Samuel Mungo
Baritone
New England Third Place Winner, 1991                         review

Samuel Mungo has been involved in opera as a director, singer and teacher for over 20 years. Professionally he staged Die Entführung aus dem Serail for Florida Grand Opera, Pirates of Penzance for Colorado Light Opera, Trouble in Tahiti for the Boulder Opera Project, as well as serving on the directing staffs of Opera Colorado, Breckenridge Music Festival and San Antonio Opera.  Recently Dr. Mungo has directed productions of Die Fledermaus, The Magic Flute, The Turn of the Screw and The Student Prince.  Masterclasses include Austin Lyric Opera, National Association of Teachers of Singing region and Sparkling City Light Opera.

As a singer, he has performed with opera companies and orchestras throughout North America. Opera credits include Don Giovanni for Minnesota Opera and Chicago Opera Theater, Vancouver Opera as Falke in Die Fledermaus, Opera Theater of St. Louis as Junius in The Rape of Lucretia, and Danilo in Merry Widow for Sacramento Opera, Opera Grand Rapids and Knoxville Opera.  Making his Carnegie Hall debut with Milos Bok’s Missa Solemnis, he has sung with the St. Louis Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Utah Symphony and Amarillo Symphony, among others.

As a teacher, he has been on the faculty of The Actor’s Studio, New York University , and the New School University. He currently serves in his third year as the Director of Opera Studies and Professor of Voice at Texas State University.

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