Bio

Dan Ewart has sung a wide variety of roles. Most recently he sang Horace Tabor in the Ballad of Baby Doe with Toledo Opera. Previous to this he was Dancaïro in Carmen with Prelude to Performance in Manhattan where “he provided fine support” ~ Opera News. He also performed Escamillo in the High Lights concert that same summer in Manhattan.

 Previously, Dr. Ewart performed the role of Owen Hart in Dead Man Walking and Zuniga Carmen with Shreveport Opera. He covered the leading baritone roles Joseph DeRocher and Escamillo with the same company. Other roles performed include Germont in La Traviata, Don Alfonso in Cosi Fan Tutte, Marcello in La Boheme, Editor Webb in Our Town, His Father-in-law in The Poor Fisherman, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, and Dr. Miracle in Les Contes d’Hoffmann.

Dr. Ewart has also sung with several orchestras as a soloist. Dr. Ewart has performed on several occasions with the Lansing Symphony Orchestra where he was the baritone soloist in Schubert’s Mass in G as well as the baritone soloist in Bruckner’s Te Deum. He has also sung and hosted a variety show with the Lansing Symphony Orchestra’s Linked-in concert series. He was also the baritone soloist in Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor with the Texarkana Symphony Orchestra, as well as a soloist in Handel’s Messiah with members of the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra where he was also the baritone soloist in Mozart’s G major mass that same year.

Dan Ewart has a B.M. in vocal performance from Michigan State University, a M.M. in vocal performance from DePaul University, and a D.M.A. in vocal performance with Michigan State University.

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Opera

Horace Tabor, Ballad of Baby Doe,
Toledo Opera 2019

Escamillo, Carmen,
Prelude to Performance 2017

Dancairo, Carmen,
Prelude to Performance 2017

Owen Hart, Dead Man Walking,
Shreveport Opera 2016

Joseph De Rocher (Cover), Dead Man Walking,
Shreveport Opera 2016

Escamillo, Carmen,
Shreveport Opera 2015

Morales, Carmen,
Shreveport Opera 2015

Dancairo, Carmen,
Shreveport Opera 2015

Zuniga, Carmen,
Shreveport Opera 2015

Germont, La Traviata,
Arbor Opera Theater 2015

Concert

Found in Translation,
Traverse City Opera 2022

Linked-In Concert Series, performed with The Lansing Symphony Orchestra 2016

Seven Last Words of Christ, Dubois with members of the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra 2016

Great C-minor Mass, Mozart, performed with the Texarkana Symphony Orchestra 2015

The Messiah, Handel, performed with members of the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra 2015

G major Mass, Mozart, performed with members of the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra 2015

G major Mass, Schubert, performed with The Lansing Symphony Orchestra 2014

Te Deum, Bruckner, performed with The Lansing Symphony Orchestra 2014

Linked-In Concert Series, performed with The Lansing Symphony Orchestra 2014

Baritone Soloist Te Deum, Dvorak, performed with DePaul University Wind Symphony 2011

Roles Known

Verdi:

Amonasro, Aida

Germont, La Traviata

Monterone, Rigoletto

Puccini:

Sharpless, Butterfly

Marcello, La Boheme

Gianni Schicchi, Gianni Schicchi

Simone, Gianni Schicchi

Mozart:

Figaro, Le Nozze Di Figaro

Count Almaviva, Le Nozze Di Figaro

Bartolo, Le Nozze Di Figaro

Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni

Mazetto, Don Giovanni

Il Commendatore, Don Giovanni

Don Alfonso, Cosi Fan Tutte

Bizet:

Escamillo, Carmen

Morales, Carmen

Dancairo, Carmen

Zuniga, Carmen

Offenbach:

Lindorf, Hoffmann

Coppelius, Hoffman

Miracle, Hoffmann

Dapertutto, Hoffmann

Moore:

Horace Tabor, Ballad of Baby Doe

Heggie:

Joseph De Rocher, Dead Man Walking

Owen Hart, Dead Man Walking