ANDREW THOMAS PARDINI | BARITONE

Extolled by The Baltimore Sun for his “robust work” and DC Metro Theater Arts for “a heart-stopping, high voltage bass-baritone voice,” Andrew Thomas Pardini continues to win audiences with his vibrant tone and thrilling character portrayals.

 

Pardini is a Tenured Member of the Regular Chorus with San Francisco Opera, where he made his company debut as part of its 2022-2023 Centennial Season. Past roles at San Francisco Opera include Flora’s Servant/La traviata, The Imperial Commissioner/Madame Butterfly and Reporter/The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs. Upcoming engagements include company and role debuts with Cantare Oakland as Baritone Soloist/Belshazzar’s Feast, as well as a return to San Francisco Opera for its 2024-2025 Season. Earlier this season, Pardini made his company and role debuts with Marin Symphony as Bass Soloist/Lord Nelson Mass, company and role debuts with Lakeside Concert Series SF as Bass Soloist/Mozart Requiem, special appearances with Opera Modesto as Baritone Soloist/The Good, The Bad & The Loverly: A Valentine Concert and Baritone Soloist/40th Anniversary Gala, company and role debuts with Livermore Valley Opera as Papageno/The Magic Flute Outreach and Sciarrone/Tosca, and company debut with San Francisco Opera Guild’s Opera Together as Marcello/La bohème.

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Pardini made his company and European debuts at Berkeley Community Chorus & Orchestra as part of its 2018-2019 Season, where he performed the Baritone Soloist/Ein deutsches Requiem at such venues as Hertz Hall (Berkeley, USA), Alexela Kontserdimaja (Tallinn, Estonia), Rīgas Doms (Riga, Latvia), and Konserthuset Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden). Other recent engagements include company debuts as Schaunard/La bohème at Opera North, company and role debuts as Dr. Falke/Die Fledermaus and Dancaïre & Escamillo (Cover)/Carmen at Opera Orlando, company debuts as Schaunard/La bohème at Gulfshore Opera, company and role debuts as Nils Krogstad at Voice Afire Opera-Cabaret in the World Premiere of Raymond Luedeke’s A Doll’s House, role debut as Edmund Bertram/Mansfield Park at Opera Modesto, role debut as The Pirate King/The Pirates of Penzance at Winter Opera Saint Louis, role debut as Silvio/Pagliacci at Salt Marsh Opera, company debuts as Schaunard/La bohème at The Festival of the Atlantic and Salt Marsh Opera, company and role debuts as Tobia Mill/La cambiale di matrimonio and Der dritte Edle & Telramund (Cover)/Lohengrin at Opera Southwest, company debut as Peter/Hänsel und Gretel at Bar Harbor Music Festival, role debut as Emperor Overall/The Emperor of Atlantis at IN Series, role debuts as Marco/Gianni Schicchi and Buoso’s Ghost at OperaDelaware, company and role debuts as Zurga/Les pêcheurs de perles at Winter Opera Saint Louis, company debut as Bass Soloist/Messiah at Bach In Baltimore, company and role debuts as Baritone Soloist/Ein deutsches Requiem at Crescent Choral Society, as well as company and role debuts as Albert/Werther at Baltimore Concert Opera and OperaDelaware.

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Priding himself as a champion of contemporary works, Pardini relishes the opportunity to be a part of the creative and developmental process, garnering acclaim for his striking interpretations. Pardini joined good friend and composer, Joshua Rush Barnett, as the Baritone Soloist for the premiere of his epic Civil War masterwork, Valley Echoes. He originated the role of Andreas Baader in The Last Act of Revolution, the inaugural operatic undertaking of composer, Evan Meier, and librettist, Lucas Richmond, and also created the role of Navarro in the Los Angeles debut of David Conte and Oliver Mayer’s racially-charged opera, America Tropical. The realm of vocal competition has propelled Pardini’s burgeoning career, helping him to capture a loyal following of supporters. Foremost among his many successes, Pardini won Second Place in the 2015 Michael Ballam Concorso Lirico International Vocal Competition, as well as being a Finalist in both the 2017 Gerda Lissner Foundation Lieder/Song Vocal Competition and 2014 Partners for the Arts Vocal Awards Competition, and the recipient of an Encouragement Award in the 2012 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions – Pittsburgh District.

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Pardini has honed his craft at a number of Young Artist Programs and training institutes throughout the United States, the most notable being Opera North Resident Artist Program, Opera Orlando Studio Artist Program, Opera Southwest Apprentice Artist Program, Opera Maine Studio Artist Program, The Atlanta Opera Studio Artist Program, The Crested Butte Music Festival Opera Studio, Dayton Opera Artists-In-Residence Program, Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute, and OperaWorks.

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Pardini holds a Master of Music degree in Opera Performance from the University of Maryland – Maryland Opera Studio, under the tutelage of Dominic Cossa and François Loup, and a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Southern California – Thornton School of Music, studying with Gary Glaze. Prior to university, Pardini spent his earliest years as the student of Erik “Buck” Townsend, who reared him from boy soprano to “baby baritone,” imbuing him with a passion and reverence for singing and performing. Pardini dedicates his every artistic pursuit, with love and admiration, to his voice teacher and mentor.

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A native of Modesto, California, Pardini is based in San Francisco.