Erik Bryan is a versatile actor who has performed across the country upon the operatic and musical theatre stage. Last October, he appeared as Fabrizio Naccarelli in the opera house premiere of the Light in the Piazza with North Carolina’s Piedmont Opera Company. He also made his operatic debut as El Dancaïro in Carmen with Opera Theatre of the Rockies last year.

Erik was born in Colorado Springs, CO to magicians John and Michèle Bryan. His first steps on the stage were at the age of four when he joined his parents in their magic act. Throughout his youth, he developed a passion for the theatre and a love of music. After five years of violin studies, he turned his attention to singing. High school gave him the first chance to perform fully staged musicals and by the end of his freshman year, he found himself working at the local community theatre. At seventeen, Erik won the high school vocal competition held by Martile Rowland’s Opera Theatre of the Rockies and was cast in the chorus of the company’s production of La Fille du Régiment. That same year, he played Inspector Javert in the Colorado Springs Premiere of Les Misérables, a performance which earned him a Peak Area Performance and Artist Award nomination for best actor. As he continued to pursue a life in the professional theatre, he graduated high school half a year early to perform in his first equity house production of Jekyll & Hyde at the Arvada Center.

He then went to New York City to study at Marymount Manhattan College where he had the chance to perform the role of Cinderella’s Prince in Into the Woods at the Theresa Lang Theatre. After one year at Marymount, he returned to Denver to continue his studies privately. Since then his appearances have included productions with the Country Dinner Playhouse, Littleton Town Hall, Bryan Magic Productions, the Imagination Celebration, Opera Theatre of the Rockies, and Colorado College’s Vocal Arts Symposium. His association with Mitch Samu, the music director for the Country Dinner Playhouse, led him to the world of concert performance. This March, Erik tours New Orleans with a solo concert featuring musical theatre and operatic repertoire. In addition to his musical career, Mr. Bryan is the co-creator of the National Renaissance Festival act Charming & Dashing in which he plays the role of Sir Dashing.