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cosi.jpg (456055 bytes) Ray Bauwens is "one of the most versatile, critically acclaimed and just plain glorious voices to have graced the New England music scene in recent years. He is equally at home in baroque, sacred, Italian opera and American popular music of all eras."
(David Lasky, Worcester Telegram and Gazette)

Mr. Bauwens' past performances include the following (Sound Bytes are available for those hyperlinked):

OPERA

  • Anatol ~ Barber's Vanessa ~ Boston Academy of Music
  • Riccardo ~ Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera  ~ Concord Orchestra
  • Rinuccio ~ Puccini's Gianni Schicchi ~ Boston Academy of Music
  • Edgardo ~ Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor ~ OperaFest of New Hampshire
  • Roberto Devereux ~ Donizetti's Roberto Devereux ~ Boston Bel Canto
  • Leicester ~ Donizetti's Maria Stuarda ~ Boston Academy of Music
  • Don Alvaro ~ Verdi's La Forza del Destino ~ Boston Academy of Music
  • Don Jose ~ Bizet's Carmen ~ College of the Holy Cross
  • Matteo ~ Strauss' Arabella ~ Boston Academy of Music
  • Ferrando ~ Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte ~ Bel Canto Opera of Rhode Island
  • Pollione ~ Bellini's Norma ~ Boston Bel Canto & Bel Canto Opera of Rhode Island (in separate performances)
  • Canio ~ Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci ~ OperaFest of New Hampshire

CONCERT / ORATORIO / SACRED WORKS

  • St. Matthew Passion (Evangelist) ~ J. S. Bach ~ Litchfield County Choral Union
  • Messiah ~ Handel ~ Handel and Haydn Society
  • War Requiem  ~ Britten  ~ Litchfield County Choral Union
  • Ninth Symphony ~ Beethoven  ~ Orquesta Sinfonica (Mexico), Boston Ballet, New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, & Indian Hill Symphony Orchestra (in separate performances)
  • Verdi's Requiem ~ Symphony Pro Musica
  • Petite Messe Solenelle ~ Rossini 
  • B-Minor Mass ~ Bach 
  • Solemn Vespers ~ Mozart 
  • Requiem ~ Mozart 
  • Mass in C ~ Mozart 
  • La Vida Breve ~ de Falla
  • Romeo et Juliette ~ Berlioz  
  • St. Paul ~ Mendelssohn  
  • St. John Passion Bach ~ Evangelist

RECORDINGS

  •    Beach's Grand Mass in E Flat on CD by Albany Records.