“A fine tenor, with a relaxed sense of tongue-in-cheek comedy.”
S.F.
Chronicle, 1995
“Mendelsohn
gave "meaning" to the evening.”
Janos Gereben, www.sfcv.org, 2006
Michael P. Mendelsohn Bio
Michael P. Mendelsohn is a long-time
resident of the San Francisco Bay Area. Frequently seen on the stage, Mr.
Mendelsohn recently made his company debut with Opera San Jose as Benvolio in
Romeo et Juliette, Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor , Monsieur Triquet in Eugene
Onegin and Goro in Madama Butterfly. Other roles include Sellem in Stravinsky’s
The Rake’s Progress, Alfred in Northbay Opera’s highly successful production of
Die Fledermaus, Normanno in West Bay Opera’s Lucia di Lammermoor and Spoletta in
Tosca with Pacific Repertory Opera.
Other recent operatic engagements include the roles of Monostatos in The Magic
Flute and Peter Quint in Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw (both at West
Bay Opera), The Devil in The Soldiers’ Tale and Pedrillo in Abduction from the
Seraglio (with Pocket Opera of San Francisco), and Spalanzani in Tales of
Hoffmann and Don Basilio in The Marriage of Figaro (with Livermore Valley
Opera). He has also performed Ferrando in Cosi Fan Tutti, Dr. Caius in Falstaff,
Roderigo in Otello, Tinca in Il Tabarro, Mime in Das Rhinegold and the title
roles in Bernstein’s Candide and Offenbach’s Bluebeard.
Mr. Mendelsohn’s solo oratorio repertoire include performances of Monteverdi’s
Vespers, Mozart’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Rossini’s Petite Messe
Solonelle, Beethoven’s Mass in C Major, Bach’s Magnificat, Haydn’s Creation,
Nelson-Messe and Missa Solemnis in B Flat (“Harmoniemesse”) and with the San
Francisco Symphony & Chorus, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana and Respighi’s Laud to
the Nativity.
In addition to his sing career, Mr. Mendelsohn is a Voice-Over Artist, working
mainly the educational toy company, Leapfrog Enterprises in Emeryville,
California. His work there includes characters such as Edison the Lightning Bug
and The Father in the Frog Family Series. He also does narration in their series
of Phonics Books and can be heard as multiple characters in the new Leap Into
Learning video series. He can also be heard on The Punk Rock Orchestra of San
Francisco’s upcoming first album.
Included proudly among his awards and distinctions, Mr. Mendelsohn is also a
Gong Show Winner.
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