Erik Kroncke has been described as “engaging... a bass of astounding depth and warm timbre... an important voice and artist...”
Erik has been in demand as Fiesco in Simon Boccanegra, Philip II in Don Carlo, Enrico VIII in Anna Bolena, Leporello in Don Giovanni, Ramphis in Aida, and Mephistopheles in Faust. He has appeared with Sarasota Opera, Opera San José, Chautauqua Opera, Opera Colorado, New Jersey Verismo Opera, Green Mountain Opera, and Austin Lyric Opera, among others.
He was an award winner of the Gerda Lissner vocal competition in 2010, the American Wagner and St. Bonaventura award winner from the Liederkranz competition in 2008, and a winner of the 2002 and 2003 Friedrich Schorr Vocal Competition. His symphonic and oratorio performances have included engagements with the National Chorale, Sarasota Opera Orchestra, Chautauqua Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Korean Philharmonic, and the American Classical Orchestra, as well as appearances in “The Three Basses” concerts.
In the last year, Erik sang the bass solo in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the National Chorale at Lincoln Center, and the role of Tackleton in the North American premier of Zandonai’s Il Grillo del Focolare with Teatro Grattacielo. He also opened the 27th season of the Capriccio concert series in recital with pianist Mary Jane Austin. He will be performing more recitals with Ms. Austin throughout the United States as well as in the Vermont Virtuosi concert series. He has performed in opera concerts in Oderzo and Feltre, Italy every summer since 2011. Erik is a student of Claudia Pinza.
The Burlington Choral Society presents music that celebrates classical and folk traditions. The concert features the 1943 cantata “God, Thy Earth Is Aflame!,” which premiered […]
Songs and Dances of Death is a song cycle for voice and piano by Modest Mussorgsky, written in the mid-1870s, to poems by Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov, […]
Proper Opera features soprano Sarah Cullins, bass Erik Kroncke, flutist Laurel Ann Maurer, and pianist Sam Whitesell performing music by Georges Bizet, Giuseppe Verdi, Gaetano […]
The Green Mountain Mahler Festival presents its eighth annual performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on New Year’s Day, with an additional performance on December 30. […]
The Montpelier Chamber Orchestra presents Amahl and the Night Visitors, with Edie Donofrio (Amahl), Mary Bonhag (Amahl’s mother), Eric Kroncke (King Balthazar), Adam Hall (King […]
Teatro Grattacielo presents Riccardo Zandonai’s Il Grillo del Focolare. Charles Dickens’ beloved Christmas classic comes to life with full symphonic orchestral forces, choir, and world-class soloists. […]
Come and explore music written for the bass voice in opera, songs, and musical theater with internationally acclaimed bass Erik Kroncke and world renowned pianist […]