Michael Marcotte hails from Grand Forks, North Dakota and is honored to make his El Paso Opera debut as Tony in West Side Story!  He made his debut at New York City Opera this past spring with Séance on a Wet Afternoon, the first opera penned by Stephen Schwartz.  Upcoming: DOG DAYS (Composer: David T. Little; Librettist: Royce Vavrek-dir. Robert Woodruff). Other NYC credits include City Center Encores!: Bells Are Ringing (dir. Kathleen Marshall); Anyone Can Whistle (‘John’-dir. Casey Nicholaw); Music in the Air (‘Town Crier/Hans the Goat Boy’-dir. Gary Griffin); Regional credits: Séance… World Premiere for Opera Santa Barbara (‘Irish Tenor/Mr. Bennett’-dir. Scott Schwartz); Snapshots-Lyric Theatre of OK (‘Daniel’-dir. Richard Maltby, Jr.); A Little Night Music (‘Henrik’); A Christmas Carol-The Guthrie.  Thanks to David, Karl, & Sean for trusting me with this material sight unseen and for the amazing crew at Bret Adams Agency for making this happen so quickly!  Dan, this one’s for you.  www.michaelmarcotteonline.com