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One of our favorite performers is back to celebrate WAA with you! Robert McPherson is an internationally acclaimed operatic tenor—praised by The New York Times—who has performed leading roles with the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, English National Opera, and Antwerp Opera. A career highlight includes singing the principal role of Andres on the Houston Symphony’s Grammy Award-winning recording of Wozzeck.

Closer to home, Robert has become one of the Northwest’s most recognizable musical personalities as The Drunken Tenor, the region’s only stand-up comedian opera singer. His original comedy-cabaret shows blend world-class vocals with razor-sharp wit, including three consecutive sold-out seasons of A Very Drunken Christmas Carol for Seattle Opera. He has also created original productions for Tacoma Opera, Vashon Center for the Arts, and Opera Unbound. His newest show, An Evening Wasted with The Drunken Tenor, has delighted audiences at Tacoma Porchfest, Solo Bar, Tacoma Arts Live, and the Seattle Cabaret Festival, where classical artistry and comedy collide to hilarious effect.