Daniel Narducci
Assistant Professor of Music Performance (Voice)
Dr. Daniel Narducci is a multi-faceted artist whose talents have been captured through live stage presentations, recordings, and television productions. Since his professional debut with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra under the direction of Erich Kunzel, he has appeared with many of the world’s most prestigious orchestras, including the Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Pops, Dallas Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Houston Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, and the Cairo Symphony. Dr. Narducci has performed regularly as a guest artist at many popular summer music venues throughout North America, including the Wolf Trap, Ravinia, Blossom, Saratoga, and Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festivals.
On the operatic stage, Dr. Narducci has performed as Voltaire/Pangloss/Martin/Cacambo in
Candide, Escamillo in
Carmen, Count Almaviva in
Le Nozze di Figaro, Figaro in
Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Marcello in
La Bohème, Sharpless in
Madama Butterfly, Silvio in
I Pagliacci, Mercutio in
Roméo et Juliette, Guglielmo in
Così fan tutte, and Dr. Malatesta in
Don Pasquale. He has been heard in principal roles with the Washington National Opera, New Orleans Opera, Indianapolis Opera, Central City Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Kentucky Opera, Nashville Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Fresno Opera, Hawaii Opera, and the Northern Lights Music Festival.
Dr. Narducci’s combined talents have been seen on operetta and musical theatre stages throughout North America and Europe. He made his New York City debut at Alice Tully Hall with the Collegiate Chorale under the direction of Robert Bass in
An Evening of American Operetta. Dr. Narducci played the role of Lancelot during two national tours of
Camelot, most notably opposite Robert Goulet’s King Arthur. He ascended to the role of King Arthur with the Indianapolis Opera, for which he received the “Best Actor in a Musical Award” from BroadwayWorld.com for the Indianapolis Region. He returned to perform with the Indianapolis Opera as Fredrik Egerman in
A Little Night Music. Dr. Narducci portrayed Old Deuteronomy in the 10th anniversary production of Cats in Hamburg, Germany. Additional credits include Anthony Hope in Cleveland Opera’s production of
Sweeney Todd, Jim Kenyon in
Rose Marie with the Central City Opera, and Count Danilo in
The Merry Widow with the Chautauqua Opera and the Cincinnati Symphony.
Dr. Narducci’s television appearances have reached audiences worldwide. His historic performance with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing was filmed for nationwide broadcast in China. Other television appearances include co-starring with Frederica von Stade and the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra in a program broadcast internationally by PBS,
Pops at the Phil: A Century of Broadway, and with Judy Kaye in the BBC television documentary,
I'm a stranger here myself: Kurt Weill in America.
An active recording artist, Dr. Narducci sang the role of Captain Hook on the world premiere recording of Leonard Bernstein’s
Peter Pan. This complete version of the musical co-stars Linda Eder and is featured on Deutsche Grammophon’s
Bernstein: Complete Works. Dr. Narducci’s other recordings,
Timeless Broadway,
Christmas Once More, and
Our Broadway Romance, appear on the Archaeus Records label. He received his DMA in Voice from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and is Assistant Professor of Music Performance (Voice) at the Ball State University School of Music.