Episode 7 | Star Baritone Opera Singer Joshua Conyers

On Episode 7 of The Professional Winner Podcast we have my brother Joshua Conyers. Baritone Joshua Conyers has been hailed by Opera News with “a deliciously honeyed baritone that would seduce anyone” and The New York Times as having “a sonorous baritone” that “wheedled and seduced.”  Mr. Conyers, a native of Bronx, NY, is quickly being championed for his captivating performances as he continues to be recognized as one the promising young dramatic voices of today. Mr. Conyers was an Atlanta Opera Studio Player at The Atlanta Opera for the 2020-2021 season. Joshua performed the roles of Jackie "Tiger" Brown in Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera, Tonio in Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, and covered Kaiser Overall in Viktor Ullman’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis. Mr. Conyers was a member of the Cafritz Young Artists of Washington National Opera, a program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2018/19 and 2019/20 seasons. Joshua performed the roles of First Priest in The Magic Flute, John Sorel in The Consul, covered the Reverend in Jeanine Tesori’s Blue, Jim and Jake (cover) in Porgy and Bess, Giorgio Germont in La traviata, British Major in Silent Night, Donkey in The Lion, the Unicorn, and Me, and Zaretsky in Eugene Onegin. As a Filene Artist at Wolf Trap Opera, he performed Porgy in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess: A Concert of Songs, Ramiro in Maurice Ravel’s L’heure espagnole, Musiklehrer in Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos, Monterone in Rigoletto, Count Capulet in Roméo et Juliette, and the Baritone Soloist in Bernstein’s Songfest which was recorded by Naxos Records. Mr. Conyers fulfilled his residency as a Benenson Young Artist at Palm Beach Opera performing Yamadori in Madama Butterfly, Marullo in Rigoletto, Sciarrone in Tosca, Captain in Candide, and covering the Conte Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro. In the summer of 2021, Joshua was a Fleming Artist at the Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS performing the role of Sprecher in W. A. Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte alongside world-renowned soprano Renée Fleming, under the baton of maestro Patrick Summers. For the 2021-2022 season, Mr. Conyers will make his house and role debut as Policeman 3/Congregant 3 in Tesori’s Blue with Seattle Opera, Reginald in Anthony Davis’ X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X with Michigan Opera Theatre, co-commissioned with Opera Omaha, Schaunard in Puccini’s La bohème with Annapolis Opera, and house debut at Opera Memphis performing the role of Tonio in Pagliacci.Important Time-Stamps Below:Intro: 00:08Filming in NYC: 03:10Basketball to Opera: 10:42College Symphonies: 24:00Bachelor Party: 52:14Prodigy Baby?: 1:01:19What is a Professional Winner?: 01:09:50Subscribe on YouTube: https://youtube.com/user/SuperJanelle14Watch more exclusive footage from Jon Conyers Network:The Professional Winner Podcast - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkfQLAL88BPWLYZ3y53ymDqUfgnnjKIFITPW Clips - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkfQLAL88BPW7i9NtyxGpmOvyLSgyx6bTJCN Music Videos - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkfQLAL88BPVn4iP_y0jaxkwAJDtBpFJChttps://www.instagram.com/iamjonconyers/https://www.instagram.com/jonconyersnetwork/https://mobile.twitter.com/iamjonconyershttps://m.facebook.com/jonconyersnetwork/?ref=bookmarks#JonConyersNetworkSupport the show