John D. Adams

John D. Adams, bass-baritone

Based in midcoast Maine, John has appeared in opera, concert, and recital on both coasts of the U.S. and throughout New England. Recent concert engagements include Handel’s Dettingen Te Deum with the Oratorio Chorale earlier this season, Holiday Pops by the Sea with the New England Wind Symphony, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass with the Maine Music Society, and featured soloist with the Longfellow Chorus performing world premier compositions and historic concert songs for bass voice. He has appeared in concerts with the San Francisco Symphony, Berkeley Symphony, Berkeley Lyric Opera Orchestra, North Shore Philharmonic, Midcoast Symphony, Arlington Philharmonic, Marin Chamber Ensemble, Androscoggin Chorale, Masterworks Chorale, Chorus Pro Musica, and Aurora Vocal Ensemble, as well as concert programs for Longwood Opera, Maine Grand Opera, Opera Down East, and Music at Immanuel.

Opera and stage credits include Carmen (Granite State Opera), Lucrezia Borgia (Opera Boston), Tosca (San Francisco Lyric Opera), Romeo et Juliette (PORTopera), Cosi fan tutte (Apollo Opera), The New Moon (New England Light Opera), The Desert Song (Maine State Music Theater), Susannah and Sweeney Todd (Heartwood Regional Theater), in addition to productions by Berkeley Opera, SOLO Opera, Livermore Valley Opera, Goat Hall Opera, and San Francisco City Summer Opera.

John attended Hartt School of Music and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music; his teachers have included Leopold Simoneau, William Metcalf, and Malcolm Smith.