Derrek Stark

Tenor

Tenor Derrek Stark is quickly establishing a reputation as an elegant performer with nuanced and stylish singing. This season, Mr. Stark sang the Prince in Rusalka (Pacific Opera Project), Fredric in The Pirates of Penzance (Knoxville Opera), the title role of Candide and cover of Rodolfo in La bohème (Opera Tampa), Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor (Gulfshore Opera), and Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly (Amelia Island Opera). He also makes his Carnegie Hall debut with MidAmerica productions as the tenor soloist in Schubert's Mass in C and Vivaldi's Magnificat.

In 2025-2026, Mr. Stark will return to Eugene Opera as Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance, returns to Opera Tampa to sing the Narrator/Quint in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw, and will sing as the tenor soloist in Verdi’s Requiem with the Billings Symphony. During the 2023-2024 season, he made his company debut with Pacific Opera Project to sing Alfred in Die Fledermaus, and his house and role debut with Knoxville Opera as Fenton in Falstaff. He also returned to the Metropolitan Opera to cover Prunier in La rondine – a “Met Live in HD” production.

Stark is an alumnus of many prestigious training programs including; the Benenson Young Artist Program at Palm Beach Opera, Bel Canto at Caramoor, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and the Santa Fe Opera. He holds a B.M. from Mansfield University, PA, and an M.M. from The Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University.