Biography
Tenor
Arnold Livingston Geis
This season, tenor Arnold Livingston Geis returns to the role of Josef Bader in Aaron Zigman’s Emigré with the Beijing Music Festival, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, and Hong Kong Philharmonic. He also joins Opera Carolina as Rodolfo in La bohème, Cincinnati Opera as Motel in Fiddler on the Roof, Opera in the Heights for his role debut as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, and the Baltimore Symphony for Stravinsky’s Renard. Recent appearances include the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and LA Master Chorale. He makes his San Francisco Symphony debut with these performances.
Geis made his Lincoln Center debut creating the role of Mr. Marks in Ricky Ian Gordon’s Intimate Apparel and joined esperanza spalding as Agamemnon in her and Wayne Shorter’s opera Iphigenia. He recently joined Washington National Opera as Jonathan Dale in Silent Night, Gastone in La traviata, and Busdriver/New Preacher in the world premiere of Taking Up Serpents. He also sang Nikolaus Sprink in Silent Night with Glimmerglass Opera, Arnold Murray in The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing with Chicago Opera Theater, and Tamino in The Magic Flute with Pacific Opera Project. He has sung on film and television soundtracks including Tom and Jerry, Family Guy, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Fifty Shades of Grey, Minions, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and Disney’s live-action The Lion King.
Geis made his Lincoln Center debut creating the role of Mr. Marks in Ricky Ian Gordon’s Intimate Apparel and joined esperanza spalding as Agamemnon in her and Wayne Shorter’s opera Iphigenia. He recently joined Washington National Opera as Jonathan Dale in Silent Night, Gastone in La traviata, and Busdriver/New Preacher in the world premiere of Taking Up Serpents. He also sang Nikolaus Sprink in Silent Night with Glimmerglass Opera, Arnold Murray in The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing with Chicago Opera Theater, and Tamino in The Magic Flute with Pacific Opera Project. He has sung on film and television soundtracks including Tom and Jerry, Family Guy, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Fifty Shades of Grey, Minions, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and Disney’s live-action The Lion King.
