Tom Fox (baritone)

Tom Fox is an American operatic baritone who has had an active international performance career that has spanned five decades. He has sung leading roles at many of the world's major opera houses, including the Berlin State Opera, La Scala, and the Metropolitan Opera. While he has performed a diverse range of roles in numerous languages during his career, he has become particularly associated with the works of Richard Wagner.

Fox was trained at the University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music where he was a pupil of Italian bass Italo Tajo. He began his stage career performing in the opera chorus and in smaller secondary roles at the Cincinnati Opera from 1972-1980. He was a member of that company's Young Artist Program from 1978-1980. He progressed to leading roles in Cincinnati; including portrayals of Basilio in The Barber of Seville, Dulcamara in L'elisir d'amore, Escamillo in Carmen, Scarpia in Tosca, Sharpless in Madame Butterfly, and Timur in Turandot. Most recently he was seen with the Cincinnati Opera in 2010 as Iago in Verdi's Otello.

Fox's first performance of note came in 1975 at the Houston Grand Opera when he created the role of Mr. Zelley in the world premiere of Carlisle Floyd's Bilby's Doll. In 1981 he made his European debut at the Frankfurt Opera as Orestes in Elektra. That same year he portrayed the title role in Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden. Debuts in leading roles with other international opera houses followed, including the Hamburg State Opera (1983), the Welsh National Opera (1985), the Canadian Opera Company (1986), the Berlin State Opera (1987), the Teatro Colón (1987), the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (1988), the Seattle Opera (1989), and the Pittsburgh Opera (1989) among others.

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