Fredrick Redd

In 2022, Redd performed his first Wagner role as Wotan in ''Das Rheingold'' {{cite web|url=https://www.operabase.com/productions/das-rheingold-153200/en|title=Redd as Wotan in Das Rheingold|date=26 March 2022 }} and debuted as Hark in the opera ''Nat Turner'' by Michael Raphael with the New Jersey Symphony.{{cite web|url=https://www.njsymphony.org/events/detail/nat-turner-by-michael-raphael|title=Fred as Hark with NJ Symphony}} Redd returned to Carnegie Hall main stage performances on May 27, 28 and June 30 as soloist in Haydn's ''Creation'', Mozart's ''Regina Coeli'', and Hayes' ''Requiem''.{{cite web|url=https://www.midamerica-music.com/join-us-in-2022|title=Mid-America's 2022 Season|access-date=2022-07-22|archive-date=2022-07-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722155221/https://www.midamerica-music.com/join-us-in-2022|url-status=dead}} As invited, Redd sang in the 45th Annual Benefit Concert for the William Warfield Scholarship Fund and collaborated with [[Harold Danko]], international jazz pianist and recording artist in singing "Ole Man River", one of Warfield's signature songs.{{cite web|url=https://www.esm.rochester.edu/news/2022/05/william-warfield-scholarship-fund-2022-benefit-concert-features-eastman-student-and-current-scholarship-recipient-jazmine-saunders-and-jorell-williams-winner-of-2018-rochester-international-vocal-c/|title=Eastman School of Music Hosts 2022 Benefit Concert|date=20 May 2022 }} In October 22, Redd starred as Dom Claude Frollo in the ''Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (Equity Off-Broadway) and performed excerpts from the title role in ''Rigoletto'' for the [[Metropolitan Opera Guild]] and their program series on The Verdi Baritone.  In this series, Redd also covered the roles of Germont (''La Traviata''), Rodrigo (''Don Carlo'') and Amonasro (''Aida''). In the fall of 2022,{{when|date=August 2022|reason=Needed a date}}Redd joined RIT's Advisory Board for the School of Performing Arts {{Cite web|title=About Fred Redd {{!}} Performing Arts {{!}} RIT|url=https://www.rit.edu/performingarts/Fred-Redd-About|website=www.rit.edu|access-date=2026-02-01}} and also joined President [[David C. Munson]]'s Roundtable of advisors.{{Cite web |title=President's Roundtable at RIT |url=https://www.rit.edu/presidentsroundtable/}}{{Cite web |title=Current Roundtable Members at RIT |url=https://www.rit.edu/presidentsroundtable/members}}

In 2022, Redd performed his first Wagner role as Wotan in ''Das Rheingold'' {{cite web|url=https://www.operabase.com/productions/das-rheingold-153200/en|title=Redd as Wotan in Das Rheingold|date=26 March 2022 }} and debuted as Hark in the opera ''Nat Turner'' by Michael Raphael with the New Jersey Symphony.{{cite web|url=https://www.njsymphony.org/events/detail/nat-turner-by-michael-raphael|title=Fred as Hark with NJ Symphony}} Redd returned to Carnegie Hall main stage performances on May 27, 28 and June 30 as soloist in Haydn's ''Creation'', Mozart's ''Regina Coeli'', and Hayes' ''Requiem''.{{cite web|url=https://www.midamerica-music.com/join-us-in-2022|title=Mid-America's 2022 Season|access-date=2022-07-22|archive-date=2022-07-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722155221/https://www.midamerica-music.com/join-us-in-2022|url-status=dead}} As invited, Redd sang in the 45th Annual Benefit Concert for the William Warfield Scholarship Fund and collaborated with [[Harold Danko]], international jazz pianist and recording artist in singing "Ole Man River", one of Warfield's signature songs.{{cite web|url=https://www.esm.rochester.edu/news/2022/05/william-warfield-scholarship-fund-2022-benefit-concert-features-eastman-student-and-current-scholarship-recipient-jazmine-saunders-and-jorell-williams-winner-of-2018-rochester-international-vocal-c/|title=Eastman School of Music Hosts 2022 Benefit Concert|date=20 May 2022 }} In October 22, Redd starred as Dom Claude Frollo in the ''Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (Equity Off-Broadway) and performed excerpts from the title role in ''Rigoletto'' for the [[Metropolitan Opera Guild]] and their program series on The Verdi Baritone.  In this series, Redd also covered the roles of Germont (''La Traviata''), Rodrigo (''Don Carlo'') and Amonasro (''Aida''). In the fall of 2022,{{when|date=August 2022|reason=Needed a date}}Redd joined RIT's Advisory Board for the School of Performing Arts {{Cite web|title=About Fred Redd {{!}} Performing Arts {{!}} RIT|url=https://www.rit.edu/performingarts/Fred-Redd-About|website=www.rit.edu|access-date=2026-02-01}} and also joined President [[David C. Munson]]'s Roundtable of advisors.{{Cite web |title=President's Roundtable at RIT |url=https://www.rit.edu/presidentsroundtable/}}{{Cite web |title=Current Roundtable Members at RIT |url=https://www.rit.edu/presidentsroundtable/members}}

In 2024, Redd returned to the main stage of [[Carnegie Hall]] as a soloist in the "Ballad of the Brown King" by Margaret Bonds with the New England Symphonic Ensemble. He also performed selections from ''Porgy and Bess'' as Porgy, Sportin' Life, and Jake with the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes and gave a masterclass to aspiring singers the day before the concert. In April, Redd was a soloist with the Rochester Oratorio Society in the US premiere of "Freedom Song - When Gospel Came to the Empire" at the Fort Hill Performing Arts Center in Canandaigua.{{Cite web|title=Freedom Song: When Gospel Came to the Empire|url=https://rossings.org/programs/freedom-song-when-gospel-came-to-the-empire/|website=Rossings|access-date=2026-02-01|language=en-US}} He reprised this performance in September 2024 in a recording and filming session of the work at the Sklarski Glass Box Theatre in Rochester, NY with the Rochester Oratorio Society and also hosted masterclass sessions in Rochester.

In 2024, Redd returned to the main stage of [[Carnegie Hall]] as a soloist in the "Ballad of the Brown King" by [[Margaret Bonds]] with the New England Symphonic Ensemble. He also performed selections from ''Porgy and Bess'' as Porgy, Sportin' Life, and Jake with the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes and gave a masterclass to aspiring singers the day before the concert. In April, Redd was a soloist with the Rochester Oratorio Society in the US premiere of "Freedom Song - When Gospel Came to the Empire" at the Fort Hill Performing Arts Center in Canandaigua.{{Cite web|title=Freedom Song: When Gospel Came to the Empire|url=https://rossings.org/programs/freedom-song-when-gospel-came-to-the-empire/|website=Rossings|access-date=2026-02-01|language=en-US}} He reprised this performance in September 2024 in a recording and filming session of the work at the Sklarski Glass Box Theatre in Rochester, NY with the Rochester Oratorio Society and also hosted masterclass sessions in Rochester.

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