An in demand and sought after guest artist and performer, Mr. Forgey is at home on stage and in performance with outstanding opera companies and symphonic orchestras from around the country.
Recent engagements have taken Mr. Forgey to San Francisco, The North Bay Area, The Central Valley of California, and to Washington State. Past performances include the American South and the Midwest of the United States.
Included among Mr. Forgey's favorite roles are Sharples s from Puccini's Madama Butterfly , Germond from Verdi's La Traviata , and Roger Chillingworth in the operatic adaptation of the Scarlet Letter by American composer Jon Rainbow.
Mr. Forgey earned his bachelor's degree in vocal performance from Washington State University and did his Master's work in Voice at the University of Washington. He has been mentored by Metroplitan Opera diva Patrice Munsel and is currently a student of the incomparable international opera star Edna Garabedian. Other notable instructors include Leon Lishner Abraham Kaplan, and Barbara Harbach. Mr. Forgey is managed by Diane Nixon and the California Opera Assocation.
Lucia di Lammermoor as Enrico 2011
As Sharpless in Golden Gate Opera's Production of Madama Butterfly 2009
As Germont in California Opera's La Traviata 2010
As Roger Chillingworth, The Scarlet Letter the Opera
As Piangi in Phantom of the Opera 2011
ORATORIO/SYMPHONIC PERFORMANCES
Bach Magnificat-Bass Soloist
Mozart Requiem-Bass Soloist
Faure Requiem-Bass Soloist
Buxtehude Magnificat-Bass Soloist
Carmina Burana/Orff - Baritone Soloist
Five Mystical Songs/Vaughan Williams- Baritone Soloist
Ein Deutsches Requiem/Brahms-Baritone Soloist
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen/Mahler
Sea Drift/Delius- Baritone Soloist
Extensive listing upon request
Symphonic bookings for 2010
Guest Artist for the:
Tulare Symphony (California)
Kings Symphony (California)
Gig Harbor Symphony Orchestra (Washington State)
Performances
*Enrico Lucia di Lammermoor In Production Cal Opera
Germont La Traviata California Opera Assocation, Fresno California
Sharpless Madama Butterfly MULTIPLE COMPANIES AND PERFORMANCES
Petrovitch Crime and Punishment, the Opera Jon Rainbow Company
Malchoir Amahal and the Night Visitors MULTIPLE COMPANIES AND PERFORMANCES
Peter Hansel Und Gretel MULTIPLE COMPANIES AND PERFORMANCES
Figaro Le Nozze di Figaro Crimson Opera
Chillingworth The Scarlet Letter, the Opera Jon Rainbow Company
KoKo The Mikado Crimson Opera
Lion Pyramus and Thisbe WSU OPERA
Complete and extensive listings upon request
Management
P.O. Box 9741
Fresno, California 93794
(559) 225-6737
(559) CAL-OPERA
August 5, 2010 - Fresno Bee, Donald Munro:
Notes for the final weekend of the California Opera Association's annual festival ... mounting a full-scale opera with all the attendant hoopla -- principal singers, chorus, costumes, sets, conductor -- is quite a challenge. Try two in one weekend. ... Garabedian has programmed two major works for the last weekend of the festival: "La Traviata" tonight; and "Madama Butterfly" on Sunday, both at the Mercedes Edwards Theatre in Clovis. Nearly all the institute's singers are in both fully staged productions.This is the first year the festival has two big titles performing in one weekend. Why wait till this year? Simple. Because she thinks her singers can, Garabedian says. ... One of the Valley voices audiences will hear at this weekend's "Traviata" and "Butterfly" is Limuel Forgey, 38, of Visalia. It's his first year at the institute, but his rich Verdi baritone -- he can sing quite high -- is well known, especially in the South Valley, where he sang in Jon Rainbow's original works "The Scarlet Letter" and "Crime and Punishment." Forgey leads the music ministry at Christ Lutheran Church in Visalia.
