Mr.
Weber has pleased audiences and critics alike, displaying
versatility and flexibility in a variety of roles and settings.
Of Tom, critics have written “…he made listening like drinking a
cordial…” and …”clearly one of the stars of the evening…he possesses a
great voice.” Tom is scheduled to appear with Lowell Opera as Dr. Dulcamara in that company’s production of The Elixir of Love, by Donizetti, set for June 2005. Later that year, he will sing the role of the Elder Germont in Longwood Opera’s late-October/early-November 2005 production of Verdi's La Traviata (in English).
Mr.
Weber has appeared in the Boston area in such dramatic roles as Tonio
in
I Pagliacci and Giorgio Germont in La
Traviata,
with Janus Opera. Other opera
appearances in Eastern
Massachusetts
include comic roles such as those with Longwood Opera - Dr. Bartolo
in Il
Barbiere di Siviglia,;
Dr. Dulcamara in Donizetti’s
L’Elisir d’Amore , (a
role in which he has
appeared
with three separate companies); Don Magnifico in Rossini’s La Cenerentola; and Leporello
in Don Giovanni (a role in which he has also
appeared in three separate productions.)
He has
performed with Commonwealth Opera
Company in Northampton, Mass in operas including L’Elisir d’Amore
as Dr. Dulcamara, Carlisle
Floyd’s Susannah as The Reverend
Olin Blitch, Amahl and the Night
Visitors in the role of Melchiorr, and the New England Premier of Arnold Black’s “opera for children and adults”, The
Phantom Tollbooth, with libretto by
Sheldon Harnick. He also sang the
principal role of The Innkeeper in the New England premier of
Seymour
Barab’s Only A Miracle, with
Janus Opera.