ANDREW THOMAS PARDINI | BARITONE

Extolled by The Baltimore Sun for his “robust work” and DC Metro Theater Arts for “a heart-stopping, high voltage bass-baritone voice,” Andrew Thomas Pardini continues to win audiences with his vibrant tone and thrilling character portrayals. Pardini is a Tenured Member of the Regular Chorus with San Francisco Opera, where he made his company debut as part of its 2022-2023 Centennial Season. Past roles at San Francisco Opera include Flora’s Servant/La traviata, The Imperial Commissioner/Madame Butterfly, Reporter/The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs and Sergeant/La bohème.

 

Upcoming engagements include returns to Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra as Bass Soloist/Verdi Messa da Requiem and Opera Modesto as Le Baron de Pictordu/Cendrillon, company and role deubts with Zephyr Symphony as Bass Soloist/Elijah, San Francisco Opera as Ein Alter Diener/Elektra, Mendocino Music Festival as Benoit+Alcindoro/La bohème, and Livermore Valley Opera as Sonora/La fanciulla del West, as well as a return to San Francisco Opera for its 2026-2027 Season. Earlier this season, Pardini made his company debut with Pocket Opera as Figaro/The Marriage of Figaro, a return to Marin Symphony as Bass Soloist/Mozart Requiem, company and role debuts with Cantare Con Vivo as Baritone Soloist/Duruflé Requiem+Belshazzar's Feast, as well as role debuts with Manetti Shrem Opera at Festival Napa Valley as Le Caporal/La fille du régiment and San Francisco Choral Society at Davies Symphony Hall as Baritone Soloist/Brahms Requiem.

 

Pardini made his company and European debuts at Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra as part of its 2018-2019 Season, where he performed the Baritone Soloist/Ein deutsches Requiem at such venues as Hertz Hall (Berkeley, USA), Alexela Kontserdimaja (Tallinn, Estonia), Rīgas Doms (Riga, Latvia), and Konserthuset Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden). Other recent engagements include company and role debuts with Marin Symphony as Bass Soloist/Lord Nelson Mass, company and role debuts with Lakeside Symphony & Chorus as Bass Soloist/Mozart Requiem, special appearances with Opera Modesto as Baritone Soloist/The Good, The Bad & The Loverly: A Valentine Concert and Baritone Soloist/40th Anniversary Gala, company and role debuts with Livermore Valley Opera as Papageno/The Magic Flute Outreach and Sciarrone/Tosca, and company debut with San Francisco Opera Guild as Marcello/La bohème Opera Together.

 

Favorite past roles include Giuseppe Palmieri/The Gondoliers, Marcello+Schaunard/La bohème, Dr. Falke/Die Fledermaus, Escamillo+Dancaïre/Carmen, Nils Krogstad/A Doll’s House, Edmund Bertram/Mansfield Park, The Pirate King/The Pirates of Penzance, Silvio/Pagliacci, Tobias Mill/La cambiale di matrimonio, Telramund+Der dritte Edle/Lohengrin, Peter/Hänsel und Gretel, Emperor Overall/The Emperor of Atlantis, Gianni Schicchi+Marco/Gianni Schicchi+Buoso’s Ghost, Zurga/Les pêcheurs de perles, Bass Soloist/Messiah, Baritone Soloist/Ein deutsches Requiem, as well as Albert/Werther.

 

Priding himself as a champion of contemporary works, Pardini relishes the opportunity to be a part of the creative and developmental process, garnering acclaim for his striking interpretations. Pardini joined good friend and composer, Joshua Rush Barnett, as the Baritone Soloist for the premiere of his epic Civil War masterwork, Valley Echoes. He originated the role of Andreas Baader in The Last Act of Revolution, the inaugural operatic undertaking of composer, Evan Meier, and librettist, Lucas Richmond, and also created the role of Navarro in the Los Angeles debut of David Conte and Oliver Mayer’s racially-charged opera, America Tropical. The realm of vocal competition has propelled Pardini’s burgeoning career, helping him to capture a loyal following of supporters. Foremost among his many successes, Pardini won Second Place in the 2015 Michael Ballam Concorso Lirico International Vocal Competition, as well as being a Finalist in both the 2017 Gerda Lissner Foundation Lieder/Song Vocal Competition and 2014 Partners for the Arts Vocal Awards Competition, and the recipient of an Encouragement Award in the 2012 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions – Pittsburgh District.

 

Pardini has honed his craft at a number of Young Artist Programs and training institutes throughout the United States, the most notable being Opera North Resident Artist Program, Opera Orlando Studio Artist Program, Opera Southwest Apprentice Artist Program, Opera Maine Studio Artist Program, The Atlanta Opera Studio Artist Program, The Crested Butte Music Festival Opera Studio, Dayton Opera Artists-In-Residence Program, Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute, and OperaWorks.

 

Pardini holds a Master of Music degree in Opera Performance from the University of Maryland – Maryland Opera Studio, under the tutelage of Dominic Cossa and François Loup, and a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Southern California – Thornton School of Music, studying with Gary Glaze. Prior to university, Pardini spent his earliest years as the student of Erik “Buck” Townsend, who reared him from boy soprano to “baby baritone,” imbuing him with a passion and reverence for singing and performing. Pardini dedicates his every artistic pursuit, with love and admiration, to his voice teacher and mentor.

 

A native of Modesto, California, Pardini is based in San Francisco. For more information, please visit www.andrewthomaspardini.com.