Ryan Goessl - Baritone

Baritone Ryan Goessl, a native of Medford, Wisconsin, has a Master's of Music Degree in Vocal Arts from the University of Southern California, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Vocal Performance and Education  from Luther College.  Hailed for his "big baritone voice" (Hendersonville Times) and his "maturity of skills and commitment to the stage," (Classical Voice of North Carolina), he performs frequently in opera, oratorio, and classical works, throughout  the greater Los Angeles area, the Midwest,  the East Coast, and Korea.  He has also been on tours throughout Estonia, Finland, Sweden, and Norway.  He has  won the Brentwood Symphony's "Artist of Tomorrow"; Competition, the Sigma Alpha Iota Pasadena Music Competition, the Long Beach Mozart Competition's "People's Choice" award, and honorable mention award winner of the California Women's Chorus and NATS-LA competition.

Known for his versatility, Mr. Goessl's credits range from opera, musical theatre, children's and classical recording, to television and cabaret. He made his Network Television debut on CBS with 20th Century Fox Productions on the hit television sitcom, How I Met Your Mother in 2005.

Mr. Goessl's favorite roles include the Anthony Hope in Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, Ali Hakim in  Oklahoma, Norton in Rossini's La Cambiale di Matrimonio, Pallante in Handel's "Agrippina", Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance, and Tom in Victor Herbert's Babes in Toyland.  He has been an apprentice at the Seagle Music Colony in upstate New York, in the Cedar Rapids Opera Company's Young Artist Program, and a member of the Brevard Music Center's "Janiec Opera Company." 

Known also for his interpretation of concert works, Mr. Goessl's greatest  passion, along with musical theatre, is in singing Oratorio and Concert music.   He has been heard as the baritone soloist in Handel's Messiah, Brahms' Liebeslieder Waltzer and Neue Liebeslieder Waltzer, Durufle's Requiem, Faure's Requiem, and Haydn's Paukenmesse, along with appearing as a featured soloist at the 2005 National American Choral Director's Association (ACDA) convention in Los Angeles.  He has sung the American Premiere of Thomas Christian David's Drei Goethe Lieder, and the West Coast Premiere of Alan Smith's Appreciations.  Along with performing, Mr. Goessl also has a private voice studio, where he teaches all styles of voice and singing, voice acting coaching, and voice therapy for damaged voices.  He also works as a freelance voice actor and recording artist.

"Ryan Goessl...with his big baritone voice, came through with a dramatic performance."

- Hendersonville Times

"(Mr. Goessl) has a great maturity of skills and commitment to the stage." -  Classical Voice of North Carolina

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