It wasn’t until a few years ago that I even knew you could be a full time singer in the Met chorus. So I went and auditioned and got into the extra chorus and I just kept doing that.īrian is married to Christina Thomson Anderson (also in the Met Opera Chorus) and has four children, ages 20, 17, 8 and 5. Especially since my daughter was born in 2011. I’ve been doing extra chorus for three years now.įor the past 5 years, I would say I’ve been more or less transitioning to staying in New York more and traveling less. It also conveniently coincided with the birth of our daughter.
Five years ago I started working in the extra chorus it was a great "side job" and provided stable, dependable pillars of income and family time throughout the season. But then when they went belly up that source of income dried up for me.Īfter I finished the Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, I worked professionally for 10 years, singing leading roles mostly with small to medium-large houses along with my wife, who is also a singer. I was covering and singing second cast kind of stuff but it was great because I could be home. Then I ended up making my City Opera debut and latched on with them. I traveled a lot from the time I finished my Adler. For the past few years, I’ve been focusing more on concert work with symphonies and chamber music ensembles and doing recitals. In the beginning I did mostly opera and quite a bit of new music. Since I graduated in 2007, I’ve been doing young artist programs and building up my career as a soloist. Here are their stories:Īll three singers have had solo careers throughout the country and worked in the extra chorus at the Metropolitan Opera. To get a sense for what it means, I sat down with them to listen to their experiences and the path that lead them here. It has been a career and life changing transition for all of them. This year, three new singers have joined the ranks of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus as full time singers: Sara Heaton, Patrick Miller and Brian Anderson.
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