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He's tackling the role of Germont in "Traviata" and Sharpless in "Butterfly." This is turning out to be a pivotal year for Forgey. He's been working with Garabedian, who raves about his voice. Opera is a family affair for him: He's been making the trek up to Fresno for 12-hour rehearsal days with his wife, Chavaleh, and three children, ages 6-12. His wife sings in the chorus. "We're all in this together," he says.
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Review of the Scarlet Letter, the Opera
"Lim Forgey made a menacingly good Roger Chillingworth, who returns seemingly from the dead to torment Hester. Forgey's big voice filled the theater with an edge and vigor that never seemed dour -- important when conveying Hawthorne's often grouchy story. The hapless Arthur Dimmesdale couldn't match Forgey's vocal prowess -- "
--Donald Munro The Fresno Bee
The Scarlet Letter, The
'Madama Butterfly' lights up Marin stage
Marinscope Newspapers
By Cari Lynn Pace, Wednesday, April 14, 2010
The American Consul role was expertly sung by baritone Limuel Forgey. ..as the curtain fell, the audience was on its feet with applause.
From Lifestyle Magazine August 2008
-Carol Greening columnist
At the Symphony Pops, you will hear Visalian Limuel Forgey's rich baritone as he interprets "Some Enchanted Evening" and "This Nearly was Mine."
Soloist Forgey's artistic training begain in Washington State where he earned state and national championships and coveted scholarships and is a nationally recognized, award-winning baritone.
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BIG ROLE: Visalia singer Lim Forgey, who made an impression on me in 2005 when I heard him sing the role of Roger Chillingworth in Jon Rainbow's original opera "The Scarlet Letter," will sing the part of Sharpless in the Golden Gate Opera production of "Madama Butterfly" April 10 and 11 at the Marin Showcase Theatre in San Rafael. Tickets are available at info_goldengateopera.org or at 415-339-9546
Forgey, who studies with Fresno's Edna Garabedian,
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August 5, 2010 - Fresno Bee, Donald Munro: Notes for the final weekend of the California Opera Association's annual festival ... mounting a full-scale opera with all the attendant hoopla -- principal singers, chorus, costumes, sets, conductor -- is quite a challenge. Try two in one weekend. Edna Garabedian, the indefatigable artistic director of Cal Opera, has always positioned the company's annual summer festival and institute as a training ground for advanced young singers. Many of them already have extensive vocal educations, but Garabedian is trying to prepare them for the next phase of a career: how to prepare for auditions, what to wear, how to choose roles.Part of being a marketable singer is the ability to sing one leading role on one night -- and turn around and sing another one just a couple of days later. That's why Garabedian has programmed two major works for the last weekend of the festival: "La Traviata" tonight; and "Madama Butterfly" on Sunday, both at the Mercedes Edwards Theatre in Clovis. Nearly all the institute's singers are in both fully staged productions.This is the first year the festival has two big titles performing in one weekend. Why wait till this year? Simple. Because she thinks her singers can, Garabedian says. "I felt they were capable of doing this," she says. "If they're going to be successful professionals, it's going to be something they have to do." One of the Valley voices audiences will hear at this weekend's "Traviata" and "Butterfly" is Limuel Forgey, 38, of Visalia. It's his first year at the institute, but his rich Verdi baritone -- he can sing quite high -- is well known, especially in the South Valley, where he sang in Jon Rainbow's original works "The Scarlet Letter" and "Crime and Punishment." Forgey leads the music ministry at Christ Lutheran Church in Visalia. He's tackling the role of Germont in "Traviata" and Sharpless in "Butterfly." This is turning out to be a pivotal year for Forgey. He's been working with Garabedian, who raves about his voice. Opera is a family affair for him: He's been making the trek up to Fresno for 12-hour rehearsal days with his wife, Chavaleh, and three children, ages 6-12. His wife sings in the chorus. "We're all in this together," he says.
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Video: Bass soloist, Mozart Requiem 2011--100 person choir and symphonic Orchestra. Raw, no editing or enhancements
Audio from Verdi's La Traviata -Live Performance July 2010 California Opera
Limuel Forgey playing Germont
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Audio Live Piano and Voice from Verdi's Don Carlo "O Carlo, Ascolta" Roderigo's Death Aria. Raw, no editing or enhancements
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