Titus Muzi III, Baritone
Baritone Titus Muzi III has been hailed as “a powerful stage figure, with a very together: beautifully integrated voice” (Parterre, 2022). He is a recipient of multiple awards including a Richard Gaddes Career Grant from Opera Theatre of St Louis (2022, 23), an Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan National Council Auditions (2020) as well as a Presser Foundation Scholarship Award at FSU (2019).
Mr. Muzi was a finalist in the Vincerò World Singing Competition (2022), the Opera Index Vocal Competition (2022, 23), and the Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition (2022,23).
Mr Muzi’s 2024-2025 includes his return to Opera Theatre of St Louis to sing the role of Schaunard in La bohème and his role and company debut with Livermore Valley Opera as the title role in Mozart’s Don Giovanni.
During the 2022- 2023 season, Mr. Muzi made several notable debuts including his role and company debut as Escamillo in Opera Theatre of St. Louis’ production of Carmen, his company debut with Annapolis Opera as Schaunard in their production of La bohème, and his role debut as the baritone soloist in Carmina Burana with the Cincinnati Ballet.
Mr. Muzi is a graduate of the Academy of Vocal Arts where he performed the roles Dr. Malatesta in Don Pasqaule (2022), the title role in Eugene Onegin (2021), and various scenes and selections as Figaro from Il barbiere di Siviglia and Marcello in La bohème in AVA’s post pandemic concert A Celebration of Opera (2021).
As a recitalist and concert performer, he has presented programs with various associations across the world including the Gerda Lissner Foundation and the Maldives Concert Series of Velaa Private Island.
A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mr. Muzi holds a Bachelors of Music from Florida State University.
Opera Repertoire
Composer | Opera | Role |
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Bizet | Escamillo | Carmen |
Donizetti | Malatesta | Don Pasquale |
Gilbert and Sullivan | The Pirate King | The Pirates of Penzance |
Handel | Melisso | Alcina |
Leoncavallo | Silvio | I Pagliacci |
Mozart | Guglielmo | Cosi fan tutte |
Mozart | Title role | Don Giovanni |
Mozart | Papageno | Die Zauberfloete |
Picker | Dr. Oliver Sacks | Awakenings |
Puccini | Schaunard, Marcello* | La boheme |
Rossini | Figaro | Il barbiere di Siviglia |
Tchaikovsky | Title role | Eugene Onegin |
Verdi | Germont | La Traviata |
Concert Repertoire
Composer | Composition | Role |
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Beethoven | Symphony # 9* | |
Faure | Requiem* | |
Orff | Carmina Burana | |
Vaughn Williams | 5 Mystical Songs* | |
*In preparation |
Press Acclaim
“Titus Muzi III brings supreme clarity, comedy, and beauty...”
Gerry Kowarsky, HECMedia -December 31 1969
“Muzi and O’Mara—this year’s Gaddes Festival Artists—sang this lush, rapturous music beautifully…I think you’ll agree that they fully deserve to be called ‘exceptionally remarkable’.”
Chuck Lavizzi, Stage Left -December 31 1969
“Titus Muzi cuts a powerful stage figure, with a very together, beautifully integrated voice…”
David Fox, Parterre -December 31 1969
“Titus Muzi sings deeply and gives nobility throughout his performance..”
Charles Green, DC Theater Arts -December 31 1969
“Baritone Titus Muzi sings with burnished resonance and acts with unstoppable energy and imagination”
Michael Caruso, Chestnut Hill Local -December 31 1969
Media
Largo al Factotum - Il barbiere di Siviglia - Gioachino RossiniÔ vin, dissipe la tristesse...- Hamlet - Ambroise Thomas I
Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen... - Die tote Stadt - Erich Wolfgang Korngold II
Papagena! Papagena! Papagena! - Die Zauberflöte - W.A Mozart I