
Marcus Glenn Shelton
Soloist, Tenor
He was born in Don José, Edmonds, US. He studied communication at the Seattle Pacific University. He participated in the Seattle Opera Young Artist Program (2006/08). He was awarded at the Les Azuriales Opera Competition (2009), the Sun Valley Opera Competition (2007) and the International Italian Opera Competition in Dresden (2007), while he has received a career grant from the Seattle Opera Guild (2006, 2007). As a member of the Seattle Opera Chorus in 2002-2006, he participated in several productions, including Norma, Fidelio, Parsifal, Carmen, Rigoletto, La Fanciulla del West, Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Così fan tutte, Manon Lescaut, Lohengrin, etc. He appeared as soloist at the operas of the US cities of Seattle, Tacoma, Idaho, Skagit and Portland as well as in Oviedo (Spain). His repertoire includes the roles Don José (The Tragedy of Carmen by Bizet/Brook), Fenton (Falstaff), Beppe (Rita), Τenor in the trio (Trouble in Tahiti, by Bernstein), Le petit vieillard and La rainette (L'enfant et les sortilèges), Nemorino (/L'elisir d'amore), Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto), Hoffmann (Les Contes d'Hoffmann), etc. He collaborated with the GNO once, as Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi, 2008/09). // Last update of the biography: December 2015 - The list of productions below is complete.