan Opera for its production of Les pêcheurs de perles, performed as Zaccaria in Verdi’s Nabucco at Opera Carolina, and appeared as the Captain in Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas in his début with Nashville Opera.Īndrew is widely known for his interpretation of Leporello in Don Giovanni, which he has performed with such companies as the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Sarasota Opera, Opera Pacific, and in his début with Arizona Opera. In the 2017–18 season, Andrew performed Angelotti in Puccini’s Tosca at Opera Omaha, Monterone in Verdi’s Rigoletto at Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Commendatore in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with Lyric Opera of the North, and the bass soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Symphony Orchestra Augusta. In the 2018–19 season, Andrew returns to the Metropolitan Opera for their production of Les pêcheurs de perles, and will make his Alabama Symphony debut as bass soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Of his performance of Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, the Kansas City Star wrote, “Andrew Gangestad demonstrated a glorious bass voice,” and for his performance of Leporello in Don Giovanni with Opera Pacific, the Orange County Register wrote, “Andrew Gangestad portrays the long-suffering Leporello with aplomb, crisp in accent, dark of voice and understated in comedy.” Accomplished bass Andrew Gangestad has been applauded for his dark, rich sound and strong musicality by audiences throughout the world.