Brennen Guillory (Tenor)

Tenor Brennen Guillory has become known for his powerful, dramatic voice and thoughtful interpretations of both operatic and concert music. Radiating both “immense power and tender intimacy” he has performed a number of operatic leads, but it is in the concert hall that he has focused his efforts since he became a pastor and moved back to his beloved Pacific Northwest in 2006. Mr. Guillory has appeared internationally in Canada performing gala concerts and in England, first recording Mahler’s fiendishly difficult Das Lied von der Erde with the Orchestra of the Swan in Stratford-upon-Avon. The Somm recording was released to critical acclaim and remarked on Guillory’s artistry: “barging his way deliriously through the two drinking songs and is heart-stopping in the visionary ‘Von der Jugend’…Guillory’s vocal range, control and power are quite something.”

Brennen Guillory returned for concerts with English Symphony Orchestra, performing Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Finzi’s Dies Natalis and a revival of Sullivan’s Golden Legend. In 2019 he performed with the English Symphony Orchestra once again as Siegmund in their performance of Die Walküre in Worcestershire.

In the United States Brennen Guillory has sung on both coasts in opera galas and concerts, performing Verdi’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and Fidelio, as well as concert excerpts ranging from Carmen and La Traviata to Otello and Lohengrin. In 2018 he sang Das Lied von der Erde at the 31st Mahler Festival in Colorado and then again in 2021 with the Fargo-Moorehead symphony. He returned in 2023 to the Colorado Mahler Festival to perform Die Walkure and selections from Mahler Das Knaben Wunderhorn.

Closer to home Brennen Guillory has appeared around the Northwest with a variety of companies, performing leads in Fidelio, Otello, Griselidis, La Traviata, Die Fledermaus, La Clemenza di Tito, I Pagliacci, Susannah, Carmen, and Die Walküre. He has sung Verdi’s Requiem, Schubert Mass in Ab, Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, and has appeared in The Magic Flute, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Fanciulla del West. He has appeared as a guest artist in workshops and masterclasses for singers, conductors and composers. He has sung in countless opera galas and song concerts performing music from the broad range of tenor repertoire.