Constantine Novotny is currently in his final year of graduate studies in the Master of Sacred Music program at the University of Notre Dame. He was previously the 2013-2015 Samuel Ramey Opera Fellowship recipient during his graduate studies at Wichita State University, and also holds a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from Oakland University in Rochester, MI. Constantine has performed with a variety of ensembles including Audivi, Sounding Light, the Michigan Opera Theatre Chorus, the Bach Cantata Academy Ensemble, the Carnegie Hall Chamber Chorale alongside the Tallis Scholars, and the American Bach Soloists Academy. Operatic highlights include the title role in Don Giovanni and Sid in Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring with Opera MODO, Dottore Grenvil in La Traviata with Arbor Opera Theater, Gueusselin in Michigan Opera Theatre’s production of Kevin Put’s Silent Night, and Aeneas in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with Opera Notre Dame. He has been frequently heard as a chorister and soloist in Notre Dame’s Concordia ensemble.