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Welcome to Mark S. Doss

When the Call Comes: 25 Roles Ready Within 24 Hours

Available for Immediate coverage / mainstage replacement in Major bass & baritone repertoire.

Act I – Recitative & Aria

Act II – Duet excerpt

Act III – Finale excerpt

24-Hour Jump-In Readiness (maintained in sectional format and regularly rehearsed)

Organize. Strategize. Prioritize. Mobilize. Finalize

What “Jump-In” Means

THE CORE 25 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 + One Rising Flagship)

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

The 9 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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Address

United States

administration@markstevendoss.com

(212) 851-3438

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