The Music Conservatory

Michael Best, voice
The Music Conservatory Faculty

Michael Best, tenor, is a graduate of Duke University and received his M.S.degree from the Juilliard School in 1968.

A native of North Carolina, he made his New York City Opera debut in 1973 as Don Ottavio in Mozart's Don Giovanni. He later joined the Metropolitan Opera as a principal artist in 1978, where he sang for 22 seasons. Best has sung with many of the country's major orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra. He has sung in France, Italy, and Canada, with the Casal's Festival in Mexico City, and toured Japan with the Metropolitan Opera.

The Music Conservatory The Faculty

Michael Best, voice
Former Principal Artist, Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera

CCPA Faculty since 2002