West Bay Opera
Aaron Scheidel
Tenor Aaron Scheidel is known as the ``singing farmer'', thanks to his unlikely
dual occupations as a California rice farmer and opera singer! Mr. Scheidel
holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from California State
University at Sacramento as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Music from San Jose
State University. Mr. Scheidel spent two years as an Associate Resident Artist
at Opera San José. While an Associate he performed the roles of
Alfred in Die Fledermaus, Monsieur Triquet in Eugene Onegin,
Don Curzio in Le nozze di Figaro, and Rodolfo in La
Bohème. Other operatic roles include Pinkerton in Madama
Butterfly with Apollo Opera and the world premiere of Debussy's opera
Le Gladiateur in conjunction with the doctoral work of John Clavenger
at the Eastman School of Music and the Chico Symphony. Mr. Scheidel was most
recently heard as Lennie in Carlisle Floyd's Of Mice and Men.
8 Feb 1998
