Richard Zuch has been captivating national and international audiences for over two decades. His rich bass voice has been noted for both its power and its beauty and he has consistently received acclaim for his musicality and committed performances.
This coming season, Mr. Zuch has been invited back to Opera Delaware where he will have his role debut of Sarastro in The Magic Flute. Last year he sang the bass solo in Händel’s Messiah, in Mendem, New Jersey and with Main Line Symphony in Villa Nova, Pennsylvania. He also performed the role of Baron Duphol in La Traviata and Bogdanovitch in The Merry Widow at Opera Delaware.
In recent seasons, Richard Zuch has sung both Raphael and Adam in Haydn’s Creation with the New Jersey State Opera Orchestra at Ocean Grove and with the Harrisburg Symphony. He has also performed with the Metro Chamber Orchestra singing the role of Boaz in Philip Hagemann’s new opera Ruth, and with the Fort Worth Symphony singing the bass solo in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. In 2010 he performed Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass with the Brandywine Singers, and Mendelssohn’s Die erste Walpurgisnacht and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy with the Rockland Community Choir and Orchestra.
Mr. Zuch’s solo appearances include performances of Handel’s Messiah, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Mozart’s Requiem and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Choral Fantasy, Mass in C and Missa Solemnis. He has also been featured in Haydn’s The Creation, Bach’s St. John and St. Matthew Passions, Nielsen’s Symphony No. 3 and Bruckner’s Te Deum.
A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, from which he holds both an Artist’s Diploma and a Certificate for Advanced Vocal Studies, Mr. Zuch has been a featured soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic, The Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, the Delaware Symphony, the Tulsa Symphony, the Harrisburg Symphony, the Pennsylvania Symphonia, and the Hilton Head Orchestra. In addition, he was a soloist with the Curtis Orchestra at the Verbier Music Festival in Switzerland under the direction of Maestro Kurt Masur.
“O Isis und Osiris” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (2011)
“In diesen heil’gen Hallen” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (2011)
Beethoven |
Verdi |
Bach - St. Matthew Passion, |
Händel - Messiah |
“Soloists soprano Barbara Shirvis, mezzo-soprano Suzanne DuPlantis, tenor Rockland Osgood and bass Richard Zuch displayed strong and pleasing voices, both individually and as a quartet.” (Beethoven Symphony No. 9)
Philip A. Metzger, THE MORNING CALL
“Richard Zuch gave commanding per formances that managed to stand out amid all vocal and instrumental sound behind him.” (Beethoven Missa Solemnis)
James D. Watts Jr., TULSA WORLD
“Richard Zuch was superlative... he especially impressed as he soared over the massed singers and instrumentalists.”
Paul Schlauter, ALLENTOWN
