Stephen Rumph has appeared with the Seattle Symphony in Bach's Cantata 171, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, and Uematsu's Distant Worlds. He last sang with Skagit Opera as Rodolfo in La Bohéme. He has established himself as a leading tenor in opera, oratorio, and concert. The Tacoma News Tribune called his singing “soaringly beautiful, unspeakably tender as Puccini should be.” The San Francisco Classical Voice wrote that his “incisive, well-controlled tenor was joined to lovely legato phrasing,” and the San Francisco Chronicle reported that he “launched into the vocal stratosphere fearlessly, with excellent results. Recent operatic credits include Don José (Carmen) and Tamino (The Magic Flute) with Skagit Opera, Rodolfo (La Bohème) and Orpheus (Orpheus in the Underworld) with Tacoma Opera, Consulo and Familiare (L’incoronazione di Poppea) with the Early Music Guild, Alfred (Die Fledermaus) and David (Die Meistersinger) with Berkeley Opera, and Aeneas (Dido and Aeneas) with Whitman College. Upcoming engagements include Mozart's Requiem with Northwest Sinfonietta and The Legend of the Ring with Berkeley Opera

A Bay Area native, Mr. Rumph has performed with regional companies through the San Francisco area in such roles as Rodolfo, Tamino, Alfred, Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Duca (Rigoletto), Lenski (Eugene Onegin), Ramiro (La Cenerentola), and Lindoro (L'italiana in Algeri). He has created leading roles in several new operas, and will present a faculty recital this year at the University of Washington. Mr. Rumph studied with Richard Miller at the Oberlin Conservatory and currently works with Fred Carama.