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Ready Within 24-48 hours for principal bass-baritone roles and Parts.

Opera & Oratorio Roles
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Jump-In Readiness

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Full Runs

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Jochanaan

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Amonasro

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Alfio

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Sparafucile

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Baritone Soloist (Beethoven 9th Sym)

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Messiah

Jump-In Performance Library
openings • Full runs • Featured EXCERPTS

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Jochanaan (Salome)

La Scala • Berlin State Opera • Houston Symphony
Prophet imprisoned by Herod; one of opera’s most demanding dramatic bass-baritone roles.

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Amonasro (Aida)

La Scala • Royal Opera Covent Garden • Vienna State Opera

King of Ethiopia; Verdi role requiring authority, lyricism, and dramatic intensity

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Scarpia (Tosca)

Welsh National Opera • Oper Frankfurt •  Boston Lyric Opera • Cleveland Opera

Chief of Police; one of Puccini’s greatest dramatic bass-baritone roles.

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Holländer (Der fliegende Holländer)

Teatro Regio Turin • Dorset Opera Festival • Teatro Comunale Bologna

The cursed sea captain; iconic Wagner Heldenbariton role that shows spiritual depth, physical endurance and psychological intensity. 

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Alfio (Cavalleria rusticana)

Royal Opera Covent Garden • Teatro Maestranza Seville •  Hawaii Opera Theatre • Intermountain Opera

Village carter; quintessential Heldenbariton role combining lyrical warmth with explosive dramatic intensity.

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Tonio (Pagliacci)

Hawaii Opera Theatre • Intermountain Opera

Deformed Village Clown; powerful Heldenbariton role demanding commanding authority, psychological complexity, and dramatic intensity

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High Priest of Dagon (Samson et Dalila)

Pittsburgh Opera • Cincinnati Opera

Philistine High Priest; commanding dramatic bass-baritone role requiring authority, vocal power and sinister cynicism.

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Mefistofele (Boito)

Oper Frankfurt • Baltimore Symphony

The Devil; monumental bass role combining supernatural authority, sardonic wit, and apocalyptic grandeur.

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Méphisto (Faust – Gounod)

Oper Frankfurt • Santa Fe Opera • Opera Oviedo

The Devil; charismatic bass-baritone role combining elegance, wit, seductive charm, and demonic power.

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Sparafucile (Rigoletto)

Canadian Opera • San Francisco Opera • New York City Opera • Minnesota Opera • 

Professional assassin; iconic Verdi bass role demanding profound vocal resonance, quiet menace, and dramatic intensity.

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Baritone Soloist (Beethoven 9th Sym)

Houston Symphony • Teatro La Fenice Venice • Baltimore Symphony • La Monnaie Brussels • National Symphony

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Messiah

Philadelphia Orchestra • Dallas Symphony • Baltimore Symphony • Pittsburgh Symphony • IMF DIY Messiah Chicago

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Scarpia (Tosca)

His was the best Scarpia I have ever seen in a live performance.

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High Priest (Samson et Dalila)

As the malevolent High Priest, Mr. Doss met the vocal demands wonderfully.

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Amonasro (Aida)

Mark S. Doss as Amonasro  a thrilling stage performer who wastes no opportunity to advance his character and sings with vehemence.

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Jochanaan (Salome)

Mark S. Doss was a commanding Jochanaan, with ringing top notes.

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9th Symphony (Beethoven)

Mark S. Doss with his sturdy, hall-filling bass and finely articulated phrasing, was the standout in the quartet.

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Méphisto (Faust-Gounod)

Mark S. Doss’ Mephistopheles was a monster of cynicism and a demoniacally energetic performer.

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Mefistofele (Boito)

In total command, Doss raises hell with his raven-‐black voice.

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Sparafucile/Rigoletto (Verdi)

Mark S. Doss’s honeyed bass voice gave Sparafucile an evilly seductive air.

Full runs

Sparafucile

Messiah

Act I – Recitative & Aria

Act II – Duet excerpt

Act III – Finale excerpt

24-Hour Jump-In Readiness
Selected Roles - Maintained and Performance-Ready

Organize. Strategize. Prioritize. Mobilize. Finalize

What “Jump-In” Means

THE CORE 20 JUMP-IN OPERA ROLES

HELDENBARITON / DRAMATIC BARITONE

These are your leadership-roles: commanding, psychologically rich, orchestra-cutting.
  1. The Dutchman — Wagner

134 phrases (3 productions)

  1. Jochanaan — Strauss

60 phrases (30 performances)

  1. Amonasro — Verdi

100 phrases (57 performances)

  1. Scarpia — Puccini

209 phrases (27 performances)

  1. Macbeth — Verdi

218 phrases (3 performances)

  1. Balstrode — Britten

101 phrases (18 performances)

  1. Pizarro — Beethoven

(Fidelio)

  1. Nabucco — Verdi

(recent production; strong branding role)

CHARACTER BARITONE (High-Demand, Dramatic/Comic Mix)

These roles activate both your intensity & your agility.
  1. Rigoletto — Verdi

290 phrases (13 performances)

  1. Germont — Verdi

65 phrases (20 performances)

  1. Alfio — Mascagni

22 phrases (13 performances)

  1. Tonio — Leoncavallo

(Prologue specialist)

  1. Four Villains — Offenbach

(40/60/etc. phrase modules)

  1. High Priest — Saint-Saëns (Samson et Dalila)

(Jump-in signature role — 30 hours notice story)

CHARACTER BASS / SERIOUS BASS

Where your authority, gravitas, and velvet-bottom register shine.
  1. Attila — Verdi
  2. Mefistofele — Boito

(signature dramatic-bass aura)

  1. Zaccaria — Verdi
  2. Méphistophélès — Gounod

(47 performances)

  1. Philip II — Verdi
  2. Raimondo — Donizetti (Lucia)
  3. Il Grand Inquisitor — Verdi (Don Carlo)
  4. Sparafucile — Verdi
  5. Ramfis — Verdi

105 phrases; recent jump-in performance (2025)

  1. Timur — Puccini
  2. Mustafà — Rossini (L’italiana in Algeri)

Reserve 5 Roles (Quick Review Roles + Two Rising Flagships)

Note : Videos, audio, and excerpt clips for each role coming soon

The 10 Oratorio / Symphonic

(Performed from Memory, with Deep Textual Understanding)
Note : I perform nearly all major oratorio repertoire from memory. My aim is always to remove the barrier of the score so the audience and conductor experience direct communication — facial expression, textual clarity, and expressive immediacy. If I reference anything, it is only a printed page with key verbal cues or phrasing marks. A conductor once told his chorus during rehearsal for the Verdi Requiem:   “He understands every word he sings.”   A background in Latin, along with sentence-diagramming of crucial text passages across opera and oratorio, ensures complete alignment of intention, meaning, and vocal delivery.

Daily Conditioning (as discussed)

role list

in progress

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(212) 851-3438

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