Charles Blandy

Charles Blandy has been praised as “a versatile tenor with agility, endless breath, and vigorous high notes” (Goldberg); “breathtaking” (Boston Globe); “fearless”  (New York Times).

He was Evangelist in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with Emmanuel Music, and appears in their Bach Cantata series; in Bach’s B minor Mass with Orchestra Iowa; and the American Classical Orchestra (NYC). He has sung Handel’s Messiah with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Portland Baroque Orchestra and American Bach Soloists. With Emmanuel Music he performed in John Harbison’s The Great Gatsby; Stravinsky’s Rake’s Progress, and Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio.  Other appearances include: Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music, Boston Early Music Festival, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Handel and Haydn Society, Exsultemus, and the Charlotte Symphony.

Charles studied at Tanglewood, Indiana University, and Oberlin College. He is originally from Troy NY.