Patrick S. Spyres

Biography

Sean Spyres holds a master’s degree in opera and has performed around the world but was born and raised in the Ozarks into a very musical family. The self-proclaimed “Hillbilly Von Trapps” performed every weekend at funerals, weddings, small store openings, and American Legion halls in the region.

Spyres is currently the Business and Operations Director of Ozarks Lyric Opera (formerly Springfield Regional Opera) and has been involved with OLO for over 20 years. He has performed many roles including Pangloss “Candide,” Tamino “Die Zauberflöte,” and Nanki-Poo “Hot Mikado.” Behind the scenes Spyres has directed several productions (“Trouble in Tahiti,” “Don Pasquale”) and in 2015 he wrote the libretto for an original children’s opera “Alice in Wonderland: A lesson in honesty.”

In 2006 Spyres made his European debut (Don Ottavio "Don Giovanni") in Hartberg, Austria and sang the role of Doge in Rossini's "Otello" in a production at the Rossini Festival that is available under the Naxos label. Spyres toured Japan with the Baden Stadttheater performing Gastone in "La Traviata" and sang as a tenor ensemble soloist with the Arnold Schoenberg Choir at the Aix en Provence Opera Festival. Recently, Spyres performed the role of Beppe in “Pagliacci,” and was the tenor soloist in Mozart’s “Requiem” with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. Locally, you might have also seen him perform the roles of Archibald “The Secret Garden,” and Judas “Jesus Christ Superstar” at Springfield Little Theatre, where he teaches classes in vocal technique.

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Education

• MM in Opera Performance, Wichita State University

• BM in Voice, Drury University