Paul Houghtaling, bass-baritone

Birthplace: Troy, NY. 

Career Highlights: European tours as Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with Teatro Lirico d'Europa; debut with the Bard Music Festival and the American Symphony Orchestra in Haydn’s L’Infedeltà delusa; Peter Maxwell Davies’ Eight Songs for a Mad King with ALEA III, Boston; debut with Central City Opera as the comic lead in Friml’s Rose Marie; works of Bach with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s “Bach Cantatas in Context” Series, American Classical Orchestra, Amor Artis, Boston Baroque, Miami Bach Society, and others; United States tours with the Waverly Consort, including Kennedy Center appearances; “Opera Buffa: Comedy On Stage” on Lincoln Center’s “Meet the Artists” series; appearance with Folger Consort, Washington, DC; featured vocalist on Philip Glass's soundtrack to Reggio's film Naqoyqatsi on the SONY label, and the Laughing Sun in the Glass/Beni Montresor collaboration, The Witches of Venice; Mark Morris Dance Company production of Dido and Aeneas; Pali in Der Zigeunerbaron with the New York Philharmonic under Kurt Mazur; acclaimed Gilbert & Sullivan interpretations with the Anchorage, Cedar Rapids, Central City, Gulf Coast, Knoxville, Lake George, and Nashville Operas; additional appearances with Boston Lyric, Baltimore, Des Moines, Long Beach, Natchez, Santa Fe, Tacoma, Metropolitan Opera Guild; recordings on New World, Waverly, Balkanton, EMI, Euphorbia, Albany labels.

Appearances with The St. Cecilia Chorus under David Randolph:  Mozart’s Requiem, Bach’s Magnificat and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio at Carnegie Hall; Schubert Mass in A-flat, Michael Haydn Requiem, Fauré Requiem, Berlioz Messe Solennelle, Guonod Messe Solennelle, Puccini Messa di Gloria, Mozart Coronation Mass, Schubert Stabat Mater, Bach Cantata BWV 21; Beethoven Mass in C (with Patrick Gardner).

Current: Director of Opera Theatre at the University of Alabama.

Upcoming:  Maximilian and stage director, Candide, Mobile Opera; Festival of American Opera, University of Alabama; stage director, Druid City Opera Workshop and Ars Nova School of the Arts, Alabama.