JOE STROPPEL, lyric tenor, was born and raised in Glen Cove, NY. His father, Frederick Stroppel, is a playwright, screenwriter and opera enthusiast, and his mother, Liz, is an early childhood music educator. His late grandmother, Betty Kash, was a cabaret singer & theatre director in New York City.

 

Joe was making loud noises fresh out of the womb, so it was only natural for him to start voice lessons with a local teacher at the age of twelve. His first major theatrical experience was a regional teen production of Les Misérables - in which he played the lead role of Jean Valjean - and he's been performing ever since.

 

Joe currently studies music at Hunter College in New York City. He spent over three years of his undergrad as an assistant to accomplished conductor Michael Sheetz. Joe is a two-time Emile Anders award winner for vocal excellence in Dr. Sheetz's collegiate ensembles, and he was a 2024 winner of the Hunter Symphony Orchestra's Aria Competition. He is also a choral scholar at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Sea Cliff, Long Island. Joe is a voice student of classically-trained singer, Broadway performer & Tony® nominee Ron Raines.

 

Joe's solo work in oratorio includes performances of Bach’s Magnificat and his Actus Tragicus, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Requiem, Vivaldi’s Magnificat and Brahms’ Neue Liebeslieder. He has also sung the tragic title role in Carissimi’s Jephte. Joe has worked on contemporary operas with companies such as American Opera Projects (AOP) and Hunter Opera Theater (HOT). In 2024, he performed in Mexico as Remendado in Bizet's Carmen. Over the summer of 2025, Joe will sing the title role of Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld at Queens College, and he'll study the role of Tobias in Opera Maine's production of Sweeney Todd.

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Joe has never abandoned his love for musical theatre. His solo act, available for booking around the Long Island / NYC region, explores that area of interest with an emphasis on Golden Age Broadway and early to mid-20th century popular music.

 

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