Daniel Klein

Biographical Information:

Daniel Klein is a dedicated voice teacher, performer, and arts leader, praised by The New York Times for his “stentorian bass-baritone” and “dark, steely voice.” He is on the faculty of the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College and maintains a thriving private studio. He has taught masterclasses at Fresh Squeezed Opera’s Composing for the Voice summer intensive, and been a performer/clinician with the NYU Opera Lab for Composers and Librettists; a participant in the Sundance Theater Lab creating the role of Hatuey, in Frank London’s Hatuey: A Memory of Fire, and has been on faculty at both the International Summer Opera Festival of Morelia (ISOFOM) and the Brevard Music Festival. His teaching is based on helping students understand a healthy functional and flexible framework of their voice and technique, musical interpretation and performance confidence, guiding singers toward their full artistic potential.

As a performer, he has appeared with companies such as Seattle Opera, Opera on the James, Teatro Grattacielo, and Sacramento Opera. Recent roles include Stanley/Judge Moriarty in Huang Ruo’s Bound at Seattle Opera, The Commentator in Derrick Wang’s Scalia/Ginsburg with Opera Company of Middlebury, John Mayo in Nicholas Flagello’s Beyond the Horizon and Christ in David Asia’s The Tin Angel with Teatro Grattacielo, and Ted/Dewey in Eric Moe’s Artwork of the Future with Fresh Squeezed Opera (named one of New York City’s top 10 classical performances of 2023). He will return to Teatro Grattacielo this July as Prospero in the world premier of Joseph Summer’s The Tempest.

Daniel is also the founding and producing director of the North Shore Music Festival, where he has championed accessible, high-quality opera performances.