Bio
Tenor John Pickle is an established and versatile force on both the operatic and concert stages. Recent performances include Turandot with Opera Delaware (Calaf), Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Akron Symphony, Mozart’s Requiem with Canton Symphony, and concerts with Cleveland Pops and Pittsburgh Festival Opera. In the 2022-23 Season, Pickle performed in Cavalleria rusticana (Turiddu), with Opera Colorado, Carmen (Don José) with Pacific Opera Victoria, and a concert of opera’s greatest hits with Maryland Opera. Additional engagements include Pagliacci (Canio) with Opera Colorado, Michigan Opera Theatre, Opera Memphis, Dayton Opera, and Opera Delaware; The Flying Dutchman (Erik) with Los Angeles Opera, Michigan Opera Theater, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Mobile Opera, and Utah Festival Opera; Tosca (Cavaradossi) with Nashville Opera, Intermountain Opera Bozeman, Opera Southwest, Tri-Cities Opera, and Townsend Opera; Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton) at Pacific Symphony, Florida Grand Opera, Cleveland Opera Theater, and Dayton Opera; and Carmen (Don José) with Opera Tampa, Nevada Opera, and Opera Louisiane.
Concert engagements in recent seasons included Verdi’s Requiem with Dayton Philharmonic, Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, Akron Symphony, Opera Grand Rapids, Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra, and DCINY in Carnegie Hall and Barcelona’s famed Palau de la Música Catalana; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Dayton Philharmonic, Springfield Symphony, The Orchestra Now, Lima Symphony, Long Bay Symphony, and National Chorale; Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with Dayton Philharmonic; Beethoven’s Missa solemnis with Utah Festival Opera; Kodaly’s Te Deum with Oregon Music Festival, Eugene Suchon’s Psalm of the Carpathian Land with Sonomento and Kenwood Symphonies; and operatic greatest hits concerts with Florentine Opera, Santa Barbara Symphony, Lyric Opera of Virginia, Northwest Arkansas Symphony, Mobile Opera, Intermountain Opera Bozeman, Opera Idaho and the Boise Philharmonic, and St. Bart’s Music Festival.