Stanley Warren has frequently been praised for performances of sensitivity, intelligence and grace. After earning a Master’s degree and Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music as a student of Jan DeGaetani, he studied in England with Sir Peter Pears and received critical praise for his debut performance as Quint in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw at the Aldeburgh Festival. He has since appeared with various music festivals at home and abroad, serving on the voice faculties of the Oklahoma Arts Institute, the Berkshire Choral Institute, the Aspen Music Festival, and the AIMS Festival in Graz, Austria. Mr. Warren’s musicianship extends over a wide array of styles ranging from the Baroque operas of Rameau and Handel to the music of Benjamin Britten and Ned Rorem. He is an accomplished interpreter of the works of Bach, and has sung the role of the Evangelist in England, New York City, Boston, Atlanta, Washington, Fort Worth, Louisville, Little Rock and Pittsburgh. Mr. Warren sang the title role in Rameau’s opera/ballet Pygmalion with Concert Royal in New York City, and debuted at the Kennedy Center with the Washington Chamber Symphony singing Haydn’s St. Cecilia Mass. Other engagements have included Messiah with the Dallas Bach Choir, the Ft. Worth Symphony, the Memphis Symphony and the Nashville Symphony, Berlioz’ Lelio with the Louisville Orchestra, Bach’s St. John Passion with Conspirare in Austin and Music City Baroque in Nashville, and several appearances with the Louisville Bach Society, the Masterworks
Chorale of Boston, the Jackson Symphony Orchestra, the Canterbury Choral Society, the Rochester Bach Festival and the Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra.
“Warren was the most effective soloist, wrapping his smooth tenor around such favorites as If I Loved You and Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’.” – FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM
“Warren had some fine moments in a few solo passages, placing his clear, ringing voice above the chorus like hope soaring over despair.” – FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM
“Tenor Stanley Warren’s lyric tone and secure technique gave pleasure.” – DALLAS MORNING NEWS
“His voice rang with authority, and his diction was clear as crystal.” – LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL
“. . . in Haydn’s St. Cecilia Mass . . . an elegant, distinguished performance.” – WASHINGTON POST
“Warren’s limpid brightness [was] consistently pleasurable. Jette and Warren also impressed with their nimble but not over-indulgent vocal ornament.” – SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS
“The role of the Evangelist was sung by tenor Stanley Warren, who managed the high-lying lines with mellifluous grace and told the story as a compelling drama.” – PITTSBURGH PRESS
“Stanley Warren, tenor, carried out the Evangelist’s responsibilities in a sound baroque manner . . . his sweet tone delivered his recitatives with assurance.” – THE BOSTON GLOBE
“When he triumphed, it was clear that Warren’s was singing of rare beauty and cultivation – a clear, sweet tone allied to elegant diction and emotional commitment.” – ROCHESTER TIMES-UNION
“. . . an unaffected grace of expression, crystal clarity of diction and a sound technique.” – THE GUARDIAN, LONDON
“Tenor Stanley Warren’s singing was clear and focused.” – THE BOSTON GLOBE
“Among the aria soloists, tenor Stanley Warren was the most striking. Here was a voice of considerable power, but one also of infinite grace and delicate nuance…he penetrated the emotional drama as no one else on stage, and delivered it devastatingly. It was the most moving musical moment I’ve had in some time.” – ROCHESTER TIMES-UNION
“Stanley Warren was quite outstanding as the Evangelist, pacing the arduous part admirably and getting to the heart of the story. . .” – IPSWICH EVENING STAR, ENGLAND
