Jewish-American tenor Elias Berezin is quickly establishing himself across California as a versatile and dynamic artist in both operatic and concert literature. Recent season highlights feature a role debut as Macduff in Macbeth with Guild Opera Company, a company debut with LA Opera Connects bringing opera to Southern California youth, and a California recital tour entitled Growing Up, showcasing Vaughan Williams’ Songs of Travel alongside works by Liszt, Rachmaninoff, and Strauss. He returned several times to Music at Westwood to sing tenor solos in Handel’s Messiah, Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël, and the Andrew Lloyd Webber Requiem, and also appeared as tenor soloist with the Antelope Valley Master Chorale singing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.

On the operatic stage, credits include Danilo in The Merry Widow (Mission Opera), Luigi in Il Tabarro and Ferrando in Così fan tutte (Guild Opera), Tamino in Die Zauberflöte (Landmark Opera), and both Eisenstein and Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus (Pacific Lyric Association). A proponent of new music, he has originated leading roles in several world premieres, including The Inventor in Ian Dicke’s ROMAN with Synchromy and Autumn in Joseph-Nathaniel Cuenca’s SCHISM at UCR Arts.

In concert, Berezin has sung Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem, and Haydn’s The Creation with the Palisades Symphony; Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem with Music at Westwood; and Bach’s Cantata 61 “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland” and Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass with Soli Deo Gloria. He has also been featured in recitals and concerts of arias and art songs by the Verdi Chorus, Opera Italia, and Arrowhead Arts Association.

A recipient of grant support from the Opera Buffs and a finalist in the Redlands Bowl Young Artist Competition, Mr. Berezin has developed his craft at the American Wagner Festival, Boston Wagner Institute, Source Song Festival, Songfest, and the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival. He holds a Master of Music from the University of Redlands and a Bachelor of Music from UC Irvine. Based in Los Angeles, he maintains an active private voice studio in Hollywood.