A first rate interpreter of the works of Bach, Handel and Mozart, Aaron Sheehan sang the title role in Boston Early Music Festival’s (BEMF’s) Grammy Award-winning recording of Charpentier’s La déscente d’Orphée aux enfers.
He made his professional operatic début with BEMF where his roles have included L’Amour and Apollon Psyché, Actéon Actéon, Orfeo Orfeo, Eurimaco Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, Acis Acis and Galatea and Liberto/Soldato L’incoronazione di Poppea. With Boston Baroque he sang Telemaco Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria.
He has performed in concert at Tanglewood, the Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Washington National Cathedral, the Early Music Festivals of San Francisco, Vancouver, Washington DC, Carmel and Regensburg, and with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Handel and Haydn Society, Tafelmusik, North Carolina Symphony, New York Collegium, Charlotte Symphony, and Pacific Music Works.
Recent engagements include Orfeo Le Carnaval de Venise (BEMF), Messiah with Portland Baroque Orchestra, Bach Mass in B minor (Calgary Philharmonic and Boston Baroque), Alexander’s Feast (American Bach Soloists), Gluck’s Orphée (title role – Pacific Music Works), and performances of Handel Messiah, Bach Easter Oratorio, Monteverdi Vespers, Rameau Cantatas and Charpentier’s La Fête de Ruel.
Forthcoming performances include Apollon and Trajan Le Temple de la Gloire (Rameau – Philharmonia Baroque), Orfeo Le Carnaval de Venise (Campra – BEMF), Eumete Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (Opera Atelier), Mozart Requiem (Mercury Houston), and further performances of Messiah, St John Passion and Mass in B Minor.
His many recordings for BEMF include the Grammy nominated operas Thésée and Psyché, Agostino in Steffani’s Niobe, and also Acis Acis and Galatea.