Gregory Zavracky

I believe that the development of a reliable singing technique is the vehicle for effective expression, artistry, and joy in singing. I encourage a free vocal production that reveals each voice’s unique vocal timbre and brings each part of the vocal mechanism into harmony.

Gregory Zavracky joined the Conservatory in 2024 as an assistant professor of voice. Praised for his “musically deployed light tenor voice,” (Opera News), “strong comic singing,” (Boston Globe) “clarion tone,” and “glowing intensity,” (Boston Musical Intelligencer), he is a frequent performer on opera, concert, and recital stages. He has sung Offenbach’s La Belle Hélène with Odyssey Opera, Handel’s Messiah with the Rhode Island Philharmonic, Matt Aucoin’s Crossing with the American Repertory Theater, The Barber of Seville with Opera Modesto and Boston Lyric Opera, Britten’s Les Illuminations with the Aurea Ensemble, Purcell’s Tempest with the Henry Purcell Society of Boston, Monteverdi’s Vespers with the Harvard Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass with Back Bay Chorale, Gianni Schicchi with Opera Saratoga, Don Pasquale with Opera in the Heights, Così fan tutte with Cape Cod Opera, and Once Upon a Mattress with Chautauqua Opera.

Before joining the voice faculty at Boston Conservatory, he taught at the University of Connecticut, Brown University, and Eastern Connecticut State University. During the summer, he is a member of the voice faculty at Boston University Tanglewood Institute. He has published articles in the Journal of Singing on Libby Larsen, Tom Cipullo, Harry T. Burleigh, John Musto, Rebecca Clarke, and Margaret Bonds. As a composer, he has received commissions and awards for his music, and an album of his art songs will be released by Navona Records in 2025.

Highlights

• Count Almaviva in Barber of Seville with Opera Modesto 
• Ajax the Greater in La Belle Hélène with Odyssey Opera
• Prince Dauntless in Once Upon a Mattress with Chautauqua Opera
• Ernesto in Don Pasquale with Opera in the Heights,
• Articles published in the Journal of Singing:
  • “A Guide to Libby Larsen’s My Ántonia,” March/April 2018
  • “A Guide to Tom Cipullo’s Captivating Song Cycle, Late Summer,” May/June 2020
  • “Beyond the Spirituals: Harry T. Burleigh’s Five Songs of Laurence Hope,”
  • May/June 2022
  • “John Musto’s Viva Sweet Love: An Exploration of Love in All its Forms,” March/April 2023
  • “Shy One: The Songs of Rebecca Clarke,” March/April 2024
  • “…Margaret Bonds’s Four Songs: A Rediscovered Classic,” Jan/Feb 2025