Victor Starsky

Tenor VICTOR STARSKY (Cavaradossi), a native of Richmond Hill, New York, received critical acclaim this year for his performances as Don José in Sarasota Opera’s production of Bizet’s Carmen, as well as his role debuts with New York City Opera as Mario Cavaradossi in Puccini’s Tosca and Maurizio in Pittsburgh Festival Opera’s production of Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur. Starsky made his debut as Nemorino with Charlottesville Opera in their production of Donizetti’s L’Elisir D’Amore. Starsky performed the role of Jim Casy in MasterVoice’s Carnegie Hall presentation of Ricky Ian Gordon’s The Grapes of Wrath. Of Starsky’s Don José, The Observer writes “While possessing a voice that flexes with nuance, the genius of Starsky’s stage performance is how he shares each tiny tear in his moral fabric as he follows and succumbs to Carmen despite every effort to cling to what he knows is moral and right. Watching his slow crumbling into unhinged desperation is unforgettable.” Starsky looks forward to returning to Sarasota Opera as the tenor soloist in their Fall Season concert, The Music of Giuseppe Verdi, and in the title role in Verdi’s Stiffelio in Winter 2025.

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