Death of Ivan Ilych
Music by John Young with Libretto by Alan Olejniczak
Adapted from The Death of Ivan Ilych, the 1886 Novella by Leo Tolstoy A Full Length Chamber Opera in One Act with a cast: 4 men, 1 women, 1 child 
One Sheet for Death of Ivan Illych
Preview Performance at the Orlando Fringe Festival with Opera Orlando's Studio Artists Program, May 2020
Listen to the music sample                                                                                                                                                            

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The Nightingale
Music by John Young with Libretto by Alan Olejniczak
Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale, The Nightingale
A Youth Opera for Families with a cast of 1 baritone, 1 soprano , 10 youth roles, and  children's chorus​
In development    








​Dreams Americanos
Music, by Chris Pratorius-Gómez
​with Libretto by Alan Olejniczak and Chris Pratorius-Gómez
A Full length Chamber Opera in Two Acts with a cast of 3 men and 3 women. Loosely Based on Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand (1897)                                                                                                                                     

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Opera Performances
Alan enjoys singing and has performed on-and-off since his time as an undergraduate student. Nearly all of Alan on-stage experience has been as a bass-baritone in opera choruses.

Urban Opera, San Francisco
The Witch of Endor, 2010

San Francisco Lyric Opera
Aïda, 2008
Roméo et Juliette, 2007

Atlanta Opera Company
Tosca, 2006
Fidelio, 2005
La Bohème, 2005
Carmen, 2004
Eugene Onegin, 2004
Aïda, 2003
Salome, 2003
Der Fliegende Holländer, 2002

Florentine Opera Company, Milwaukee
Turandot, 1988
Il Trovatore, 1987
Les contes d'Hoffmann, 1987
Tosca, 1986
Rigoletto, 1986
Les Pêcheurs de Perles, 1986

Milwaukee Opera Company
Maria Stuarta, 1986

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