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The American bass-baritone, Sanford Sylvan, is a
graduate of the Manhattan School of Music.
Sanford Sylvan has performed with many of the leading orchestras of the
world including the New
York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, San
Francisco Symphony, Cleveland
Orchestra, London
Symphony, Academy
of Ancient Music and the NHK (Japanese Broadcasting Corporation)
Symphony. He has performed in chamber music with the Chamber Music
Society of Lincoln Center, Boston Symphony Chamber Players and Music
from Marlboro. Sanford Sylvan has sung in nearly every New
England Bach Festival since his New
England Bach Festival debut in 1980. Sylvan’s festival appearances
have also included the Edinburgh, Tanglewood, Vienna, Holland,
Schleswig-Holstein, Ojai, the Carmel
Bach Festival, and the Baldwin-Wallace
College Bach Festival. In 2003 he made his debut at the Oregon
Bach Festival.
Sanford Sylvan has been highly praised for his performances in the opera
productions of Peter Sellars and Craig Smith,
both in the USA and Europe. He has sung in premiere performances of
operas by Phillip Glass, Peter Maxwell Davies and John Adams, including
the Death of Klinghoffer, and performances in Lyon, Vienna, San
Francisco and Glyndebourne.
Sanford Sylvan has given highly praised recitals throughout the USA.
With his longtime collaborator, pianist David Breitman, he has performed
extensively throughout the USA and Europe in venues including Carnegie
Hall and London's Wigmore Hall. He recently made his New York City Opera
debut in The Magic Flute.
Sanford Sylvan has been seen internationally in portrayals of Figaro in Le
Nozze di Figaro and Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutti in
segments of “Great Performances” on PBS. He received Grammy and Emmy
awards for his role in John Adams’ Nixon in China, and received Grammy
nominations for his recording with David Breitman, L ’Horizon
Chimérique. His recordings appear on the Nonesuch, Decca, Harmonia
Mundi, Musicmasters, Bridge, Koch, Virgin Classics, New World and CRI
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