RANDALL’S BIOGRAPHY

Baritone Randall Scarlata Scarlata has been praised by the New York Times as "an intelligent and communicative singer" with a "compelling desire to bring texts to life." He has also been acclaimed for his "extraordinary vocal range and colour palette" and "ability to traverse so many different singing styles" (MusicWeb International). The Daily Telegraph (London) adds "Randall Scarlata sings with the assurance of one with nothing to prove."

Known for versatility, consummate musicianship, and winning way with the audience, baritone Randall Scarlata's repertoire spans five centuries and sixteen languages. A sought-after interpreter of new music, he has given world premieres of works by George Crumb, Paul Moravec, Richard Danielpour, Ned Rorem, Lori Laitman, Thea Musgrave, Benjamin CS Boyle, Robert Maggio, Melissa Dunphy, Hilda Paredes, Perry Goldstein, and Christopher Theofanidis, among others. He regularly performs the great song cycles with many of the world's prominent pianists, and has developed especially rewarding partnerships with Gilbert Kalish, Laura Ward and Cameron Stowe

Randall Scarlata has appeared on concert stages throughout Europe, North America, South America, Australia, and Asia. As a soloist, he has sung with orchestras such as the Philadelphia and Minnesota Orchestras, and with the Pittsburgh, San Francisco, American, Sydney, Ulster, Tonkünstler, BBC, New World, and National Symphonies, as well as early music groups such as Wiener Akademie, Grand Tour, Tempesta di Mare, and Musica Angelica. Many of the world's great music festivals have also sought him out as a performer, including the Ravinia, Marlboro, Edinburgh, Vienna, Music at Menlo, Gilmore, Kaposfest, Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Salzburg, Manchester Music Festival, and the Norfolk, Aspen, Rockport, and Spoleto (Italy) festivals. He is a regular guest with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Art Song Society, and has been involved with Philadelphia's Lyric Fest since its creation in 2003, appearing as a guest artist on every season.

Mr. Scarlata currently appears on 25 commercially released recordings and numerous live performances available online. His recording of Schubert's Winterreise with pianist Gilbert Kalish was honored with a Grammy nomination for Best Classical Vocal Solo. Mr. Kalish and Mr. Scarlata recorded Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin during the summer of 2025 for release this winter. Future recording projects include an album of French mélodie with pianist Laura Ward, and an album of late Schubert songs with pianist Cameron Stowe.

Randall Scarlata holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard School. In addition, he was a special student at Vienna's Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst (MDW) as a Fulbright scholar. In the formative stages of his career, he was a top prize winner in the Young Concert Artists' International Auditions, the Naumburg Competition, The Das Schubert Lied Competition (Vienna), The International Brahms Competition (Hamburg), Joy in Singing, and was awarded the Alice Tully Vocal Arts Debut Recital.

In addition to his performing career, Mr. Scarlata is a sought-after master teacher. In 2019, he joined the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University and the Tanglewood Music Center, where he was named an Endowed Berkshire Master Teacher Chair. He has previous teaching affiliations with West Chester University, SUNY Stony Brook, Bard Conservatory, and The Juilliard School. For many years, he was also Co-Artistic Director of AlpenKammerMusik, a chamber music festival in the Austrian Alps. Mr. Scarlata spent several years under the tutelage of the great French baritone, Gérard Souzay, and worked with great artists such as Elly Ameling, Norman Shetler, Walter Berry, Dalton Baldwin, Ernst Haefliger, Graham Johnson, Peter Schreier, Christoph Eschenbach, Blanche Moyse, and Benita Valente. Mr. Scarlata enjoys sharing his connection to this lineage of music making by giving masterclasses throughout the United States and abroad.