Terry Cook
Bass-Baritone Terry Cook has appeared with most of the major opera companies and symphony orchestras around the world, as well as appearing at The White House. He’s known especially for his portrayal of the title role in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. He took part in New York Harlem Productions’ Porgy and Bess in Germany, Norway, Spain and Italy, with the Houston Grand Opera at Opera Bastille and at La Scala, as well as at the Bregenzer Festspiele and in a new production at the Teatro Real in Madrid.
Mr. Cook has sung in over twenty productions at the Metropolitan Opera, including La Gioconda, La Fanciulla del West, II Trovatore, Un Ballo in Maschera (telecast on PBS' "Live from the Met") and Les Troyens. Other productions included La Traviata, Billy Budd, ldomeneo, Simone Boccanegra, Samson et Dalila, Aida, Tannhäuser, La Clemenza di Tito, Giulio Cesare, Salome, Porgy and Bess, Semiramide and Parsifal.