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Devin Eatmon

Praised for his “mature and heroic sound,” 27 year old tenor Devin M. Eatmon is a graduate of the Florida State University where he earned a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in voice performance.

Some roles that Mr. Eatmon performed during his Bachelor’s degree included, Lorenzo in William Bolcom’s one act opera Lucrezia, 2016 and George Villiers, in the scholastic premiere of Carlisle Floyd’s The Prince of Players, 2017. It was during this production that Devin coached with Maestro Floyd and was complimented upon singing “two thrilling B flats!”

With a graduate teaching assistantship offer, Devin found himself once more at the Florida State University studying with his incredible voice teacher, David Okerlund. He was then cast to play the roles of, Rodolfo in Giacomo Puccini’s La bohème, 2018, Curley in Carlisle Floyd’s American classic, Of Mice and Men, 2019 and, Edgar Aubrey in Heinrich Marschner’s german romantic opera, Der Vampyr, 2019.

Mr. Eatmon has also spent a summer at Inspiration Point, Opera in the Ozarks back in 2015 where he played the role of Gastone in Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata as well as chorus assignments for La Cenerentola by Gioachino Rossini, and Jacques Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Devin, also spent the summers of 2018 and 2019 at Aspen Music Festival where he sang scenes from roles such as Alfredo in La traviata, Nadir in Georges Bizet’s, Les pêcheurs de perles, Candide in Leonard Bernstein’s, Candide, Rodolfo in La bohème, and Bill in Samuel Barber’s one act opera A Hand of Bridge. As well as taking voice lessons with Carol Vaness and Dr. Stephen King.

Mr. Eatmon spent the 2020/21 season as an Artist in Residence at Opera Colorado. His touring production assignments were to include, The Barber of Seville and The Pirates of Penzance, as well as mainstage performances in Paul Moravec’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, The Shining, as well as perform as Don José in Georges Bizet’s, Carmen. The season was ultimately canceled due to the pandemic however, the Artists in Residence remained busy at Opera Colorado filled with weekly coachings with Maestro Ari Pelto, as well as masterclasses with General director, Greg Carpenter, lessons with Baritone, Daniel Belcher, a coaching with AVA vocal coach, Danielle Orlando, and regular acting classes with the director of the Artist in Residence program, Cherity Koepke. Mr. Eatmon had the pleasure of singing, Lennie in the Act 1 duet from Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men as well as Paul in the duet “Glück das mir Verblieb” from Erich Korngold’s opera Die Tote Stadt. He also regularly sang “O soave fanciulla” from Puccini’s,