Arizona Opera Cast Members & Creatives

Praised for his “healthy and soaring tenor voice” (Herald Times) and “brilliant physical grace, timing, and precision” (Broadway World), Korean-American tenor Brad Bickhardt is becoming known for his versatility in both opera and musical theatre. This season, he will sing the role of Podesta in La finta giardiniera with Arizona Opera. He also will make a return to Opera Theatre of St. Louis to sing Glenn in the World Premiere of This House by Ricky Ian Gordon and Lynn Nottage, and cover Snout in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Dr. Blind in Die Fledermaus. During the 2025/26 Season he will perform the role of Alfredo in La traviata with Livermore Valley Opera, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi at Anchorage Opera, and cover Goro in Madama Butterfly at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

During the 2023/24 Season, he created the role of Felix in the World Premiere of Greg Kallor’s Frankenstein, and appeared as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni and as Tybalt in a new production of Roméo & Juliette directed by Patricia Racette with Arizona Opera, and in the summer, he made a company debut with Opera Theatre of St. Louis as A Priest in Philip Glass’ Galileo Galilei directed by James Robinson.

Recent roles with Arizona Opera include Tamino in The Magic Flute, and role debuts as the Tanzmeister & Scaramuccio in a new production of Ariadne auf Naxos and Jumper in The Falling and the Rising. Bickhardt also reprised his Nemorino in The Elixir of Love with Muddy River Opera and created the role of Colin in the World Premiere of We Wear the Sea Like a Coat and sang Basilio/Curzio in The Marriage of Figaro with Opera Ithaca.