Spencer

VanDellen

Tenor

[VanDellen's] lyric sound was glorious and his accomplished vocal technique made the audience feel completely at ease... - Opera Canada

Selected Engagements

-August 2024, Count Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Highlands Opera Studio

-November 2023, Pluton/Aristée in Orphée aux Enfers by Offenbach - University of Michigan

-August 2023, Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream by Britten - Chicago Summer Opera

-March 2023, Tenor Soloist, Bach Magnificat UMich Choirs & Orchestra

-July 2022, Man in the Yellow Suit in Tuck Everlasting - Opera NUOVA

-July 2022, Nerone in the Coronation of Poppea by Monteverdi - Opera NUOVA

-March 2022, Tenor Soloist, Beethoven 9 UVIC Orchestra & Chorus

-2019/20 Choral Scholar at Christ Church Cathedral Victoria

-Nanki-Poo in the Victoria Gilbert and Sullivan Society's production of the Mikado - Nov 2018

-2018 Cowtown Opera Rising Artist Award

-2018 Claresholm Junior Citizen of the Year

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Spencer as Pluton in Orphée aux Enfers

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Spencer grew up in the small town of Claresholm, Alberta about an hour south of Calgary. His love for music was fostered in community theatre, and eventually bloomed into an academic career that spanned the continent. Spencer graduated from the University of Victoria in 2022 with a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance, and the University of Michigan in 2024 with a Master of Music in Voice Performance. He is currently attending the University of Michigan for a Specialist of Music Degree, studying with Stanford Olsen.

Spencer has performed lead roles in productions across North America, including Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Orphée aux Enfers, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Mikado, The Little Shop of Horrors, Willy Wonka, The Wizard of Oz, Tuck Everlasting, and Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea as the emperor Nerone. Spencer also performs concert and oratorio repertoire regularly, and has performed as the tenor soloist in works such as Handel's Messiah, Bach's Magnificat, and Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Spencer enjoys performing a number of different genres, and is involved with choirs and vocal groups that perform often.