American tenor Vale Rideout has garnered critical acclaim for his musical artistry and superb stagecraft throughout the United States and Europe. Possessed of both a beautiful instrument and an ability to consistently deliver passionate, energetic performances, he is equally in demand for leading tenor roles from the standard repertory to contemporary premiere works.

Vale Rideout's engagements in 2008-09 currently include his debut with the New York Philharmonic in Britten's War Requiem, which continues his ongoing collaboration with Loren Maazel; the role of Nadir in Les Pêcheurs des perles with Opera Columbus; singing as soloist in Carmina Burana with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; appearing as Sam in Susannah with Mobile Opera; as Gernando in Haydn's L'isola disabitata with Gotham Chamber Opera; and as soloist in Messiah with the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra and the Highland Park United Methodist Church's TowerArts Series. Engagements in the 2007-08 season include Ferrando in Così fan tutte with Boston Baroque; Frank in the world premiere of Elmer Gantry with Nashville Opera; Atis in Keiser's The Fortunes of King Croesus with Minnesota Opera; Tamino in Die Zauberflöte with Tulsa Opera; the Male Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia and Sam in Susannah, in re-engagements with Central City Opera; as soloist in Britten's War Requiem with Maestro Maazel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic as well as with the Grand Rapids Symphony; and Messiah with the Pensacola Symphony.

Following performances as Quint in The Turn of the Screw at Lorin Maazel's estate in Virginia, Mr. Rideout returned the following summer to appear as Male Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia conducted by Maestro Maazel. He was soon after invited to perform Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with Maestro Maazel's Symphonica Toscanini in Rome and Brussels.

Vale Rideout's additional performance highlights include his debut at the San Francisco Opera performing Alfred in Die Fledermaus; Le Prince Charmant in Cendrillon with Central City Opera; Roméo in Roméo et Juliette with the Tampa Performing Arts Center; George Gibbs in the professional premiere of Ned Rorem's Our Town with Lake George Opera; and Martin in Aaron Copland's The Tender Land at the Bard SummerScape Festival. He made his Los Angeles Opera debut in its production of Parsifal, and has performed the role of Ralph Rackstraw in HMS Pinafore with Anchorage Opera; Jacquino in Fidelio with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra; Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail with the Ann Arbor Symphony; Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi with the OK Mozart International Festival; the world premiere of Mel Marvin's Guest from the Future at the Bard Music Festival; Bogdanowitsch in The Merry Widow with Chautauqua Opera; and Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia with the Merola Opera Program.

His extensive list of concert engagements most recently include appearing as soloist in Messiah with the Seattle Symphony, Carmina Burana with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Mozart's Mass in C Minor with the Huntsville Symphony, and in an evening of opera arias and ensembles with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. He made his Carnegie Hall debut singing Bach's Magnificat and later returned to sing Mozart's Requiem. He has sung Handel's Messiah with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra in an immediate re-engagement following his first performances with the symphony in Haydn's The Creation. Other concert highlights include his American Symphony Orchestra debut in a program of Hindemith one-act operas, Haydn's The Creation with the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, and his return to the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra as soloist in the Mozart Requiem. Mr. Rideout has been a featured soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke's, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus, Naples Philharmonic (FL), BBC Singers, and symphonies in California, Colorado, and New York. Also in New York, he has also performed with the ENCORES! Series at City Center.

His extensive experience in musical theater includes Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera (Hamburg, Germany), Tony in West Side Story with Opera Grand Rapids, Tony in Terrence McNally's Master Class, Maltby and Shire's musical revue, Closer Than Ever, and the national tour of Cabaret directed by Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall.

An avid recitalist, Vale Rideout has appeared most recently in a recital benefiting the Loveland Opera Theater in Colorado where he performed Schubert's Winterreise. He has also appeared at the Middle Collegiate Church and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in New York City. Mr. Rideout was awarded first prize in Savannah Music Festival's 2006 American Traditions Competition. He was a 2003 regional finalist in the Metropolitan National Council Auditions and a finalist in the Denver Lyric Opera competition. The Colorado native can be heard on the Newport Classics recording of The Ballad of Baby Doe, the world premiere recording of Kurt Weill's The Eternal Road, the Naxos recording of Gimpel the Fool by David Schiff, and upcoming recordings with the Milken Archive of Jewish Music.