Omar Bowey

Tenor  |  Tamino
Jamaican born tenor Omar Bowey is a burgeoning young tenor with stunning versatility.  Meche Kroop has described his voice as a “…fresh sweet tenor”. Mr. Bowey has been seen as a soloist in Gounod’s St. Cecilia Mass, Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël the first part of Handel’s Messiah and Kathleen Battle’s groundbreaking Underground Railroad: A Spiritual Journey concert. Mr. Bowey’s operatic work includes the lead roles of Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutti and Caliph in Kismet. Other roles include Soldato #2 and Famigliario #1 in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea. Mr. Bowey has also sung in Victor Herbert’s Naughty Marietta, scenes from Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, Bruce Saylor’s Major Molineux and the premiere of Saylor’s masterpiece The Image Maker. Mr. Bowey is blessed to have multiple vocal mentors and he is a proud student of H. Roz Woll.