Brandon J Coleman

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BIOGRAPHY

Brandon Coleman has been praised for his “exotic vocal coloring” by Opera News and “wonderful resonance” by Classical Singer. He commands the stage with his confidence and lures the audience with his voice.

UPCOMING EVENTS

May 15,2026
may 17,2026

New rochelle opera

zaccaria
in
Nabucco

Nabucco, the opera that is considered to have permanently established Verdi’s reputation as a composer, follows the plight of the Jews as they are assaulted, conquered and subsequently exiled from their homeland by the Babylonian king Nabucco (Nebuchadnezzar II).

May 14,2027
may 15,2027
May 16,2027

Opera Orlando

Joe
in
showboat

Show Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock workers on the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River Show Boat, over 40 years from 1887 to 1927. Its themes include racial prejudice and tragic, enduring love. The musical contributed such classic songs as “Ol’ Man River“, “Make Believe“, and “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man“.

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PERFORMANCES

reviews

HJ NEWS

Brandon Coleman is genuinely scary as Porgy’s chief rival for Bess, the predatory Crown. Coleman is not only physically imposing, he has the voice of an angry god.

FRONT ROW REVIEWERS

Brandon Coleman as the high priest Ramfis presents low bass notes and vibrato that are as powerful as his demeanor and his presence is striking.

DESERET NEWS

And lucky for this year’s UFOMT offerings, they got it right with Brandon Coleman as Joe. Coleman’s cavernous lungs and deep, rich dynamics were as soothing as, well, watching the meandering Mississippi River. Coleman was born to sing this anthem and dropped down to hit all the right notes, delighting a packed house at the Ellen Eccles Theater.

THE CLASSICAL SOURCE

Brandon Coleman put his pleasing bass voice to good use as Angelotti, lucidly evoking the fugitive’s dread of capture and execution at Scarpia’s hand.

STAR ADVERTISER

Brandon Coleman was memorable as Ferrando, the Count’s Captain of the Guard who explains the backstory in the first scene, his smoky-dark, weighty bass lending gravity to the role.

BROOME COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL

In the program Brandon Coleman’s voice is described as having “exotic vocal colorings,” and his performance as Il Commendatore, particularly as the statue of the Commendatore, exhibited that richness. I was not surprised to further read he has performed Zarastro in The Magic Flute. His marble-esque statue costume added to the menace of the role.

OPERA NEWS

As Ibn-Hakia, the Moorish physician brought in by the king to cure Iolanta, Brandon Coleman revealed an exotic vocal coloring well suited to the foreign doctor’s mysticism. Coleman’s delivery of Ibn-Hakia’s aria — another high point of the opera — was gripping and well paced.

CLASSICAL SOURCE

Ibn-Hakia, sung by Brandon Coleman in a wonderfully resonant bass voice. He handled with clarity Tchaikovsky’s tricky modal tonalities, in the aria ‘Two Worlds’, in which the physician advises the king on how Iolanta can be cured.

EXAMINER

As Ibn Hakia, the Moorish physician brought to cure Iolanta of her blindness, Brandon Coleman had a cloudy timbre, but confident and consistent throughout his range.