Terry L Bucher constantly delights audiences with his vivid characterizations and fine bass voice. He recently stepped in for an ailing colleague and made his company and role debut with Millennium Chamber Players as Father Philippe in Holst's The Wandering Colleague. Dick Deadeye in H.M.S. Pinafore served as his role and company debut with Muddy River Opera Company in January 2006. L'Opera Piccola (Chicago) allowed him to add Antonio in The Marriage of Figaro, Fiorello/Sergeant in Barber of Seville and Benoit/Alcindoro in La Bohème to his expanding gallery of character roles. Mr. Bucher performed the role of Pa Dowling in the Mid-West premiere of the contemporary opera, Patience and Sarah at the Bailiwick Repertory Theatre in Chicago.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Bucher served as an apprentice artist at Santa Fe and Sarasota Operas and studio artist at Central City Opera. Since then, he has performed major roles at numerous companies in the Mid-West including L'Opera Piccola, Light Opera Works, Muddy River Opera Company, Millennium Chamber Players, DuPage Opera Theatre, Bowen Park Opera, Bailiwick Repertory Theatre, The Opera Factory, Intimate Opera Chicago, Grant Park Music Festival, Lincoln Opera, Opera VIVA!, Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Chicago, Pamiro Opera, Milwaukee Opera, Michiana Opera Guild, Light Opera of Michigan, Ohio Light Opera and Toledo Opera.
As a soloist, he has also performed with the Fleur de Lys Chorale, Itasca Chamber Orchestra, Moraine Valley Concerts, Lakeland Choral Society and St Joseph Pro Musica. Favorite opera roles performed include Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Bartolo (Le Nozze di Figaro), Melchoir (Amahl), Sparafucile (Rigoletto) and Benoit/Alcindoro in La Bohème.
Terry is an honor graduate of the prestigious Indiana University School of Music where he studied with heldentenor David Aiken and baritone Walter Cassel. He is currently a student of retired Metropolitan Opera soprano, Judith Haddon.
Terry L Bucher
La Carpe from Poulenc's Le Bestaire
Benoit's monologue from Puccini's La Boheme