Featuring Guest Internationally Renowned Vocalist and Beaver Dam Native Ryan Belongie

Countertenor Ryan Belongie has been praised for his “oft-astounding vocalism” (San Francisco Classical Voice), and “a remarkably warm, evenly produced voice whose supple phrasing included many an exquisite shade” (Opera News). 

Operatic engagements include Canadian Opera Company, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Atlanta Opera, Boston Baroque, Chicago Opera Theater, Festival Napa Valley, Haymarket Opera Company, Long Beach Opera, Opera Bergen, Opéra de Montréal, St. Petersburg Opera, Tulsa Opera, West Edge Opera, and Wolf Trap Opera.

Concert appearances include Alabama Symphony, Apollo Chorus of Chicago, Dallas Opera Orchestra, Elmhurst Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony, Grant Park Music Festival, Il Complesso Barocco, Kansas City Symphony, Leipzig Baroque Orchestra, Lexington Philharmonic, Music of the Baroque, San Diego Symphony, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Utah Festival Opera, and Utah Symphony.

He has been heard on Chicago’s WFMT in performances with Music of the Baroque in addition to a solo recital on the network’s series, “Live from WFMT,” and has appeared on PBS across the United States in A Renaissance Christmas.  Recordings include Haymarket Opera Company’s production of Artaserse for Cedille Records. 

Born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, Mr. Belongie is a graduate of San Francisco Opera's Merola Opera Program and Adler Fellowship, and the Vocal Honors Program at Northwestern University.  In addition to being a two-time national semi-finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, he was the first place winner of the Igor Gorin Memorial Award, the recipient of a career grant from the Metropolitan Opera, a Shouse Career Grant from Wolf Trap Opera, two Richard F. Gold Career Grants from the Shoshana Foundation, and the Lola Fletcher Award from the American Opera Society of Chicago.