ROBERT BREAULT, TENOR: Tenor Robert Breault enjoys an international career that encompasses a strikingly diverse mix of opera, oratorio, recital, and concert works. His warm and flexible tenor voice and dramatic acting skills account for his enthusiastic reception and re-engagements wherever he performs. For the past 15 years, Dr. Breault has served as Director of Opera and Professor of Voice at the University of Utah. He also serves as the voice teacher for members of the Utah Symphony and Opera Apprentice and Studio programs. His students include artists such as Celena Shafer and Paula Delligatti.

The San Francisco Chronicle called his voice “a tenor of unwavering resonance.” The Washington Post noted, “Breault’s voice has a powerful character with a sturdy range.” Brian Kellow wrote of his performance in New York City Opera’s Semele, “this was, I believe, the first time I had heard Breault, and I left the State Theater with one of the great feelings you can have as an audience member — a sense of discovery.”

Robert’s 2006-2007 season included the roles of Jupiter and Apollo in New York City Opera’s new production of Handel’s Semele for which he was honored with the company’s “Kolozsvar Award”. Other highlights of the season include Edgardo in Utah Opera’s highly acclaimed Lucia di Lammermoor, and a return to Arizona Opera as Sam in Floyd’s Susannah. He also made debut appearances with the Omaha Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Orquesta Sinfonica Sinaloa de las Artes in Mazatlan, Mexico. In May, he joined the Mormon Tabernacle Choir with Bryn Tyrfel in Mendelssohn’s Elijah. His season concludes with Massenet’s Werther at Chautauqua opera.

In the 2005-2006 season Mr. Breault debuted as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and with the University Musical Society in Ann Arbor, Michigan in performances of Messiah. Orchestral debuts also include performances with San Diego Symphony in Elijah, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Delaware Symphony, Puccini’s Messa di Gloria with the Santa Fe Symphony. He also performed a critically acclaimed Don Jose in Carmen in a return engagement with New York City Opera and also debuted with Arizona Opera as Don Jose, with Fort Worth Opera as Alfredo in La Traviata, Cavaradossi in Festival Opera’s Tosca, and in the title role in Idomeneo with Opera Lafayette.
In the 2004-2005 season Mr. Breault made his New York City Opera debut as Alfredo in La Traviata, a role he also sang with New Orleans Opera. In addition Mr. Breault performed the role of Steva in Jenufa with Utah Opera, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor with Chautauqua Opera, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Tucson Symphony, Plump Jack with the Puerto Rico Symphony, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Roland in Esclarmonde with Washington Concert Opera, Creation with the Virginia Symphony and Messiah with the Jacksonville Symphony.
Engagements in the 2003-2004 season included the leading tenor role of Célestin de Pontalba in the world premiere Thea Musgrave’s Pontalba: A Louisiana Legacy with New Orleans Opera, a return to Chautauqua Opera for a sixth consecutive season for the title role in Verdi’s Steffelio, performances with Opera Grand Rapids, the St. Louis Symphony, the Elora Festival, Tucson Symphony, Virginia Symphony, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Florida Bach Festival, and his debut in Beethoven’s 9th with the Cleveland Orchestra.
Mr. Breault made his European Debut in Paris singing DeMars’ American Requiem and since then has performed in most of Europe's grand concert venues including London's Royal Albert Hall and St. Peter's in Rome. Mr. Breault has appeared numerous concerts with many of North America's finest orchestras including the San Francisco Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Montreal Symphony, Washington's National Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Utah Symphony, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Florida Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, Utah Symphony, L' Orchestre Métropolitan du Grand Montréal, the Hamilton Philharmonic and the Toronto Symphony and Mendelssohn Choir. He has appeared in numerous concerts with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra under Nicholas McGegan performed demanding roles such as Argirio in Rossini’s Tancredi with the Opera Orchestra of New York at Carnegie Hall under Eve Queller. Other concert appearances at Carnegie Hall include Rossini's Armida, and Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Second Symphony, and Mozart’s Requiem. His performance with the Utah Symphony and Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Keith Lockhart conducting) in Vaughan Williams’ Hodie has been broadcast nationally on most PBS stations.

Mr. Breault's opera engagements include numerous performances with the Atlanta Opera including Verdi's Macbeth, Nabucco, and La Traviata, Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, Gershwin's Of Thee I Sing, and Puccini's Turandot. His many roles with Utah Opera include Britten's Turn of the Screw, Prodigal Son, and Verdi's Falstaff. Mr. Breault has appeared with Madison Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Canada's Opera Atelier, Hamilton Opera, Chautauqua Opera, and has toured with the San Francisco Opera Western Opera Theater.

Mr. Breault's recording credits include Laurent Petitgirard's World Premier recording of The Elephant Man with The Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and a Marco Polo DVD recording of the same piece with Opera de Nice, Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass with the Choeur St. Lawrence and Montreal Symphony, DeMars' American Requiem with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Berlioz Requiem with the Jerusalem Symphony and Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and three volumes of Pachelbel's Organ Works as the cantor with organist Marilyn Mason.

Born and raised in Wisconsin, Robert serves as Professor of Music and Director of Opera at the University of Utah and received his Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Michigan in 1991.