Praised for his “musically deployed light tenor voice” (Opera News),“strong comic singing” (Boston Globe), “clarion tone,” and “glowing intensity” (Boston Musical Intelligencer), tenor Gregory Zavracky is a dynamic presence on opera, concert, and recital stages.
Recent performances include La Belle Hélène with Odyssey Opera, Handel’s Messiah with the Rhode Island Philharmonic, Matt Aucoin’s Crossing with American Repertory Theater, Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville with Townsend Opera, Britten’s Les Illuminations with Aurea Ensemble, and Tamino in Boston Lyric Opera’s The Magic Flute. He has also performed The Tempest with the Henry Purcell Society of Boston, Monteverdi’s Vespers with Harvard Radcliffe Collegium, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass with Back Bay Chorale, and roles in Gianni Schicchi, Don Pasquale, and Così Fan Tutte.
Gregory is an assistant professor of music at Boston Conservatory and has taught at the University of Connecticut and Brown University. He has published extensively in the Journal of Singing on topics including Libby Larsen, Tom Cipullo, Harry T. Burleigh, and Margaret Bonds. His article on Bonds’ Four Songs appears in the January/February 2025 issue.
Gregory earned his Doctorate of Musical Arts from Boston University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in music from Emory University and two Master of Music degrees in voice performance and opera studies from New England Conservatory, where he studied with Edward Zambara.
As a composer, Gregory has received commissions and awards for his music, available on his Soundcloud page: soundcloud.com/greg-zavracky/sets. An album of his art songs will be released by Navona Records this year.