Gerrod Pagenkopf
Countertenor Gerrod Pagenkopf has been praised by the Houston Chronicle as having “an elegant bearing and a sweet, even sound.” Pagenkopf made his professional debut in October 2008 with Amarillo Opera as Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus. Other opera credits include Rinaldo (Rinaldo), Oberon (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Tolomeo (Giulio Cesare), Satirino (La Calisto), Arsamenes (Serse), the Sorceress, Second Witch, and Messenger (Dido and Aeneas), and Ottone (L’incoronazione di Poppea). As a concert soloist, Pagenkopf is a core artist with Ars Lyrica Houston, one of Houston’s premier early music ensembles, and has performed with Mercury Baroque, the Bach Society of Houston, the Houston Chamber Choir, the Green Bay Symphony, and the Bel Canto Chorus of Milwaukee. Mr. Pagenkopf has performed as soloist in such masterworks as Handel’s Messiah and Israel in Egypt, Bach’s passions, Magnificat, and Mass in B Minor, as well as numerous cantatas, oratorios, and other liturgical works of Alessandro Scarlatti, Vivaldi, and Telemann.
