C O U N T E R T E N O R
– The Seattle Times
“ Countertenor Ryan Belongie showed an expressive range almost as wide as his vocal range in some remarkable solo work; the emotional honest of 'He was despised' was especially telling.”
ENGAGEMENTS
Remedios Varios
Chicago Opera Theater
The Tree, The Student
April 18, 2025
Tamerlano
Haymarket Opera Company
Title Role
September 19, 21, & 22, 2024
Partenope
San Francisco Opera
Armindo (cover)
June 15, 19, 23, 25, & 28, 2024
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Atlanta Opera
Oberon (cover)
February 2, 5, 8, & 10, 2024
Messiah
Classical Music Chicago
Alto Soloist
December 17, 2023
El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego
San Francisco Opera
Leonardo (cover)
June 13, 17, 22, 25, & 30, 2023
Bach Cantata 41
Bach Week Festival of Chicago
Alto Soloist
April 28, 2023
Messiah
Classical Music Chicago
Alto Soloist
December 18, 2022
Messiah
Apollo Chorus of Chicago
Alto Soloist
December 10 & 11, 2022
Salome
Tulsa Opera
Page / Emcee / Chanteuse
April 29 & May 1, 2022
St. John Passion
Apollo Chorus of Chicago
Alto Soloist
March 12 & 13, 2022
Semele
St. Petersburg Opera
Athamas
February 4, 6, & 8, 2022
Messiah
International Music Foundation of Chicago
Alto Soloist
December 18, 2021
Written on Skin
Opera de Montréal
First Angel / Boy (cover)
January 25, 28, 30, & February 2, 2020
Messiah
International Music Foundation of Chicago
Alto Soloist
December 16 & 17, 2019
Abraham in Flames
Niloufar Talebi Projects, San Francisco
Angel
May 9, 10, 11, & 12, 2019
L'incoronazione di Poppea
Boston Baroque
Ottone
April 26 & 28, 2019
Carmina Burana
Alabama Symphony
Countertenor Soloist
January 18 & 19, 2019
Messiah
International Music Foundation of Chicago
Alto Soloist
December 17 & 18, 2018
Hart Institute Concert
The Dallas Opera
November 10, 2018
Mozart Requiem
St. Cecilia Orchestra
Alto Soloist
November 2018
Messiah
International Music Foundation of Chicago
Alto Soloist
December 2017
La Circe
Ars Minerva
Pirro
September 2017
The Fairy Queen
Long Beach Opera
Lysander
January 2017
Messiah
International Music Foundation of Chicago
Alto Soloist
December 2016
The Fairy Queen
Chicago Opera Theater
Lysander
November 2016
Agrippina
West Edge Opera
Ottone
August 2016
St. John Passion
Leipzig Baroque Orchestra
Alto Soloist
February 2016
Messiah
International Music Foundation of Chicago
Alto Soloist
December 2015
Carmina Burana
Utah Symphony
Countertenor Soloist
October 2015
Quickening
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
Countertenor Soloist
June 2015
Angel Heart
Napa Valley Festival
Summer
July 2015
Carmina Burana
San Diego Symphony
Countertenor Soloist
May 2015
Dettinger Te Deum
Music of the Baroque
Alto Soloist
May 2015
Carmina Burana
Alabama Symphony
Countertenor Soloist
April 2015
St. John Passion
American Festival Chorus
Alto Soloist
April 2015
Semele
Canadian Opera Company
at Brooklyn Academy of Music
Athamas (cover)
February – March 2015
Messiah
Lexington Philharmonic
Alto Soloist
December 2014
Messiah
International Music Foundation of Chicago
Alto Soloist
December 2014
Partenope
San Francisco Opera
Armindo (cover)
October – November 2014
Carmina Burana
St. Louis Symphony
Countertenor Soloist
May 2014
Hercules
Canadian Opera Company
Lychas (cover)
April 2014
St. Matthew Passion
Grand Rapids Symphony
Alto Soloist
March 2014
Messiah
Kansas City Symphony
Alto Soloist
December 2013
The Sorrows of Frederick
Metropolitan Opera Workshop
Katte
May 2013
Mass in B minor
American Festival Chorus
Alto Soloist
March 2013
Mass in B minor
Bach Institute
Valparaiso University
Alto Soloist
March 2013
L'incoronazione di Poppea
Berkeley West Edge Opera
Ottone
January – February 2013
Messiah
Alabama Symphony
Alto Soloist
December 2012
St. Matthew Passion
Utah Festival Opera
Alto Soloist
July 2012
Semele
Canadian Opera Company
Athamas
April – May 2012
Rinaldo
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Mago Cristiano
February – March 2012
Messiah
Seattle Symphony
Alto Soloist
December 2011
Adler Fellows Gala Concert
San Francisco Opera
December 2011
Recital
Eden Performing Arts Concert Series
November 2011
Xerxes
San Francisco Opera
Arsamene (cover)
October – November 2011
Recital
Cal Performances
September 2011
Chichester Psalms & Bach Cantata 170
Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus
July 2011
Gesualdo Responsoria
Il Complesso Barocco
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
April 2011
Theodora
Opera Bergen, Norway
Didymus
April 2011
Hercules
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Lychas (cover)
March 2011
Wheel in the Middle of the Field
Alonzo King LINES Ballet
Lyon, France
Soloist
December 2010
Adler Fellows Gala Concert
San Francisco Opera
December 2010
Xerxes
Berkeley West Edge Opera
Arsamene
November 2010
Recital
Merola Signature Series
October 2010
Adler Fellows Concert
Townsend Opera Orchestra
October 2010
Dido and Aeneas & Ode to St. Cecilia
Music of the Baroque
Spirit / Alto Soloist
September 2010
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Wolf Trap Opera
Oberon
August 2010
Recital
Wolf Trap Opera
July 2010
Adler Fellows Concert
Merola Opera Program
Spring Gala
May 2010
Wheel in the Middle of the Field
Alonzo King LINES Ballet
Soloist
April 2010
La Calisto (excerpts)
Adler Fellows Gala
Endimione
April 2010
Adler Fellows Recital
Eureka Chamber Music Series
January 2010
Holiday Choral and Brass
Music of the Baroque
Alto Soloist
December 2009
Messiah
St. Clement Orchestra and Chorus
Alto Soloist
December 2009
Merola Grand Finale Concert
San Francisco Opera
August 2009
Orfeo ed Euridice Act III
Merola Opera Program
Orfeo
July 2009
Recital
LIVE from WFMT
April 2009
The Fairy Queen Act IV
Music of the Baroque
Secresie / Alto Soloist
March 2009
Holiday Choral and Brass
Music of the Baroque
Alto Soloist
December 2008
Bernstein Missa Brevis
Grant Park Music Festival
Alto Soloist
July 2007