Biography

Eric Levintow is an operatic tenor, guitarist, and teacher. This season he appears as Prince Ramiro (La Cenerentola) with San Francisco Opera Guild, and with the San Francisco Opera Chorus in Un ballo in maschera, Tristan und Isolde, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, and Carmen. This season Eric also created the role of Ed McCaughan (¡Chicanísima! by Carla Lucero) with Quinteto Latino.

In past seasons Eric has sung Borsa (Rigoletto), Nemorino (Elixir of Love) Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Spoletta (Tosca), San Francisco Opera Chorus (Lohengrin, Il trovatore, and Opera Ball Gala), Alfredo cover (La traviata), Rodolfo (La bohème), Gastone (La traviata), Antonio (Das liebesverbot), Tamino cover (Magic Flute), and First Sailor (Dido and Aeneas).

As a graduate student at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Eric performed in leading tenor roles for new works including Judah (Lost Childhood) by Janice Hamer, Bishop of Puebla (Juana) by Carla Lucero, Yitzchak (Akeidah) by Michel Klein, and Hans (The Emperor’s New Clothes) by Nicky Sohn. Other performances at UCLA include Jo the Loiterer (The Mother of Us All), tenor soloist (Songfest by Leonard Bernstein), and tenor soloist (Coronation Mass) with UCLA Philharmonia. He has performed in masterclasses with Matthew Aucoin, Lisette Oropesa, and Plácido Domingo; the latter was featured on The California Report radio show on NPR.

Other roles in opera and musical theater include Yamadori (Madama butterfly), Dorvil (La scala di seta), Leandré (Le médecine malgré lui), Sky Masterson (Guys and Dolls), Sid Sorokin (Pajama Game), Steve (Hair), Al (A Chorus Line), Bobby Strong (Urinetown), Harold Hill (The Music Man), and Doc (Most Happy Fella).

Eric is also a professional pit orchestra guitarist in the Bay Area. Shows played include RENT, Legally Blonde, Spring Awakening, The Wedding Singer, Footloose, Pippin, Once on this Island, West Side Story, Newsies, and Matilda.