Baritone Ryan Goessl, holds degrees from the University of Southern California (Master of Music) and Luther College (Bachelor of Arts). Hailed for his "big baritone voice" (Hendersonville Times) and his "Maturity of skills and commitment to the stage" (Classical Voice of North Carolina), he performs frequently in opera, oratorio, and classical works throughout the greater Los Angeles area, the Midwest, and the East Coast, and has been heard on tours to Estonia, Finland, Sweden, and Norway. He recently won the Brentwood Symphony's "Artist of Tomorrow" Competition, the Sigma Alpha Iota-Pasadena Music Competition, and the Long Beach Mozart Competiton's "People's Choice" Award.Known for his versatility, Mr. Goessl's credits range from opera and musical theatre, to television and cabaret. Recently, he has appeared as a member of the Shagarats in the television sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and in concert with the Brentwood Symphony Orchestra.Recent roles include: Gran Sacerdote in Mozart's "Idomeneo", Anthony Hope in Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd", Le Surintendant des plaisirs in Massenet's "Cendrillon", Norton in Rossini's "La cambiale di matrimonio", the Keeper in Stravinsky's "The Rake's Progress", Pallante in Handel's "Agrippina", Antonio in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro", and Tom in Victor Herbert's "Babes in Toyland". He has been an apprentice artist in the Cedar Rapids Opera Company's Young Artist Program, and a member of the Brevard Music Center's "Janiec Opera Company".Known also for his interpretation of concert works, and appreciation for new and contemporary works, Goessl has been seen as the baritone soloist in Handel's Messiah, Brahms's Liebeslieder Waltzer and Neue Liebeslieder Waltzer, Duruflé's Requiem, and Haydn's Missa in Tempore Belli, along with appearing as a featured soloist at the 2005 National American Choral Director's Association (ACDA) convention in Los Angeles. In recital, he has just performed the American premiere of Drei Goethe Lieder by Thomas Christian David, and the West Coast premiere of Appreciations by Alan Smith. Show less «