Amor Artis Soloists

Distinguished soloists performing with Amor Artis include:

Cynthia Richards Wallace

CYNTHIA RICHARDS WALLACE, soprano and assistant conductor for Amor Artis, has performed with the finest groups in the U.S. both as soloist and as a member of the ensemble, including the Roger Wagner Chorale, Norman Luboff Choir, Musica Sacra, and Pomerium, among others. A specialist in music of the baroque and classical eras and a frequent oratorio soloist, she performs works ranging from the Renaissance to the 21st century. She has sung as soloist in concerts throughout Europe including Paris, Dublin, Zurich, Utrecht, and Vienna and has recorded on seven labels. She can be heard performing Somary's Te Deum on Albany Records.

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Megan Friar

MEGAN FRIAR, alto, is familiar to American audiences as a soloist in musical theater, operas and oratorios. She has performed with the American national tour of Phantom of the Opera and has sung as a concert soloist with the Dave Brubeck Quartet at Carnegie Hall. She serves on the faculty of the Fairbanks (Alaska) Summer Music Festival and is a featured soloist on many recordings, including Stravinsky's Russian Peasant Songs with Robert Craft conducting. She has appeared on Garrison Keillor's radio show “A Prairie Home Companion,” the David Letterman Show and "The Guiding Light".

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Jonathan Goodman

JONATHAN GOODMAN, tenor, began his career with the male ensemble Chanticleer, touring ten countries and recording works from Josquin to Rorem with the Grammy-winning ensemble. As a soloist he has pursued the same diversity, appearing with the New York Collegium, American Composers' Orchestra, Jupiter Symphony, Voices of Ascension, Waverly Consort and others. He has sung the tenor solos in Bach's Magnificat at Carnegie Hall, Mozart's Requiem at Lincoln Center, and most recently the title role in Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex. He has participated in the New York premieres of two works by Avro Pärt.

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Michael Steinberger

MICHAEL STEINBERGER, tenor, has made his New York Philharmonic debut with Audra McDonald in Kurt Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins. Recent solo appearances include Bach's Saint Matthew Passion with the Fairfield County Chorale, works by Charpentier with the New York Collegium, Bach's Christmas Oratorio with Vox Vocal Ensemble and Mozart's Coronation Mass with Amor Artis in Saint Petersburg, Russia and Tallinn, Estonia. He is a founding member of the a cappella sextet Equal Voices, which performs a wide range of styles from madrigal to jazz with a special focus on contemporary classical music.

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Richard Holmes

RICHARD HOLMES, bass-baritone, has been a principal artist with many American opera houses. His repertoire spans more than 140 roles, ranging from Handel to contemporary works by Harbison, Argento and Britten. He is well known for enchanting performances of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, as well as for outstanding solos in oratorios ranging from Bach's Saint John Passion to Brahms' German Requiem. Recent solo appearances include performances with Dessoff Choir, Philharmonia Virtuosi, Sioux City Symphony, the Connecticut Early Music Festival and the Buxton Festival in England, where he received glowing reviews for his performance as Captain Corcoran in H.M.S. Pinafore.

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