{{Short description|American opera singer (born 1974)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Use American English|date=December 2022}} '''Patrick Carfizzi''' (born April 10, 1974) is an American operatic bass-baritone.
==Early life and education== Carfizzi is a native of Newburgh, New York, and began his studies with Sharon Christman at the Catholic University of America; further study followed with Doris and Richard Cross at Yale University<ref name="Grove">{{cite book|title=The Grove Dictionary of American Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UQiiDAEACAAJ|date=January 2013|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=978-0-19-531428-1}}</ref> before he spent three summers as an apprentice artist at Santa Fe Opera, where he debuted as Antonio in ''Le nozze di Figaro'' in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.santafeopera.org/whats-on/the-marriage-of-figaro/|title=The Marriage of Figaro | Santa Fe Opera|website=www.santafeopera.org|access-date=October 25, 2021}}</ref>
==Career== He bowed at the Metropolitan Opera as the Count Ceprano in ''Rigoletto'' in 1999,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/fullcit.w?xCID=332264&limit=5000&xBranch=ALL&xsdate=&xedate=&theterm=Carfizzi&x=0&xhomepath=http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/&xhome=http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/bibpro.htm|title=BiblioTech PRO V3.2b|website=archives.metoperafamily.org|access-date=October 25, 2021}}</ref> and has regularly returned to the house in such roles as Schaunard in ''La bohème''; the Mandarin in ''Turandot''; Masetto in ''Don Giovanni''; Paolo in ''Simon Boccanegra''; Brander in ''La damnation de Faust''; and Quince in Benjamin Britten's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/gisrch2k.r?Term=Carfizzi,+Patrick+%5BBass+Baritone%5D&limit=5000&vsrchtype=no&xBranch=ALL&xmtype=&Start=&End=&theterm=Carfizzi,+Patrick+%5BBass+Baritone%5D&srt=&x=0&xHome=http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/bibpro.htm&xHomePath=http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/|title=BiblioTech PRO V3.2a|website=archives.metoperafamily.org|access-date=October 25, 2021}}</ref> As of April 2023, he has appeared with the company more than 440 times.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2020/1/Features/Character_Study.html|title=Character Study|website=www.operanews.com|access-date=October 25, 2021}}</ref> In 2001 he bowed at San Francisco Opera, portraying the Marquis d'Obigny in ''La traviata''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.sfopera.com/qry3webcastlist.asp?psearch=Patrick%20Carfizzi&Submit=GO |title=San Francisco Opera Performance Archive |publisher=Archive.sfopera.com |date= |access-date=2021-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=La Traviata |url=http://archive.sfopera.com/reports/rptOpera-id190.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025160451/http://archive.sfopera.com/reports/rptOpera-id190.pdf |archive-date=October 25, 2021}}</ref>
At Seattle Opera he debuted in 2006 as Frank in ''Die Fledermaus''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://seattleopera50.com/?photo=200506-die-fledermaus-program|title=2005/06 Die Fledermaus Program – Explore the 2005/06 Die Fledermaus Program!|access-date=October 25, 2021}}</ref> At Lyric Opera of Chicago he first appeared in the 2015–16 season, playing Zeta in ''The Merry Widow''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lyricopera.org/about/company/artists-musicians/patrick-carfizzi/|title=Patrick Carfizzi | Lyric Opera of Chicago|website=www.lyricopera.org|access-date=October 25, 2021}}</ref>
Other organizations with which he has appeared include the Boston Symphony, the Canadian Opera Company, the Dallas Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Minnesota Opera, the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
His European debut came in 2011, when he sang Leporello at the Cologne Opera.
At one time, Carfizzi and his husband lived in Brussels.<ref name="auto"/>
==Philanthropy== Active as well as a philanthropist, in 2009 he founded Arts-LEAF, a nonprofit dedicated to providing mentoring in the arts.<ref name="Grove"/>
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