Edward Hanlon is very excited to be singing for his first time with

Opera on Tap.  A 2009 Metropolitan Opera Competition Regional Diamond

Wendelboe Award Winner and runner-up in the Birmingham Musicale Voice

Competiton, Edward has recently been seen on the Michigan stage in the

U of M productions of Le Nozze di Figaro (Figaro), Albert Herring

(Inspectior Budd), Eugene Onegin (Prince Gremin), La Boheme (Colline)

and Postcard from Morocco (the Bass).  Edward spent the past summer

singing with the Chautauqua Opera as the cover in Tosca (the

Sacristant) and Pirates of Penzance (Sergeant of Police) as well as

performing recitals and revues throughout the summer. Other recent

highlights include Pooh-Bah in The

Mikado, Baron Zehta in The Merry Widow, and Leonides in Lysistrata at

Seagle Music Colony and Publio in La Clemenza di Tito at Toronto

Summer Opera Lyric Theatre.  In February Edward will be an Apprentice

Artist with Michigan Opera Theater and sing the role of Sciarrone in

Tosca.

Edward is most excited to have the opportunity to perform with his

beautiful wife, Tanya Roberts, for the first time since getting

married in September.