BIOGRAPHY
Baritone, Scott Ballantine, has maintained a busy performing schedule in New England and across the United States. He has worked with companies such as Dayton Opera, St. Petersburg Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Connecticut Lyric Opera, Opera Wilmington, Opera Steamboat, and the Janiec Opera Company.
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Some of his more familiar roles / operas include Marcello & Schaunard in La bohème, the title role in Don Giovanni, and Silvio in Pagliacci. In addition to many full productions and roles, Ballantine has an abundance of experience with opera outreach, having spent three seasons touring the Midwest with Opera for the Young. ​​​​Ballantine has an affinity for contemporary opera as well - some of his favorite roles performed include Hannah Before in As One, Father in Scarlet Ibis and the title role in Fantastic Mr. Fox.
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Equally at home in musical theatre, Ballantine was a recent guest artist at the College Light Opera Company (CLOC), singing Mr. Lindquist in A Little Night Music. He was also a festival artist with the Natchez Festival of Music in 2019 and with Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre in 2017. During these engagements, he sang the role of Miles Gloriosus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Oliver Hix in The Music Man and Captain Phoebus (cover) in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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A native of Colorado, he left the mountain west in pursuit of his Master's of Music in Voice Performance at The Boston Conservatory in 2015. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Voice Performance from Northern Arizona University in 2013. Ballantine is currently based in Boston, MA.