A native of Saskatchewan, Canada, baritone Chad Armstrong enjoys a varied career as a solo operatic performer, a symphonic concert soloist, a private vocal instructor, and since 2016 as a member of the Metropolitan Opera chorus.  His most recent appearances were as Iago in Otello with Vashon Opera, and in the chorus of Turandot and Aida at the Met and Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 with the Met chorus and orchestra at Carnegie Hall under Maestro Nézét-Séguin.  Other performance highlights include Germont in La Traviata with New Rochelle Opera, Conte Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro with Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh and Opera Theatre St. Louis, the title role in Rigoletto with Opera Tampa, Annapolis Opera, and Long Island Opera, Escamillo in Carmen with Western Plains Opera and Sharpless in Madama Butterfly with New Rochelle Opera.  In the Spring of 2011, Chad made his debuts with the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and the Teatro Luciano Pavarotti in Modena singing the title role of Luigi Dallapiccola’s Il Prigioniero, and at the National Theaters in Szeged, Hungary, and Ostrava, Czech Republic as John Donne in Marco Tutino’s Vita.  Mr. Armstrong has made several Carnegie Hall appearances, most notably in 2008 as Baritone Soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. He currently runs Armstrong Vocal Studio with his wife, mezzo-soprano Sara Louise Petrocelli.  Their students have gained admission to excellent music programs on the East coast, such as Westminster Choir College, Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College of Performing Arts, Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts, and the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair University.