Daniel Neer is an accomplished actor, singer and writer enjoying a diverse career in the performing arts. With a body of work ranging legitimate theater, chamber and concert music, musical comedy, opera and multimedia projects, his focus has additionally turned to the development of new works, as he enthusiastically seeks performance opportunities and spirited collaborations with fellow artists.



June 19 and 21
Mercury Falling, music by Chandler Carter, libretto by Daniel Neer
Workshop Premiere at Long Leaf Opera Festival
Stewart Theatre | Raleigh, NC
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September 7 (Labor Day 2009)
James A. Dick Mighty Musical Monday Concert Series
The Historic Tennessee Theatre | Knoxville, Tennessee
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November 22
Beethoven Mass in C Major, Opus 86
Westchester Oratorio Society
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May 18 and 25
The Elephant and The Head Of Mary, Voices from Hiroshima
Crossing Jamaica Avenue Theater Company
Ohio Theater
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March 1
Mozart Krönungsmesse “Coronation” Mass, KV 317
Manhattan Concert Productions
Carnegie Hall
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February 27 and March 1
Strange Fruit, Opera in two acts
by composer Chandler Carter and librettist Joan Ross Sorkin
The Harlem School of the Arts / New York City Opera
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February 26
Staged Readings – Scenes from Works in Progress
New York Women in Film & Television
The Sage Theatre | NYC
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January 29
A Night At Piedigrotta, A Concert of Neopolitan and Opera Hits
Vertical Player Repertory, hosted by artistic director Judith Barnes
Theatre 219 | Brooklyn, NY
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January 23
The Burns Society of New York City
138th Burns Supper Celebrating Scotland’s National Poet
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January 11 and 12
Dido and Aeneas, Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects
Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) Showcase
Joyce SoHo Theatre | NYC
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on broadway: Baz Luhrmann’s critically acclaimed production of Puccini’s 'La Bohème', conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulos, at The Broadway Theatre | The National Theatre’s production of 'Coram Boy', by Helen Edmundson (after the book by Jamila Gavin), directed by Melly Still at The Imperial Theatre

legitimate stage: 'The Elephant' by Minor Betsuyaku, directed by Sonoko Kawahara, New York Theater Workshop | Robert Fagle’s translation of Homer’s 'The Iliad and The Odyssey' for Santa Fe’s Lensic Theatre, directed by Kathryn Walker | Diedre Murray and Sonoko Kawara’s reading of 'The Rose Project', Music Theatre Group at The Flea Theatre | 'Fangs' by Diedre Murray and Cornelius Eddy at The Apollo Theatre Salon Series | 'Untitled 10-minute Christmas Play' by Marina Barry, 'Kid Stuff' and 'Swinging Blindly' both by Ted Gorodetzky, for ToteM Gambol | 'Marvels' by Conrad & Elizabeth Bishop, 72nd Street Theatre Workshop

musical theater/operetta/opera: Benvenuto Cellini in Kurt Weill’s 'The Firebrand of Florence' | Aeneas in 'Dido and Aeneas' | Tevye in 'Fiddler on the Roof' | Carl Linden in Noel Coward’s 'Bitter Sweet' | Danilo in Lehar’s 'The Merry Widow' | Kander and Ebb’s 'The World Goes ‘Round' | Monteverdi’s 'Il Combatimento di Tancredi e Clorinda' (Director and Testo) for Metropolis Ensemble | Figaro in Rossini’s 'Il Barbiere di Siviglia' | Lutz in 'The Student Prince' | Marcello and Schaunard in Puccini’s 'La Bohème' | Eisenstein in 'Die Fledermaus' | Dancairo in 'Carmen' | King Hildabrand in 'Princess Ida' | Testaccio in 'A Night in Venice' | Silvio in 'Pagliacci' | Pimprinette in 'The Bayadere' | Bumerli in 'The Chocolate Soldier' | Prince Basil in 'The Count of Luxembourg' | Robert in 'The New Moon' | Sergeant Meryll in 'The Yeomen of the Guard' | Don Medigua in Sousa’s 'El Capitan' | Peppi in 'Song of Norway' | Sid in 'Albert Herring' | Page in 'Merry Wives of Windsor' | Paul Fontaine in 'The Desert Song' | Julian in 'La Verbena de la Paloma' | Bartley in 'Riders to the Sea' | Ludwig in 'The Grand Duke' | Thespis in 'Thespis' (Gilbert, Sullivan and Quade Winter) | Olson in 'Too Many Sopranos' by Edwin Penhorwood

