|
||||||||||||||
Home |
Bio | Repertoire | Photos
| Reviews | Music | Schedule
| Contact
© ARNOLD RAWLS 2002-2007| Revised:
February 15, 2008
This site designed and hosted by Global
Thinking, Inc.
Arnold Rawls, Tenor, has been praised for possessing a "powerful voice", "thrilling head tones", and "a fine grasp of technique and musical fluency." He has delighted audiences with his unique combination of vocal and dramatic skills in performances ranging from art song to opera.
Arnold Rawls has sung tenor leads in opera, oratorio, and music theater. Rawls played Dick Johnson in La Fanciulla del West (Utah Festival Opera), Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos (Arizona Opera), Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly and Manrico in Il Trovatore (Opera Southwest), Alfredo in La Traviata (Natchez Opera Festival), and Don José in Carmen (DuPage Symphony).In addition to his operatic appearances, Arnold Rawls has performed Mozart's Requiem, Handel's Messiah, Rossini's Stabat Mater, Schumann's Requiem and Puccini's Messa di Gloria. Recently, he sang Verdi's Requiem with the Lake Charles Symphony and the Southwest Missouri State University, as well as Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in San Ramon, California and St. Charles, Illinois.
2001-2002 engagements include the role of Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana (Pine Mountain Music Festival), Calaf in Turandot (Des Moines Metro Opera and Pensacola Opera), scenes from Il Trovatore (Elmhurst Symphony), the Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra Opera Gala, Elijah (Downers Grover Choral Society) and Messiah (Florida Atlantic University).
Arnold Rawls is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the University of Oklahoma where he earned the Doctorate of Musical Arts. He serves as Artist/Professor of Music at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago where he lives with his wife Julie Rawls, Ph.D. They have two children, Graham and Madison.