Greek-American bass-baritone Stephanos Tsirakoglou has sung many signature buffo roles including Dottor Bartolo in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Dottor Dulcamara in L'Elisir d'Amore, the title role in Falstaff, and Major General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance.

Mr. Tsirakoglou has also had great success on the concert stage having sung the baritone and bass solos in the Mozart, Fauré, and Howells Requiems, Bach's St. John Passion and Magnificat, Handel's Foundling Hospital Anthem, and Messiah, and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and Ode to St. Cecilia's Day. He was recently named a semi-finalist in Shreveport Opera's Singer of the Year competition for 2007.

Mr. Tsirakoglou will be seen as a festival artist with Utah Festival Opera during the 2008 summer season. He has previously been engaged as an apprentice artist with Lake George Opera, New Jersey Opera Theater and the International Opera Theater in Umbria. In addition, he has been selected to perform as a Guest Artist in Seattle Opera's Young Artist double-bill in March and April of 2008.

Mr. Tsirakoglou currently studies with Mr. Mark Oswald, Metropolitan Opera baritone and full time faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music.