Jo Vincent Parks II - Baritone

About Me

OK my second attempt at a page (DONT ASK LOL)Jo Vincent Parks hails from Washington D.C., and moved to the bay area in 1987 to obtain his Masters degree at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He has performed in Houses all around the Bay Area. Some of his appearances have included leading roles in Bay Shore Lyric Opera Companys productions of La BohÃ©me, Le Nozze di Figaro, and La Traviata; the nasty villains in Berkeley Opera's Tales of Hoffmann and Iago from Otello; San Francisco Lyric Opera's productions of I Pagliacci and Tosca where he became, respectively, the hunchback Tonio and the coolly murderous Scarpia. You may have also seen him in SF City College's Summer Opera productions of Frida where he played Diego Rivera, or as Stephan Kumalo in Kurt Weill's Lost in the Stars, or, in the title role of Sweeny Todd. Other Leading roles have included Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls, Figaro in The Barber of Seville, Valentine in Livermore Valley Operas production of Faust by Gounod and the title role in Berkeley Operas Eugene Onegin. And more recently you may have found Jo onstage as Gloster Hemmings in San Francisco Opera's production of The Mother Of Us All. or as Alberich and Fasolt for Berkeley Operas Legend of the Ring. Feeling at home with Berkeley Opera as of late, Jo most recently brought to life the roles of Macbeth and Falstaff I would like to dedicate this page to my friend and teacher, Maestro Salvatore DAura who passed at the age of 100 in April 2004.

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Member Since: 6/19/2006
Band Website: oaklandopera.org
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Influences: Salvarore D'Aura, Ettore Bastianini, Leonard Warren, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo
Sounds Like: Shoot - You tell me!
Record Label:
Type of Label: None

My Blog

25 Years of Jo Vincent

..> Hi Guys I have mixed together a medley of the history of my singing since High School. Come see how a voice progresses and matures over the years. It's about 13minutes long. Well what do you ...
Posted by Jo Vincent Parks II - Baritone on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:37:00 PST

REPOST OF: Anger Management at its best

OK I came across thsi today in a bulletin post and HAD to put it here - issa too fonnny!!! Anger Management 101 When you occasionally have a really bad day, and you just need to takeit out on someone,...
Posted by Jo Vincent Parks II - Baritone on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 05:02:00 PST

Opera - So...how much do YOU know about opera?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vNReqUGtsc...
Posted by Jo Vincent Parks II - Baritone on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:30:00 PST

Another day where I learned something new!

After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul, and you learn that love doesn't mean leaning and company doesn't mean security, and you begin to learn ...
Posted by Jo Vincent Parks II - Baritone on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 02:29:00 PST

Video Alert

So i just learned how to upload videos to myspace. Hey! one step at a time. NOt as easy as u might think. What with all the re-rendering to fit those fickle internet size restriction...
Posted by Jo Vincent Parks II - Baritone on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:44:00 PST

A short poem

A friend made this up right in front of me today... the wings of the lark touch the sky and know peace ...the wings of the lark are joyful and full of grace ....like a child the first time looking u...
Posted by Jo Vincent Parks II - Baritone on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:34:00 PST

Al Jarreau Wants to know what could be better?

Al's Myspace Page "Better than anything"Better than sailing at midnightBetter than diving for pearlsBetter than skiing at AspenBetter than feeding the squirrelsBetter than finding a horseshoeBe...
Posted by Jo Vincent Parks II - Baritone on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 07:27:00 PST

Why, Anna? - Why Anna?

I just read a blog asking about the media over-hype about Anna Nicole's death. N.U.T.'s blog I had to respond. I thought i might share it here as well My opinion - 3 things 1 -...
Posted by Jo Vincent Parks II - Baritone on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 02:02:00 PST

Worst Opening Line Contest

Here's the link Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest to the most recent winners of the "Dark and Stormy Night" contest, wherein people submit their attempts to write the worst possible open...
Posted by Jo Vincent Parks II - Baritone on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 03:41:00 PST

My Life's History in Food - NOW WITH PICS mmmmmm

As the Marilvingian said in The Matrix 2: OK, let's see where this will go. So what were my food favs and hatreds were thru today? 8-12yrs old Cereal: who knows how far back this goes but it was...
Posted by Jo Vincent Parks II - Baritone on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 11:47:00 PST