BIOGRAPHY
Eugene Perry
Eugene Perry (Kenji Yamamoto in The Sound of a Voice) previously appeared in the A.R.T. world premiere of Philip Glass's Orphée (title role). He recently premiered Glass's Galileo Galilei at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago (also performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the Barbican Center in London), as well as Glass's In the Penal Colony in Seattle and Chicago. His recent engagements include the role of Porgy in the European tour of Porgy and Bess, the world premiere of Amistad at Lyric Opera of Chicago, the world premiere of Hugo Weisgall's Esther, the American premiere of Zimmerman's Die Soldaten at New York City Opera, and the world premiere of Adams's The Death of Klinghoffer in Brussels (subsequently performed in Europe and the U.S.), Peter Sellars' Don Giovanni (Europe and the U.S., televised by National Public Television). He has appeared with numerous American and European opera companies and has recorded The Life and Times of Malcolm X and The Death of Klinghoffer.