“Dennis Rupp as the count’s rascally business associate Skuller has power and persuasion in his polished bass…” The Billings Gazette – Christine Meyers (Nosferatu – world premiere)
The role of Osmin marks Dennis Rupp’s debut with Scenic City Opera. The California native’s repertoire of operatic roles and concert performances includes such highlights as his portrayal of Méfistofélès in Gounod’s Faust, which received an L.A. Emmy Award for Best Entertainment Feature, and the role of Colline in La Bohème at the renowned Shanghai International Arts Festival in the People’s Republic of China. Mr. Rupp created the role of Heinrch Skuller in Alva Henderson’s widely acclaimed Nosferatu in a joint production with Opera Idaho and Rimrock Opera. He also created the role of Captain Bedoya in Enrique Gonzalez-Medina’s Serafina y Arcangela for Conaculta-Cecut in Tijuana, Mexico. Mr. Rupp has toured Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic as bass soloist for the Mozart Requiem with the Santa Barbara Choral Society. He later toured with the same company to Italy and Germany where he assayed the bass solos in Haydn’s St. Theresa Mass with the Nova Amadeus Orchestra and the Suddeutsche Kammer Philharmonie.
Elsewhere in the United States, Mr. Rupp has bowed with Anchorage Opera, Sacramento Opera, Long Beach Opera, Pacific Repertory Opera, Opera San Jose, Opera Nova, Bay Shore Lyric Opera, The Bear Valley Music Festival, Lyric Opera of Los Angeles and many others. His engagements have included the roles of Ramfis, Prince Gremin, Don Alfonso, Leporello, Don Basilio, Sarastro, Hoffman’s Four Villains and Figaro, to name but a few.
Mr. Rupp made his directorial debut at Rimrock Opera’s One Act Festival with Puccini’s Sister Angelica and Mozart’s The Impresario. More recently, he directed Trouble in Tahiti for Opera Idaho.
His performance of Nosferatu is available on CD (released by Albany Records).