About Me

V. Savoy McIlwain, Bass-baritone

is a native Washingtonian, a graduate of the famed Duke Ellington School of the Arts, and the creator of "The Savoy Series Emerging Artist Project." Savoy holds a BM in Performance from the University of Northern Iowa and also holds a MM in Opera from the University of Maryland at College Park, where he graduated ...

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Equally comfortable in the concert hall and theater; his national credits include Marcello in Puccini’s La Boheme, Morales in Bizet’s Carmen, Leporello in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Chief Cameahwait and Sergeant Floyd in Mager’s Dream of the Pacific. International credits include Jake and Jim in Gershwin’s Porgy and ...
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Mr. McIlwain played the role of Spencer Coyle in Britten's Owen Wingrave, presented by the Maryland Opera Studio and the National Orchestral Institute and Festival. Recently debuting at Annapolis Opera as Officer Jones in Nailah Nombeko's Sunder.

As a 2022-23 Tulsa Opera Filstrup Resident Artist he debuted as ...

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