Biography
In the 2006/2007 season Mr. Simpson sang the title role in Der Fliegende Hollaender with the Menaus Opera Festival in Brazil, directed by the renowned director Christoph Schlingensief (view link). Gary joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera and was heard as both Tonio and Alfio in the Stephen Lawless acclaimed Pagliacci/Cavalleria Rusticana with the Palm Beach Opera. Gary also sang Falstaff with the Stadt Theater Hagen in Hagen, Germany.
Gary sang the live radio broadcast of Amfortas in Parsifal with the Seattle Opera, Donner in Das Rheingold with L’opera Montreal, Kurvenal in Tristan und Isolde and Hollaender in Der Fliegende Hollaender with Hawaii Opera Theater.
Mr. Simpson made his debut with the Deutsche Oper Berlin as Scarpia in Tosca: the Goetz Friedrich 300th performance of the production. He has performed the role with such Opera Divas as Diana Soviero, Deborah Voigt and Mara Zampieri.
Other career highlites include:
Nabucco with the Opera of Pretoria, South Africa and the Hong Kong Cultural Arts in Hong Kong, China. Posa in Don Carlos, Shanghai, China as well as Iago with Minnesota and Hawaii Operas. Gary has sung Rigoletto with Lyric Opera of Ottawa, Canada, Tulsa Opera, Guadalajara Opera, Hawaii Opera , State Theater Prague and even in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Macbeth in Hong Kong and also with Kansas City Lyric Opera.
Gary has sung Amonasro with Orlando Opera, Hawaii Opera, State Theater Prague. Scarpia with Toledo Opera, Opernair Festival, Gars Austria, as well as Deutsche Oper Berlin. Germont with Fresno Opera, Opernair festival, Gars, Austria
Gary sang Roger in Verdi’s Jerusalem with the Opera Orchestra of New York at Carnegie Hall, Carmina Burana with the West Virginia Symphony and the tittle character Sweeney in Sweeney Todd with the Toledo Opera.
Future engagements include:
Der Fliegende Hollaender (view link) in Prague, Scarpia in Tosca with the Seattle Opera, Scarpia again in a concert version with the Sioux City Symphony and also the Brahms Requiem, Iago in Otello, directed by Anthony Laciura and a return in 2009 to Seattle for “The Ring.”