John R. Wiggins

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Eugene Onegin

Rigoletto

Aida

Ambassador Connie Morella's lovely letter after my Paris performance

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John R. Wiggins, tenor, received his bachelor’s degree in trumpet performance from Florida State University and then went on to study graduate musicology at the University of Maryland. While absorbed in academia, John began studying voice with his father, Don Wiggins, and began his singing career in earnest. John has since performed concerts, recitals and operatic roles all over the east coast. He is also in demand as a soloist and choral section leader, and as such has performed nationwide and in Europe. He sings now with the Choir of Men at the Washington National Cathedral and with the Washington Bach Consort. His operatic roles include Don Jose in Carmen, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni and The Duke in Rigoletto. His concert work ranges from Handel's Samson and the cantatas of Bach to Schubert and Mahler Lieder.

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CONTACT INFO

John R Wiggins -

johnrwiggins@gmail.com

240-899-1351

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Education:

Florida State University - B. Mus., Trumpet Performance - 1995
University of Maryland - M. Mus., Musicology - coursework completed 1999
Don Wiggins, Voice Teacher
Walter Winterfeldt and Ekaterina Souvorova, Coaches

Opera Roles Performed:

Tamino, Magic Flute - Washington, DC, 2010
Radames, Aida - Washington, DC, 2008
Il Duca di Mantova - Rigoletto, Washington, DC, 2008
Don José, Carmen - Washington, DC, 2005
Triquet, Eugene Onegin - Washington, DC, 2005
King Kaspar, Amahl and the Night Visitors - Washington, 2005
Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni - New York, 2001
Arturo, Lucia di Lammermoor - Washington, DC, 2002
Normanno, Lucia di Lammermoor - New York, 1999

Oratorio Roles Performed:

Bach - Magnificat, Tenor Soloist
Dubois - Seven Last Words, Tenor Soloist
Bach - Several Cantatas, Tenor Soloist

Oratorio Roles in Progress:

Handel - Samson

Other Professional Musical Experience:
* Solo vocal concert at the U.S. Ambassador’s residence in Paris.

* Many years of solo and choral experience in churches and concert halls in the U.S and Europe - covering much of the standard repertoire – with various professional ensembles, including the Washington Bach Consort.

* Extensive performance experience on trumpet - both solo and in ensemble (orchestra, band and chamber), including classical and popular genre.

* Trumpet in pit orchestra for numerous operas and musicals.

* Scholarly research on Italian opera, including original research on the dramatic use of tonal relationships in Verdi operas.

* Masters thesis on early Italian Renaissance vocal music.

* Teaching applied trumpet.