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Eric Ferring

About this Artist

Tenor Eric Ferring, a native of Dubuque, IA, graduated magna cum laude from Drake University with a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance and from Boston Conservatory at Berklee with a Master of Music in opera performance. He is a graduate of the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center and the Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist Program, a 2022 George London Award winner, and the Top Prize winner of the 2022 Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition. 

Ferring’s 2024/25 season includes his Los Angeles Philharmonic debut with conductor Emmanuelle Haïm, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Portland Orchestra, and Handel’s Messiah with the Evansville Philharmonic. 

The 2023/24 season featured Ferring’s house debut with Opéra de Lille as Don Ottavio in a new production of Don Giovanni, a role he also sang in concert for his return to Opéra de Rouen. He made his debuts with the Seattle Symphony in Handel’s Messiah, the Insula Orchestra in Paris in Mozart’s Requiem, and The English Concert, with which Ferring also made his role debut as Grimoaldo in Rodelinda on a multi-continent tour conducted by Harry Bicket.  

Previous engagements include his principal role debut at Lyric Opera of Chicago as Lurcanio in Ariodante, a role he also performed for his Opéra de Paris debut in a new Robert Carsen production. With the Metropolitan Opera, he sang Arturo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Tamino (The Magic Flute), and Pong (Turandot). He has sung Fenton in Falstaff with Santa Fe Opera, Tamino with Opéra national du Rhin and the Verbier Festival, and Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Opéra de Rouen. 

With Pittsburgh Opera, he appeared as The Protagonist in the world premiere of Douglas J. Cuomo's one-man opera Savage Winter in collaboration with American Opera Projects. In concert, he performed Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Spoleto Festival USA and Messiah with the Jacksonville Symphony. 

In 2022, Ferring released his solo debut album No Choice but Love, which showcased works by LGBTQIA+ composers, on Lexicon Classics. This was followed by 2023’s We Have Tomorrow, featuring pianist Madeline Slettedahl and French string quartet Quatuor Agate and recorded under the Delos label.