Tenor

Alex Taite, an Oakland California native, has abundant performance experience including Opera, Spirituals, Choral, Barbershop, Jazz, Blues, Renaissance/Baroque, and Hip-hop. In 2005, he was selected to participate in a summer program to study opera in Germany with renowned tenor Dr. Henry Price III.  He has performed with the San Francisco Opera chorus since 2008.  He has performed roles with Livermore Valley Opera, Walnut Creek Festival Opera, Berkeley Chamber Opera, San Francisco Parlor Opera, Berkeley Opera, Virago Opera, Island City Opera, and Berkeley Chamber Opera. He was a finalist in the James Toland Vocal Arts competition and in the East Bay Opera League vocal scholarship program. Alex has also been a producer, musical director, vocalist, and vocal percussionist for local rap/hip-hop group Laced Out Crew.

Contact Alex today about your performance opportunities!

Some performance experience:

  • 2019: Edmondo in Manon Lescaut, Berkeley Chamber Opera
  • 2018: Martin in Scenes from the Life of a Martyr (Smith-Moore), UC Berkeley Alumni Chorus
  • 2017: Nika Magadoff in The Consul (Menotti), Berkeley Chamber Opera
  • 2016: Finalist and Audience Favorite in James Toland Vocal Arts Competition
  • 2015: Finalist East Bay Opera League vocal scholarship program
  • 2015: Tenor solo in Mozart Requiem, Dominican University
  • 2015: Martin in Tender Land Suite (Copland), Healdsburg Philharmonic
  • 2014: Third place in James Toland Vocal Arts competition
  • 2013-2014: Full-time Regular Chorus at San Francisco Opera
  • 2012: Cavaradossi in Tosca (Puccini) sung in Italian, SF Parlor Opera
  • 2011-2015: Soloist and Chorus in the Bracebridge Christmas dinner show
  • 2010: Goro in Madame Butterfly (Puccini), sung in Italian, Livermore Valley Opera
  • 2009: One of the 4 cronies/dandies in Ballad of Baby Doe (Moor), Berkeley Opera
  • 2008: Soloist in Walnut Creek’s Opera in the Park concert.
  • 2008: Ruis and chorus in Il Trovatore (Verdi), sung in Italian, Walnut Creek Festival Opera
  • 2007-Present: Extra chorus member in San Francisco Opera
  • 2007: Second Freed Slave and San Francisco Opera debut in Appomattox (Glass)
  • 2007: Giles Corey in The Crucible (Miller-Ward-Stambler; opera), Pepperdine University
  • 2006: Rodolfo in La Boheme (Puccini) (Act 1), sung in Italian, Pepperdine University
  • 2003-2007: bass, baritone, and tenor in Pepperdine University Concert choir
  • 2003-2007: Bass, baritone in Pepperdine Barbershop Quartet
  • 2001-2003: bass in Lucy Kinchen Chorale
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