Biography
George Dyer is a regular guest of opera companies throughout North America, including the Utah Opera (Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte, Cassio in Otello. Tybalt in Romeo et Juliette, Ralfe Rakestraw in H.M.S. Pinafore, and Prunier in La Rondine), Hawaii Opera (Lenski in Onegin, Frederick in The Pirates of Penzance), Opera Carolina (Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Opera Columbus (Alfredo in La Traviata and Tamino), Lyric Opera of Kansas City ( Lenski in Eugene Onegin and Tamino), Piedmont Opera (Duke in Rigoletto and Nanki Poo in The Mikado), Toledo Opera (Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly), Atlanta Opera (Jacquino in Fidelio), Austin Lyric Opera (the Steersman in Der Fliegende Holländer), Edmonton Opera (Tybalt), Harrisburg Symphony (title role in Faust), Hartford Symphony (Shepard in Oedipus Rex), and New York City Opera (Ralfe Rakestraw). He also appeared in a care performance of Noel Coward’s operetta After the Ball at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago.
Last season, Mr. Dyer returned to Hawaii Opera as Ottavio in Don Giovanni and to Utah Opera as Frederick in The Pirates of Penzance. This season includes a return to Hawaii Opera as Romeo and to Utah Opera as Marco in The Gondoliers.
He has appeared in concert and opera throughout the state of Utah, including appearances as tenor soloist in performances of Handel's Messiah and a program of works by Rogers and Hammerstein with the Utah Symphony, Bach's Magnificat for the Utah Chamber Artists, Misael in Britten's The Burning Fiery Furnace and excerpts from Dreamkeepers for the Utah Opera, and Rodolfo in La Boheme at Southern Utah University.
Mr. Dyer is a graduate of Utah Opera's Young Artists Program, with whom he performed leading tenor roles in Haydn's La Cantarina and Menotti's Amelia Goes to the Ball. He has maintained his association with the company participating their "Opera-in-the-Schools" program.
Other concert engagements include a solo recital for the Temple Square Concert Series in Salt Lake City, tenor soloist with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for the world premiere of Lazarus by Manooken, and with Ballet West for their productions of Pulcinella by Stravinsky.
Mr. Dyer has been a national finalist in the San Francisco Opera's Merola Program auditions, district finalist in the Metropolitan Opera auditions, and a winner in the Utah County Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing vocal competition. He currently studies with Lawrence Gee in Salt Lake City and previously studied with Ruth Melville in Provo.