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John Brancy is a versatile baritone whose recent success in the World Premiere of Sir George Benjamin’s Picture a Day Like This at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence drew universal praise and attention. Equally at home in the established and contemporary repertoire, he brings dramatic insight and vocal flexibility to a wide range of repertoire.
This season, he returns to Opéra de Montréal in the title role of Don Giovanni, makes his house debut at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples in Picture a Day Like This, and makes his role debut as Il Conte Almaviva in a new production of Le nozze di Figaro at Opéra national du Rhin. On the concert stage, Brancy makes his debut with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in Carmina Burana under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle, and appears with the San Jose and Albany Symphony Orchestras in the United States. He will also perform staged version of Ein deutsches Requiem with the Insula Orchestra at La Seine Musicale in Paris and in Aix-en-Provence.
In the 2024/25 season, John continued to perform The Artisan and The Collector in Picture a Day Like This in productions at the Opéra Comique, the Opéra national du Rhin, and the Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg. He returned to the Bayerische Staatsoper in Weinberg’s rarely performed Lady Magnesia, and made his role debut as Marcello in La bohème at Opéra de Montréal. In concert, he joined the Cleveland Orchestra and the Austin Symphony for performances of Carmina Burana and appeared in recital at the Birgit Nilsson Festival and throughout the United States.
Highlights of recent seasons include his return to the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in the title role of Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria in a new production by Pierre Audi, conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón. Brancy also made a critically praised debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in Picture a Day Like This, followed by performances at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Lady Magnesia. He also returned to the San Francisco Opera as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte and Donald in Billy Budd and made his debut Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette with the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon. Other notable debuts include Opéra de Montréal as Franz Wolff-Metternich in the world premiere of Julien Bilodeau’s La beauté du monde; The Cleveland Orchestra as Jack Wallace in La fanciulla del West under Franz Welser-Möst and Theater Erfurt in a special orchestral arrangement of Schubert’s Winterreise.
A sought-after concert artist, John has performed with orchestras including the San Francisco Symphony, Boston Symphony, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Kansas City Symphony, Edmonton Symphony, and Tucson Symphony Orchestra. A GRAMMY Award winner for his performance in the title role of Tobias Picker’s Fantastic Mr. Fox with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project—praised by Opera News as “vigorous… full of the joys of spring”.
John Brancy is a graduate of the Juilliard School and the Music Academy of the West.
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"Brancy is given some of Benjamin’s most adventurous vocal writing in the piece, and rises to it with impressive skill — seamless passaggio between the richly resonant depths of his range and a weightless, dreamy falsetto, about three and a half octaves from a low B flat to a soprano E." New York Times
"An even more extraordinary voice is that of John Brancy, first as the Artisan, the creator of wonderful things, then as the Collector who understands the world only through the great art works he possesses. Brancy seemed to be able to move between baritone and high countertenor registers with no joins and no apparent effort, one of those real “how does he do that” pieces of singing"Bachtrack
"Another remarkable voice: that of the American baritone John Brancy. A stentor with brilliant high notes (some of his interventions are written on three octaves!) lined with a natural actor whose bronze voice illuminates over the entire length. Like a powerful beacon that the horizon does not prevent from lighting up." Olyrix
"…the baritone John Brancy, was a vibrant, resonant presence…" New York Times
".. John Brancy the excellent, warm-voiced baritone in both works." The Guardian
".. baritone John Brancy had a sombre gravity and a dash of menace in the “Libera me..." Art's Desk
"As Guglielmo, John Brancy shone exuberantly..." San Francisco Chronicle
"John Brancy invested Guglielmo with plush tone and commendable musicality, especially in the rarely heard ‘Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo’, the original aria for the character who, disguised as an Albanian, tries convince the women to pay more attention to him and Ferrando." Seen & Heard International
"The strong cast brings sharp diction and musicality to their roles. The splendidly sonorous, word-sensitive John Brancy is well suited to the testingly high-ranging music Finley created." Opera Magazine
"John Brancy's vigorous, conversational baritone is perfect for Mr. Fox, and his long opening aria (far from simplistic) is full of the joys of spring." Opera News
"The cast for this recording is wonderful. John Brancy has one of the most beautiful lyric baritones I've heard in a while." American Record Guide
"The voice is beautiful, with a subtle grain, not heroic but solid enough not to flinch under the few blows struck by the score. The line is neat enough for the melody to be unrolled in one go with all the nobility that the princely state of the character imposes. Above all, the performer knows how to go beyond the school framework of the competition to show and understand the emotional issues of the aria." Forum Opera
"The standout of the performance of the night, however, was by John Brancy... Brancy’s impeccable timing, dynamic physicality, and robust voice made him an ideal Papageno." Opera News
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