Warren Moulton, Tenor

Warren Moulton
Tenor

Chicago tenor Warren Moulton has left his mark on over 50 leading and character roles in opera and operetta during the past two decades. Known to audiences for putting a light touch on the classics, Warren has performed in productions of La Bohème, Madama Butterfly, Gianni Schicchi, Don Giovanni, Così fan Tutte, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Favorita, The Barber of Seville, Romeo and Juliette, Ariadne auf Naxos, L’Incoronazione di Poppea, The Count of Luxembourg, The Merry Widow, Die Fledermaus, A Waltz Dream, Candide, Knickerbocker Holiday, The Desert Song, Babes in Toyland, Amahl and the Night Visitors and others.

This versatile tenor has been heard frequently from the stages of Chicago Opera Theater, Glimmerglass Opera, Pamiro Opera, Chicago Chamber Opera, Madison Opera, Light Opera Works, Du Page Opera, Muddy River Opera, Lincoln Opera and Da Corneto Opera. After a few false starts as a cartoonist, printer’s assistant, Country-Western musician, nightclub comic and radio announcer, Warren made his operatic debut, as a baritone, as John Sorel in Menotti’s The Consul in 1986.

After discovering his true tenor range, Warren has sung a few leading roles…Cavaradossi in Tosca and the title role in Les Contes d’Hoffmann among them…but prefers to portray the many comic roles that opera and operetta have to offer. A gifted actor and comedian, Warren has won rave reviews for his unique characterizations of such supporting roles as Harry Helmsley (Prince Paul) in Chicago Opera Theater’s hilarious update of Offenbach’s The Grand Duchess, Monostatos in The Magic Flute for Madison Opera, Spalanzani in Chicago Opera Theater’s The Tales of Hoffmann, Dottore in the Chicago premiere of The Jewel Box (Chicago Opera Theater, 1996) and the inept but proud cook, Sam Sharkey, in the world stage premiere of Britten’s Paul Bunyan at Glimmerglass Opera in 1995.

A veteran of over two hundred concert and recital performances, Warren has soloed with Elgin Symphony, The Illinois Valley Symphony, The Chicago Symphonic Pops, Waukegan Symphony, City Symphony of Chicago, and Wheaton Symphony. Warren has sung numerous roles in past seasons of the Maud Powell Festival, including Billy in The Hard Years, Bill Bailey in The Sojourner, The Pilgrim in Shepherds of the Delectable Mountain and Whitey in Marilyn Monroe, The Musical. During last summer's festival, Warren created the roles of Androcles and the Miller in the world premiere of Aesop’s Fables.