Owen Connolly

Owen Connolly is a tenor from Peachtree City, Georgia. In May of 2026 he earned his MM in Voice Performance and Literature at the Eastman School of Music, studying under tenor Anthony Dean Griffey. In his first semester at Eastman, Owen made his orchestral debut with the Eastman Philharmonic Orchestra as the Tenor Soloist in Mendelssohn’s “Hymn of Praise”. This Summer, Owen was at the Aspen Music Festival as a Studio Artist and sang the role of Snout in Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. With Eastman Opera Theatre, Owen has performed the roles of Alfred in “Die Fledermaus”, The Policeman in Christopher Cerrone's “In a Grove”, and has covered Pelleas in “Impressions de Pelléas”. In the Summer of 2025, Owen was an Emerging Artist for the Seagle Festival, where he performed in the children’s outreach opera, “Monkey and Francine in the City of Tigers” as the role of Monkey and covered the role of Frederic in “Pirates of Penzance”.