Oliver Worthington

Oliver Worthington, baritone, has received international and regional acclaim for performances as an opera singer, oratorio soloist and recitalist with organizations like Indianapolis Opera, Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, West Virginia Symphony, San Antonio Opera, San Antonio Symphony, Hill Country Lyric, Austin Opera, and Lone Star Lyric in roles ranging from The Duke of Plaza Toro to the Verdi Requiem. A champion of living composers, he frequently premieres new works and commissions works to include diverse representation and visibility in the art song repertoire. Dr. Worthington is the Vocal Area Coordinator and the Producing Director of Butler Opera Theatre at Butler University in Indianapolis. His music directing credits include musicals and operas from old favorites to world-premieres in venues throughout the United States. He maintains a full schedule as an educator and performer and serves as the President of The Fritz and Lavinia Jensen Foundation (www.jensenfoundation.org), a non-profit dedicated to supporting the arts through cash prizes to young opera singers. Dr. Worthington is a graduate of Converse College (BM cum laude), The New England Conservatory of Music (MM with Academic Honors and Distinction in Performance), and The University of Texas at Austin (DMA). He recently collaborated with his Butler colleague Dr. Dana Zenobi to create the award-winning recording Joys Abiding; Soprano and Baritone Duets by Historical Women Composers at Navona Records, a division of PARMA Recordings. Contemporaneously, they published an annotated anthology of the scores using the same title through Classical Vocal Reprints.