Fred Frabotta has performed numerous character tenor roles along with noted opera stars:

• as Gastone (Robert Merrill was Germont)

• as Messenger (Elinor Ross was Aida)

• as Borsa (Maria Spacagna was Gilda)

• as Spoletta (Lorna Heywood was Tosca)

• as Remendado (Rosalind Elias was Carmen) 

Other character tenor roles include: Goro (Madam Butterfly), The Witch (Hansel and Gretel), Orlovsky (Die Fledermaus) and Kasper (Amahl and The Night Visitors).

He has also appeared on stage with Tatiana Troyanos, Beverly Sills, Jon Vickers, Victoria De Los Angeles, Donald Graham, John Alexander, Myra Merritt and Mary Costa.  Mr. Frabotta has sung with the following conductors:  Thomas Booth, Eve Queler, John Balme, Jose Serebrier, Sarah Caldwell and Stefan Lano. 

After a hiatus from singing, during which he served as the musical director of more than 150 professional musical theatre productions, he resumed his singing career in 2010 with notable performances as tenor soloist in Messiah and the Evangelist in Bach’s St Matthew Passion.