Cedric Cannon

Renowned for his versatility as a performer, American baritone Cedric Cannon is equally at home on the operatic, musical theater and concert stages. Cedric appeared at Carnegie Hall, the Israel Kibbutz Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, The Filarmonica De Montevideo (Uraguay), The Illinois Philharmonic, The Polish Radio Orchestra, Oakland, Savannah, Springfield, Eastern Connecticut, Saskatoon (Canada) and the Rekjavek (Iceland) Symphonies. He has also appeared as a guest soloist at the Pushkin Festival, Moscow. Cannon performs regularly with pianist Leon Bates in concert performances of Gershwin on Broadway and Gershwin by Request. Mr. Cannon’s combined talents have been seen on the musical theater stage throughout North America, Asia and Europe. He played the roles of Hamilton Lightfoot/Menuki in the off-Broadway Production of In Dahomey. Other theater credits include his role of Old Deuteronomy in Cats in Hamburg, Germany, Pish-Tush in the Mikado, Husky Miller in Carmen Jones, Billy Bounce in the New York premiere of Leroy Jenkins’ jazz opera Three Willies, Caid in Fangs with the New York Musical Theater Group, The Governor and Innkeeper in the National Tour of Man of LaMancha, and starred as the Pirate King in the Pirates of Penzance. Cannon made his Broadway debut as Sir Sagramore in the Music Fair Production of Camelot starring Robert Goulet. He has performed with the Oakland Opera Company’s productions of The Barber of Seville, Madame Butterfly and LaBoheme. Cedric performed with the San Francisco Pocket Opera where he debuted the title role of Eugene Onegin, Caspar in DerFreischutz and the role of Lord Cecil in Mary Stuart. Mr. Cannon has performed in productions of Porgy and Bess with the Houston Grand Opera. the Grand Rapids Opera, Edmonton Opera, Carolina Opera, New Orleans Opera, New York City Opera, Metropolitan Opera, the Frankfurt Opera. He has sung the role of Porgy throughout North America, Great Britain, Ireland, Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Cannon’s television and film credits include Raw Nerve, School of Rock, Jon Benjamin Has a Van, Bad Company, Law and Order, Cosby, Oz, All My Children, As the World Turns and Another World.