“Andrew Ranson’s keening tenor…has a kind of stately, noble tone to it” according to the Tulsa World (June, 2005). Originally from Gunnison, Colorado, Andrew has been seen in regional and touring productions as Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte, Alessandro in Il Re Pastore, Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Nanki-Poo in The Mikado, Count Almaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola, Tebaldo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, and Nelson Deadly in Too Many Sopranos. He has appeared with Opera Aperta, Boston Bel Canto Opera, Opera Colorado, the Pine Mountain Music Festival, and San Diego Opera. Mr. Ranson has appeared as a principal artist with the Amato Opera, Bronx Opera, Light Opera Oklahoma (LOOK), Opera Colorado Education Tour, Dicapo Opera Theater Young Artists, New York Chamber Opera, San Diego Opera Education Tour, Teatro Corleone and Troupers Light Opera.

As an oratorio soloist and concert artist, he has sung J.S. Bach’s Magnificat as well as a number of Bach’s cantatas, Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy and Mass in C, Händel’s Messiah and Sing Unto God, Haydn’s Missa Cellensis and Lord Nelson Mass, Dubois’ The Seven Last Words of Christ, Montiverdi’s Vespers (1610), and Mozart’s Requiem, as well as the title role of Benjamin Britten’s Saint Nicolas. In Oklahoma City, he has appeared as a soloist with the Canterbury Choral Society and Bright Music Chamber Ensemble and appears regularly with Tactus.