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Accomplished bass Andrew Gangestad has been applauded for his dark, rich sound and
strong musicality by audiences throughout the world. Of his performance of Don Basilio
in Il barbiere di Siviglia, the Kansas City Star wrote, “Andrew Gangestad demonstrated
a glorious bass voice,” and for his performance of Leporello in Don Giovanni with Opera
Pacific, the Orange County Register wrote, “Andrew Gangestad portrays the long-
suffering Leporello with aplomb, crisp in accent, dark of voice and understated in
comedy.”
In the 2018–19 season, Andrew returns to the Metropolitan Opera for their production of
Les pêcheurs de perles, and will make his Alabama Symphony debut as bass soloist in
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
In the 2017–18 season, Andrew performed Angelotti in Puccini’s Tosca at Opera Omaha,
Monterone in Verdi’s Rigoletto at Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Commendatore in
Mozart’s Don Giovanni with Lyric Opera of the North, and the bass soloist in
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Symphony Orchestra Augusta.
In previous seasons, Andrew returned to the Metropolitan Opera for its production of Les
pêcheurs de perles, performed as Zaccaria in Verdi’s Nabucco at Opera Carolina, and
appeared as the Captain in Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas in his début with
Nashville Opera.
Andrew is widely known for his interpretation of Leporello in Don Giovanni, which he
has performed with such companies as the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Sarasota Opera,
Opera Pacific, and in his début with Arizona Opera. He also performed Basilio in Il
barbiere di Siviglia with several companies, including Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Opera
Omaha, Duluth Festival Opera, and Opera Cleveland.
Mr. Gangestad’s international highlights include débuts as Ramfis in Aïda with the
Welsh National Opera, as well the Bregenz Festival in Austria, the title role in Le nozze
di Figaro at the Macao International Music Festival, and Mephistopheles/Böser
Geist/Pater Profundus in Schumann’s Szenen aus Goethes Faust with the Warsaw
Philharmonic Orchestra.
Since his Metropolitan Opera début in Berg’s Lulu, Mr. Gangestad has frequently
returned there, having performed as Brander in La damnation de Faust, Tom in Un ballo
in maschera, Colline in La bohème, Truffaldino in Ariadne auf Naxos, Count Ceprano
in Rigoletto, Lignière in the company première of Cyrano de Bergerac, Vaudemont in I
vespri siciliani, Cappadocian in Salome, Imperial Commissioner in Madama Butterfly,
Timur in Turandot, Frate in Don Carlo, Trojan bass in Idomeneo, M. Javelinot in
Dialogues des Carmélites, and has been involved in productions of La fanciulla del
West, Les Troyens, Wozzeck and Un ballo in maschera. Also a company favorite with
Seattle Opera, he has appeared there in such roles as Zuniga in Carmen, Tom in Un ballo
in maschera, Alidoro in La Cenerentola, and Leporello in Don Giovanni.
Andrew’s extensive list of concert engagements include Händel’s Messiah with the
Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Pacific Symphony, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and
Haydn’s The Creation with the State College Chorale Society (Pennsylvania),
Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Berkshire Choral Festival, Beethoven’s Ninth
Symphony with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and Duluth Superior Symphony
Orchestra, Verdi’s Requiem with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and Grand Rapids
Symphony, soloist in Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher with Oregon Bach Festival
under Marin Alsop, Tan Dun’s Theatre Orchestral II: Re, and Mozart’s Requiem with
the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Gangestad also performed several opera roles in concert, such as Brander in La
damnation de Faust in his début with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Maestro
James Levine in Boston and at Carnegie Hall, Méphistophélès in La damnation de Faust
with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, The Monk in La Gioconda and as The Hermit
in Der Freischütz with Opera Orchestra of New York at Carnegie Hall, Lodovico in
excerpts from Otello for the 2006 Richard Tucker Gala, various Opera Gala Concerts
with the Yakima Symphony Orchestra, and in L’enfant et les sortilèges with the Minnesota Orchestra.
Additional engagements include performances as Nourabad in Les pêcheurs de perles
with Pittsburgh Opera; Der Tod in Der Kaiser von Atlantis with Cincinnati Opera;
Rodolfo in La sonnambula, and Alidoro in La Cenerentola with Michigan Opera
Theatre; Ramfis in Aïda with Hawaii Opera Theater; Colline in La bohème with New
York City Opera, Kentucky Opera, Arizona Opera, and Opera Pacific; Ferrando in Il
trovatore with Minnesota Opera and Toledo Opera; the title role in Le nozze di Figaro
with Lyric Opera of Kansas City and Bellingham Music Festival; Commendatore in Don
Giovanni in his début with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis; Nourabad in Les pêcheurs de
perles, Banquo in Macbeth, and Candy in Of Mice and Men with Sarasota Opera;
Sparafucile in Rigoletto with Sacramento Opera, and Lyric Opera of the North; Timur in
Turandot with Kentucky Opera; and Ramfis in Aïda; and Angelotti in Tosca with the
former Opera Pacific.
Andrew Gangestad is the first place winner of the 2005 Fritz and Lavinia Jensen
Foundation Voice Competition and the recipient of the Robert Lauch Memorial Grant
from the Wagner Society of New York.
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