JOE STROPPEL, lyric tenor, was born and raised in Glen Cove, NY. His father, Frederick Stroppel, is a playwright, screenwriter and opera enthusiast, and his mother, Liz, is an early childhood music educator. His late grandmother, Betty Kash, was a cabaret singer & theatre director in New York City.

 

Joe was making loud noises fresh out of the womb, so it was only natural for him to start voice lessons at the age of twelve. His first major theatrical experience was a regional teen production of Les Misérables - in which he played the lead role of Jean Valjean - and he's been performing ever since.

 

Joe currently studies music at Hunter College in New York City. He spent over three years of his undergrad as an assistant to accomplished conductor Michael Sheetz. Joe is a two-time Emile Anders award winner for vocal excellence in Dr. Sheetz's collegiate ensembles, and he was a 2024 winner of the Hunter Symphony Orchestra's Aria Competition. He is also a choral scholar at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Sea Cliff, Long Island. Joe is a voice student of classically-trained baritone & Tony® nominee Ron Raines.

 

Joe's solo work in oratorio includes performances of Bach’s Magnificat and Actus Tragicus, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Requiem, Vivaldi’s Magnificat and Brahms’ Neue Liebeslieder. He has also sung the tragic title role in Carissimi’s Jephte.  Joe performed with the American Opera Project (AOP) of NYC in the world premiere of Precipice (April 2023) and portrayed the villainous Brahmasura in Mohini - another world premiere - during the Hunter College Pocket Opera festival in May 2024. Joe traveled to Morelia, Mexico over the summer of 2024, where he sang Remendado in Bizet’s Carmen. This summer, Joe will sing the title role of Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld at Queens College, and he'll study the role of Tobias in Opera Maine's production of Sweeney Todd.

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Joe's solo act, available for booking around the Long Island / greater NYC region, explores his interest in musical theatre with an emphasis on Golden Age Broadway and early to mid-20th century popular music.

 

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