Noel Bouley, La Boheme
©Photo: Erich Schlegel
Noel Bouley
©Photo: Simon Pauly
Noel Bouley, La Boheme
©Photo: Simon Pauly
Noel Bouley, Tosca
©Photo: Christian Pogozach
Noel Bouley, Tosca
©Photo: Christian Pogozach

Noel Bouley

Baritone
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“Baritone Noel Bouley is a rising star that seems poised to become the next Dutchman of choice!”

(Opera Today)

Acclaimed as a ​“formidable and richly expressive baritone” by the Cincinnati Enquirer, Noel Bouley has been applauded for his ​“commanding presence and portrayal of real humanity on stage.”

2020/21 marked Bouley’s first freelance season, following his time as an ensemble member at Deutsche Oper Berlin, where he performed many roles including the title role in Der fliegende Holländer, Donner in Das Rheingold, Biterolf in Tannhäuser, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, Amonasro in Aïda, and where he recently returned for guest performances as Wotan in Stefan Herheim’s new production of Das Rheingold led by Donald Runnicles. He recently made a return to Wotan in the abridged ​‘Ring an einem Abend’ for Oper Leipzig and in the current season adds further performances on tour throughout Germany. Elsewhere this season, Bouley reprises the role of Scarpia in Tosca for Theater Dortmund, where he returns later in the season for Wotan in Peter Konwitschny’s new production of Die Walküre and returns to Verdi with performances of Germont in La traviata for Theater Basel, a role he first sang for Glyndebourne in 2018. On the concert platform, he adds Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem at the Hauptkirche St. Jacobi Hamburg under Gerhard Lӧffler.

Noel Bouley
Noel Bouley © Simon Pauly

Bouley has recently made important role and company debuts: as the High Priest of Dagon in Samson et Dalila at Washington National Opera, Ford in Falstaff at Oper Köln, the title role in Der fliegende Holländer at Oper Leipzig and Opera San José. Further highlights include Wotan in Das Rheingold and Rigoletto at Theater Chemnitz, Scarpia in a new production of Tosca at Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz Munich, as well as Wotan/​Wanderer in concerts of ​‘Der ring an einem Abend’ in Munich and Stuttgart.

A committed concert performer, Bouley is in demand for Orff’s Carmina Burana, Beethoven’s Symphony No.9, Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs, Stravinsky’s Pulcinella, Handel’s Messiah, and Bach’s Mass in B minor, appearing recently with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Aspen Festival Orchestra, Bravo! Vail Music Festival, and the Lexington Philharmonic.

Bouley was a finalist in the Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum Competition and the Dallas Opera Guild’s Vocal Competition. He is a native of Houston, Texas. 

Tosca - Ha più forte sapore © Theater Dortmund 2021
Tosca - Te Deum © Theater Dortmund 2021
Der Fliegende Holländer – Die Frist ist Um © Opera San Jose 2018

“Baritone Noel Bouley made the Philistine High Priest a smooth spin doctor with rich, easy volume”

(Washington Post, 2020)

“The list of noteworthy debuts continued with baritone Noel Bouley, whose raging snarl in the top notes made his High Priest of Dagon poisonous and spiteful. In his incestuous scene with Bridges’ Dalila, he matched her in vocal sheen and malice.”

(Charles T. Downey, Washington Classical Review, 2020)

“Noel Bouley, as the High Priest of Dagon, was consistently fantastic in every regard, holding court and making demands with an arresting vocal presence.”

(Sydney Boyd, Bachtrack, 2020)

“Baritone Noel Bouley as Baron Scarpia is frightening even by his sheer physical appearance: tall, long-haired, somber, he stands as a symbol of evil and seems by his powerful voice even more insurmountable. He wants Floria Tosca for himself — by force.”

(Barbara Hauter, Klassik Begeistert, 2019)

“With Noel Bouley stood a beefy Scarpia-giant, full-bodied baritone as a man with unrestrained power.”

(Wolf-Dieter Peter, NMZ, 2019)

“The American baritone Noel Bouley as Baron Scarpia was a wonderfully diabolical villain, an imposing stature, long-haired and respectful, like a rockstar president.”

(Peter Jungblut BR Klassik, 2019)

“Baritone Noel Bouley is a rising star that seems poised to become the next Dutchman of choice! There is nothing about this taxing role that eludes him. Mr. Bouley has a robust, rolling tone that is well-supported and responsive to his every interpretive nuance. His rich vocalizing and well-considered musical journey resulted in a potent, cathartic performance.”

(James Sohre, Opera Today, 2018)

“Noel Bouley played Giorgio Germont straight down the line, willing us to have sympathy with his dilemma, and his rich baritone was authoritative and highly convincing.”

(Nick Boston, Bachtrack, 2018)
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