About Robert McFarland
With a ready repertoire of over 114 major roles, dramatic baritone, Robert McFarland, continues to delight the opera world from Milan, Palermo, Rome, Barcelona, Seville, Lisbon, Nice, London, Dublin, Porto, Santiago, Toronto, Montreal, to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York (Metropolitan Opera and New York City Opera), Houston, and Miami. This singing actor has recorded with renowned artists Placido Domingo as Iago in Otello, Jose Carreras as Escamillo in Carmen, and Roberto Alagna as Lord Nottingham in Roberto Devereaux.

Winning the National Metropolitan Opera Auditions in 1979 led to Robert McFarland’s eight-year, twenty-seven-role career at New York City Opera under the leadership of Beverly Sills.  Since that time, Robert McFarland’s vocal artistry has been showcased in nearly every major opera house in the world.

Robert McFarland is frequently engaged for oratorio performances of Elijah, Joshua, Messiah, Verdi’s Requiem, Brahms Requiem and modern works such as Penderecki’s Passion of Christ According to St. Luke.  He is also a renowned Christian recording artist having received high praise for his two sacred albums entitled Stormy Winds and Nothing Between.

A graduate of McMurry University (Abilene, Texas) and recipient of the Performance Certificate from Indiana University School of Music (Bloomington, Indiana), Mr. McFarland has taught voice for over 25 years including master classes in Europe, Canada, South America, and in the United States. He has also served as an adjudicator for National Association of Teachers of Singing, Metropolitan Opera Auditions, and many other national vocal competitions. In 1997, he joined the voice faculty of Temple University and was awarded the title of Artist In Residence in 1999.  Robert currently teaches at "McFarland Artist's Voice Studio" in Philadelphia.

Along with performing over 114 operas, Robert McFarland has conducted and directed many operas internationally. He is the founder and General Director of Opera Seabrook located in Salem, New Jersey, where he, along with a marvelous international staff, provides the ultimate opportunity for young artists of the United States.  He is developing new opera programs and a master degree program with the Colombian Government and McFarland Artists Management International -McFAMI- performance division.  Newly–appointed Artist in Residence of the Walt Whitman Arts Center, Mcfarland oversees the activities of Opera Seabrook.