Gene Stenger
Tenor
Hailed as an “impressive tenor” (The New York Times) who sings with “sweet vib-rancy” (The Cleveland Plain Dealer), Gene Stenger is one of the country’s most called upon Bach specialists who is also heralded for his performances of oratorios by Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, and Mozart.
Stenger’s 2021–2022 season will feature his solo debuts with the Portland Symphony Orchestra (Bach’s St. Matthew Passion), New Haven Symphony Orchestra (Handel’s Messiah), Providence Singers (Bach’s Magnificat, and Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien), Upper Valley Baroque (BWV 147), and return solo engage-ments with Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra (Handel’s Messiah), Bach Society of St. Louis (Bach’s Mass in B minor), the GRAMMY®-nominated True Concord Voices & Orchestra (Bach’s Mass in B minor, Haydn’s Paukenmesse, Close-Up Recital Series), and Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity New York (BWV 60, 92, 181, & 249).
Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, Gene holds degrees from Yale University’s School of Music, and Institute of Sacred Music, Colorado State University, and Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music. He currently resides in New Haven, CT, where he serves as instructor of voice at Yale.