Ed Mout, tenor
Edward Mout, tenor, is an alumnus of the prestigious Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center. In his first year with the Ryan Opera Center, Edward was seen in the Lyric Opera of Chicago productions of La Boheme and La Traviata and stepped in for Count Almaviva for one performance of Il barbiere di Siviglia as well as performing the role in the student matinee performances of the same production. For the 2008-09 season, he was seen in Manon, performed Shepherd in Tristan und Isolde, and played Beppe in student matinees of I Pagliacci. Edward was engaged as a Resident Artist with the Minnesota Opera from 2005-2007, where he performed Spoletta in Tosca, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, the Four Servants in Les Contes d’Hoffmann. He has also been an apprentice artist with various summer opera festivals, including the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Central City Opera, and the Santa Fe Opera. After receiving a B.A. in Applied Mathematics in 2003 from UC- San Diego, Edward received a Performer Diploma in 2005 from Indiana University, where he performed the roles of Lensky in Eugene Onegin in 2004 and Fenton in Falstaff in 2003. In 2010, Edward will be seen as Orpheus in Orpheus in the Underworld with Central City Opera.
In June 2009, Mr. Mout sang the tenor solos in Bach’s B-Minor Mass with the Costa Rica National Symphony under the baton of Mo. John Nelson. He has been tenor soloist in Handel's Messiah for the University of California- San Diego Chamber Singers and, most recently, with the Carter-Westminster United Presbyterian Church in Chicago. He performed the tenor soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony IX with the Peoria Symphony, in Gounod's Sanctus for the Solana Beach Presbyterian Choir, and in Orff’s Carmina burana and Bach Cantata No. 191 for the San Diego Chamber Singers.