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

Opera & Oratorio Roles
in Active
Jump-In Readiness

Scarpia (Tosca)

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

High Priest (Samson et Dalila)

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

Amonasro (Aida)

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

Jochanaan (Salome)

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

9th Symphony (Beethoven)

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

Méphisto (Faust-Gounod)

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

Mefistofele (Boito)

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

Sparafucile/Rigoletto (Verdi)

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

Full runs from memory extended recordings

Bonus

Full Sparafucile Run

Rigoletto · Verdi · Complete role from memory

Bonus

Full Messiah run

Messiah · Handel · Complete part from memory

Act I – Recitative & Aria

Act II – Duet excerpt

Act III – Finale excerpt

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

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What “Jump-In” Means

THE CORE 20 JUMP-IN OPERA ROLES

HELDENBARITON / DRAMATIC BARITONE

These are your leadership-roles: commanding, psychologically rich, orchestra-cutting.

The Dutchman — Wagner :
134 phrases (3 productions)
Jochanaan — Strauss :
60 phrases (30 performances)
Amonasro — Verdi :
100 phrases (57 performances)
Scarpia — Puccini :
209 phrases (27 performances)
Macbeth — Verdi :
218 phrases (3 performances)
Balstrode — Britten :
101 phrases (18 performances)

The Dutchman — Wagner

134 phrases (3 productions)

Jochanaan — Strauss

60 phrases (30 performances)

Amonasro — Verdi

100 phrases (57 performances)

Scarpia — Puccini

209 phrases (27 performances)

Macbeth — Verdi

218 phrases (3 performances)

Balstrode — Britten

101 phrases (18 performances)

Pizarro — Beethoven

(Fidelio)

Nabucco — Verdi

(recent production; strong branding role)

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

These roles activate both your intensity & your agility.

Rigoletto — Verdi :
290 phrases (13 performances)
Germont — Verdi :
65 phrases (20 performances)
Alfio — Mascagni :
Alfio — Mascagni
Tonio — Leoncavallo :
(Prologue specialist)
Four Villains — Offenbach :
(40/60/etc. phrase modules)
High Priest — Saint-Saëns (Samson et Dalila) :
(Jump-in signature role — 30 hours notice story)

Rigoletto — Verdi

290 phrases (13 performances)

Germont — Verdi

65 phrases (20 performances)

Alfio — Mascagni

22 phrases (13 performances)

Tonio — Leoncavallo

(Prologue specialist)

Four Villains — Offenbach

(40/60/etc. phrase modules)

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.

Méphistophélès — Gounod :
(47 performances)
Zaccaria — Verdi
Mefistofele --- Boito
Il Grand Inquisitor — Verdi (Don Carlo)
Sparafucile — Verdi
Ramfis — Verdi :
105 phrases; recent jump-in performance (2025)

Attila — Verdi
Mefistofele — Boito

(signature dramatic-bass aura)

Zaccaria — Verdi
Méphistophélès — Gounod

(47 performances)

Philip II — Verdi
Raimondo — Donizetti (Lucia)
Il Grand Inquisitor — Verdi (Don Carlo)
Sparafucile — Verdi
Ramfis — Verdi

105 phrases; recent jump-in performance (2025)

Timur — Puccini
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

Don Basilio : Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini)
Thoas : Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck)
Leporello : Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Gérard : Andrea Chénier (Giordano) --Rising Flagship
Michele : Il tabarro (Puccini) — Rising Flagship

The 10 Oratorio / Symphonic

(Performed from Memory, with Deep Textual Understanding)

Handel : Messiah (“Why do the nations…”)
Beethoven : Symphony No. 9 (“O Freunde…”; Venice performance from memory)
Verdi : Messa da Requiem (“Confutatis…”)
Haydn : The Creation (Roles of Raphael/Adam)
Mendelssohn : Elijah (“It is enough”)
Bach : St. John Passion (Bass arias such as “Eilt, eilt…”)
Bach : Mass in B Minor (Bass arias)
Stravinsky : Oedipus Rex (Creon / The Messenger)
Orff : Carmina Burana (Baritone solos including “Estuans interius”)
Mozart : Requiem in D minor (“Confutatis…” / “Tuba mirum…”)

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.

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