concert hall: Mozart 'Coronation Mass' at Carnegie Hall with New York Chamber Ensemble | Haydn 'Lord Nelson Mass' at Carnegie Hall | Benjamin Britten’s 'Serenade for Tenor and Horn', Inaugural Concert of the Metropolis Ensemble | 'Mozart Requiem', Riverside Symphonia | Mozart 'Missa Brevis' and 'Regina Coeli', Alice Tully Hall | 'Song of the Whale' by John Cage, the “When Morty Met John…” Festival | Handel 'Messiah', Gotham City Baroque Orchestra | Bach 'Mass in B Minor', Gotham City Baroque Orchestra | Haydn 'Missa St. Bernardi von Offida', Rebel Baroque Orchestra | Mozart 'Great Mass in C Minor', Rebel Baroque Orchestra | Bach 'St. John Passion', Gotham City Baroque Orchestra | Handel 'Messiah' with Charlotte Symphony | 'Duruflé Requiem' with Windsor Symphony Orchestra | 'Historia di Job' by Carissimi at Aspen Music Festival | Hayden 'Heiligmesse' at Berkshire Choral Festival | 'Italienisches Liederbuch' by Hugo Wolf, Royal Academy of Music | 'Charm Me Asleep' by Daniel Pinkham at Aspen Music Festival | 'Psyche' by Manuel de Falla, Aspen Music Festival | Soloist with 'VOX Vocal Ensemble' conducted by George Steel at The Guggenheim

new music: 'Strange Fruit' at Harlem School for the Arts, in association with New York City Opera | Stephen Schwartz’s new opera 'Séance on a Wet Afternoon' at American Opera Projects | 'The Kallyope Yell' by Jonathan David, C4 | John Zorn’s 'Hermeticum Sacrum' at Miller Theatre | 'Senbazuru' by Pete Wyer in Juilliard’s Peter J. Sharp Theatre | 'Heebie Jeebies' by Laura Karpman in Alice Tully Hall | 'Songs of Bygone Days' by Stephen Danker, at Aspen Music Festival | Douglas Cuomo’s 'Arjuna’s Dilemma' for Vox on the Edge at The Skirball Center | The Kitchen’s workshop production of 'Shangri-La', with music by Susie Ibarra and libretto by Yusef Komunyakaa, conducted by Tania León | Joseph Diebes 'Strange Birds' first at Gale Gates et al. in DUMBO, then at The Tramway in Glasgow | 'The Walled-Up Wife' by Gilda Lyons for American Opera Projects | 'The Golden Gate' by Conrad Cummings at American Opera Projects | 'Reflections of the Watermoon' by Patricia Burgess, Merkin Concert Hall | 'Cymbeline' by Chris Berg, Greenwich House Music School | 'The Iliad/The Odyssey' by Diedre Murray, Santa Fe’s Lensic Theatre

jazz/cabaret: Frontman of the original 'Jazz Fauré Project', Triad Theater, and Detour jazz club NYC | Art Institute of Chicago Summer Garden Series in McKinlock Court | 'The Age of Elegance', SoHo Grand Hotel | 'Six Monologues of a Young Man' in Dublin, Ohio

tv/radio/discography: 2004 American Theatre Wing Tony Awards, Radio City Music Hall | 'Everything Old is New Again – The Name Game' WBAI-FM | 'The Chocolate Soldier', 'The Arcadians', 'The Bayadere', 'A Night in Venice' for Newport Classic Records | 'La Verbena de la Paloma' for Albany Records | Baz Luhrmann’s production of Puccini’s 'La Bohème' for Dreamworks Records

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