Joseph Marchese has recently relocated to the Outer Banks from New York City. He is a retired opera singer with many years of rigorous private voice and piano study in New York, and music theory at the Mannes College of Music. He sang leading operatic baritone roles in New York and internationally, in a variety of languages from English to French, German, Italian and Russian. Appearances included Trouble in Tahiti, Carmen, Faust, Tales of Hoffmann, Rigoletto, La Traviata, La Bohème, Le Nozze di Figaro, Così Fan Tutte, Die Meistersinger, Ariadne auf Naxos, Pagliacci, Gianni Schicchi, Don Giovanni, Hansel and Gretel, Queen of Spades, and the premiere of Lee Hoiby’s This is the Rill Speaking, among many others. He has also concertized as the baritone and bass soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, the Requiems of Fauré, Mozart and Verdi, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and Handel’s Messiah.
Education and training
Joseph studied privately in the piano studio of Godfrey Schroth, the voice studios of Denes Striny and Michael Paul, and worked with some stellar coaches including Michael Cordovana, Martha Gerhart, Janet Bookspan, Susan Almasi, Doug Martin and William Hicks. He supplemented his training with music theory and ear training at Mannes College of Music, and is now working with Cathy Pescevich Kreplin.
Offering private lessons in voice, piano, and clarinet
In retirement, Joseph has renewed his passion for piano and clarinet, as well as continuing his passion for singing. He is proud to have joined Ascencion Music Academy. From his career as an opera singer comes Joseph’s unique perspective on musicality and artistic expression through music. He believes that everyone is musical and creative, and through the development of good technique, each is able to realize their potential and musical dreams. His approach is based on mutual respect, encouragement for, and support of, each student in their musical journey.
