Ron Stauffer
Singer & Performer

Theater & caroling

• Christmas caroling quartet · Tenor2017–19

  What the Dickens? Carolers!

• 42nd Street · Bert Barry2005

  Attitudes Repertory Theater

Opera

• La Bohème · Fruit Vendor2017

  Opera Colorado

  Puccini

• Lucia di Lammermoor · Dragoon2017

  Opera Colorado

  Donizetti

• La Fanciulla del West · Miner2016

  Opera Colorado

  Puccini

• Goyescas · Chorus2017

  Boulder Opera

  Granados

• Carmen · Chorus2016

  Boulder Opera

  Bizet

• Aida · Chorus2015

  Colorado Symphony Chorus / Aspen Music School & Festival

  Verdi

Solo & concert work

• Messiah · Tenor soloist2014, 2015

  Colorado Springs Chamber Singers

  Handel

• Carmina Burana · Chorus2016

  Colorado Symphony Chorus / Bravo! Vail · conducted by Hans Graf

  Orff

• Symphony No. 9 · Chorus2016

  Colorado Springs Chorale / Colorado Springs Philharmonic

  Beethoven

Training & education

Voice. Voice lessons with Dr. John Carpenter (2013–2016), a Juilliard graduate who sang with the Metropolitan Opera.

Voice. Voice lessons with Solveig Olsen (2015), a singer and actor who has performed in opera, musical theater, and plays in New York and Colorado.

B.A. in Storytelling. Metropolitan State University of Denver (2019). Courses included acting, scriptwriting, public speaking, linguistics, and voice.

Music performance studies. University of Colorado Colorado Springs (began 2014).

Associate of Arts. Pikes Peak Community College (2008).

Skills

Voice. Sight-reading, cold readings, and singing in character.

Languages. Sang works in Italian, German, French, Latin, Spanish, Hebrew, and Russian. Studied Italian, German, Spanish, and Latin in college; trained to learn unfamiliar pronunciation quickly.

Guitar & song leading. Guitar accompaniment and leading congregational singing. Served for one year as a worship leader at a church in Colorado Springs.

Recording. Host and producer of three podcasts. Handle my own recording, microphone setup, audio editing, and production.

Speaking. Completed Toastmasters International’s Competent Communicator program (ten prepared speeches). Experience speaking to live audiences, both prepared and off the cuff.