Norman Shankle
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Tenor Norman Shankle is currently enjoying worldwide acclaim for his portrayals of Mozart and Rossini’s most famous tenors. The Boston Globe called Shankle “a real find, a singer of elegance, grace and conviction,†and the San Francisco Chronicle praised him equally as “clearly a singer to watch.â€
This past summer, 2021, he returned to Northern Lights Music Festival as Ramiro in La Cenerentola and performed a Gala Concert for Knoxville Opera. This season, engagements include the tenor soloist in Mozart’s Requiem and Adolphus Hailstork’s A Knee On a Neck as well as Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis for the National Philharmonic; Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony for Helena Symphony, Wesley Harris in Sanctuary Road for North Carolina Opera, and will join the Tulsa Opera for Salome.
This past summer, 2021, he returned to Northern Lights Music Festival as Ramiro in La Cenerentola and performed a Gala Concert for Knoxville Opera. This season, engagements include the tenor soloist in Mozart’s Requiem and Adolphus Hailstork’s A Knee On a Neck as well as Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis for the National Philharmonic; Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony for Helena Symphony, Wesley Harris in Sanctuary Road for North Carolina Opera, and will join the Tulsa Opera for Salome.