Devin Eatmon is an American operatic tenor, and winner of a Harold S. Schwartz Music Scholarship. Eatmon grew up in The Villages, Florida, and sang with The Opera Club of the Villages and the Central Florida Lyric Opera. His summer performances included Opera in the Ozarks (2015) and Aspen Music Festival (2018 and 2019). He studied vocal performance at Florida State University, where he completed his bachelor's and master's degrees, and acted as a graduate teaching assistant. Selected as one of Opera Colorado's 2020-21 Artists in Residence, he will be performing several productions, once the season (delayed by COVID-19) is underway.[1][2][3]
Career
editEatmon has appeared often with The Central Florida Lyric Opera, to include solos in a number of performances, and a number of full operas to include La Traviata. While at Florida State University, he had a number of local appearances in the Tallahassee area.[4] He has been selected as one of the 2020 Apprentice Singers by Santa Fe Opera[5] He has also appeared in a number of concerts put on by Fernando Varela's Victory Productions, including as part of the group Four Divo.[3][6][7][8]
In 2020, Eatmon joined Tenor Fernando Varela and Baritone Craig Irvin to form The Serenad3. Their first album, Christmas Serenade was released as an EP in late November.[9] The trio appeared as "The Christmas Tenors" to wrap up the Open Air Concert Series put on by Varela's Victory Productions at The Villages Polo Fields. They also were featured in the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Front Yard Festival, also an open air series on the grounds of the Orlando Dr. Phillips Center.[10][11][12]
Discography
edit- Silent Night - (with The Serenad3, David Foster, Gloria Estefan) single, Released November 23, 2020
- Christmas Serenade - (with The Serenad3), Released November 24, 2020
- Romantic Serenade (with The Serenad3), Released Feb 12, 2021
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "MEET THE 2020-21 ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE". Opera Colorado.
- ^ "Brilliant Music of Leonard Bernstein brought to life in tribute show in The Villages". The Villages News. January 4, 2019.
- ^ a b "VHS grad to sing key role in 'La Traviata' Saturday at Savannah Center". The Villages News. January 2, 2015.
- ^ "Music in the Woods comes out of the woods". The Post Searchlight. November 8, 2019.
- ^ "Santa Fe Opera 2020 APPRENTICE SINGERS". Santa Fe Opera.
- ^ "The Greatest Moments in Opera". Ocala Style.
- ^ "Three Tenors Plus One - A Tribute to Luciano Pavarotti". The Sharon.
- ^ "Four Divo". Victory Productions.
- ^ "The Serenad3 Perform Silent Night With Gloria Estefan And David Foster On Debut Album Christmas Serenade". Cision by PRNewswire.
- ^ "The Christmas Tenors End Open Air concert series on festive note". The Villages Daily Sun.
- ^ "Open-air concerts are smash success". The Villages Daily Sun.
- ^ "Frontyard Festival: Victory Productions Presents The Christmas Tenors at Dr. Phillips Center, Orlando". City Surfing Orlando.