Damian Savarino as "Colline" in La Bohème, 2008

  
   
 
"Zuniga" in Carmen, 2008
Courtesy of SOTC/Scavone Photography
  
"Zuniga" in Carmen with
Teresa Buchholz as Carmen, 2008
Courtesy of SOTC/Scavone Photography
   
 
 
 
Pennsylvania State University -
Guest Recital, 2006
"Sparafucile" in Rigoletto, 2006
       
 
 
 
"Sir Lancelot" in Camelot, 2000
"Michael" in I Do! I Do!, 2002
       
 
 
 
European Recital debut, 2007
Tara and Damian Savarino in Recital, 2005
       
 
 
 
Concert Performance, 2006
Mr. Savarino teaching in his
studio at Messiah College, 2006
       
 
 
   
 
Zuniga, Carmen, (Summer Opera Theatre Company) -- 2008
 
"Damian Savarino was an appropriately oily Zuniga."
 
-- Anne Midgette, Washington Post
   
 
Dr. Gibbs, Our Town by Rorem (Hartke Theatre) -- 2008:
 
"Damian Savarino and Bridgid Eversole demonstrated such fine singing and acting as Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs that one wishes Rorem could expand their roles . . . Savarino's rich, sonorous bass-baritone voice was the surprise of the evening for audience members who, like me, missed him in L'elisir last year."
 
--Kyle Gullings, Composer's Notebook
  
 
 
"Standout performers . . . were Zachary Nelson as Mr. Webb and Damian Savarino as Dr.
Frank Gibbs . . ."
 
-- Scene4 Magazine
 
   
 
Annapolis Opera Vocal Competition (Maryland Hall) -- 2005:
 
"Brilliance in the lower male voices continued with the efforts of Damian Savarino, bass-baritone . . . Mr. Savarino polished off Figaro's First Act aria . . . in splendid voice."
 
--The Capital-Gazette
  
 
 
"Bass-baritone Damian Savarino proved to be a fine singer and excellent actor in arias by Verdi and Mozart."
   
--Mary P. Johnson
  
       
 
Samuel, Pirates of Penzance ( Harrisburg Symphony) -- 2004:
 
"Damian Savarino . . . contributed a rich voice and expert comic timing."
   
--The Patriot News
  
       
 
       
 
Sir Lancelot, Camelot, (Commwealth Opera, MA) -- 2003:
 
" . . . with Damian Savarino as Lancelot du Lac, the songs of Camelot haven't sounded so sweet since Robert Goulet brought them to Broadway in 1960."
   
--The Recorder
  
     
 
"Savarino . . . quickened what was already a lively performance with his sure voice."
 
"Savarino's arrival . . . could be felt throughout the theater, as audience members responded to his brio."
   
--Daily Hampshire Gazette
  
   
 
   
 
Michael, I Do! I Do!, (Light Opera Oklahoma) -- 2002:
 
"Savarino . . . really comes into his own as Michael. He makes the character's evolution from eager if clumsy bridegroom to arrogant man of some renown to a Jimmy Stewartish senior citizen seem natural, and his singing--whether exuberant in 'I Love My Wife," or comic in 'My Daughter is Marrying an Idiot' or heartfelt in 'My Cup Runneth Over'--was impeccable."
 
   
--Tulsa World