Tenor Riley Buck (he/him) comes originally from Gardner, Kansas. He is a recent graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory, where he studied under Dr. Raymond Feener. He now resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan, studying under tenor Stanford Olsen. During his time at the UMKC Conservatory, he was actively involved in UMKC Opera, both onstage and offstage. With UMKC he had the pleasure of portraying Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance and Monostatos in Die Zauberflöte. After graduating, he returned to UMKC to stage manage their autumn production of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Most recently, Riley made his debut with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City in the chorus of their production of Turandot, and in the micro-opera series Come as You Are. In December, he will be playing the titular role in a local Kansas City production of Candide. Having a deep love for the Kansas City area, he is delighted to be bringing opera and performing arts closer to the community.
