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The American bass-baritone, Frank B. Mitchell, III, has been affiliated with music all his life. Starting off singing in the children’s choir in church, then auditioning for and being accepted into the All-Philadelphia Boys’ Choir. Through them he got a chance to travel to places like Africa and Japan. At the age of 13, he also got the chance to appear in the national touring company of the wildly popular Broadway show, Shenandoah, starring alongside the late John Rait. He later attended Hampton Institute, where he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education.
Frank Mitchell has appeared to significant acclaim with major opera companies and orchestras both domestically and internationally. Among these opera companies and orchestras are the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, DC, Philadelphia Orchestra, Virginia Symphony, Opera North, Mozart Opera Festival, and Israel’s Haifa Symphony for the world premiere presentation of Paul Schoenberg’s D’vorah in celebration of Israel’s 3rd Millennium.
Frank Mitchell’s past roles include Sparafucile in Rigoletto, Antonio in W.A. Mozart's Le nozze de Figaro, Giorgio Germont in La Traviata, Escamillo in Georges Bizet's Carmen, The Emperor in Turandot, The Duke of Verona in Charles Gounod's Romeo & Juliet, Micha in The Bartered Bride, Elder Ott in George Frideric Handel's Susanna, and the biblical role of Sisera in Schoenberg’s D’vorah.
Throughout the East Coast, Frank Mitchell is a frequently requested oratorio and cantata soloist for such works as George Frideric Handel's Messiah, Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah, and J. Haydn's The Creation, as well as both the Johannes Brahms and Verdi Requiem. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in a concert of African-American spirituals in May of 1992, his Kennedy Center debut in December of 1997, and has appeared at the Lincoln Center on numerous occasions.
In addition, Frank Mitchell worked for the Philadelphia School District for 32 years as a case worker administrator, but he kept on singing the whole time. He auditioned for the Philadelphia Opera Company and was accepted into the chorus about year 2000. And over the years he has also formed affiliations with other groups as well. He currently lives in Clementon, New Jersey. |
