Bass

William Esch is a bass from Stillwater, MN, with a degree in Music Education from St. Olaf College. Esch made his international debut in Berlin playing ‘Il Commendatore’ in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”, as well as ‘Reverend John Hale’ in Robert Ward’s “The Crucible” with the Berlin Opera Academy. Since moving to New York City, Mr. Esch had worked with Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble singing ‘Il Commendatore’ in “Don Giovanni” and ‘Sylvano’ in Francesco Cavalli’s “La Calisto”. In other mainstage productions, he covered the ‘Jezevec/Farař’ and the ‘Harašta,’ in “Příhody lišky Bystroušky” by Leoš Janáček, and presented scenes from Mozart’s “Die Entführung aus dem Serail” and Salieri’s “Falstaff” playing ‘Osmin’ and ‘Bardolfo’ respectively. He has sung ‘Sparafucile’ with SingThrough Central’s “Rigoletto”, and ‘Sarastro’ with New York Lyric Opera Theater’s (NYLOT) production of “Die Zauberflöte”. Mr. Esch debuted ‘Sparafucile’ in the Really Spicy Opera’s production of “Rigoletto” in Minneapolis, MN.