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Daniel J. Lockwood is an American Opera, Operetta and Musical Theatre Actor and Singer and has been recognized for the classiness and beauty of his singing and the ease and naturalness of his acting, bringing highly meaningful performances to both lead and character tenor and baritone roles in a variety of repertoire.

As a tenor on the professional operatic stage, he appeared with Richard Conrad's Boston Academy of Music in both lead and character roles in verismo and contemporary opera, receiving high acclaim for his work.

Mr. Lockwood performed the leading tenor roles of the Gilbert & Sullivan operettas and performed many of the tenor roles in that repertoire. He regularly appeared as a leading tenor with the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players.

He appeared as Luiz in The Gondoliers in 2000 and as Ralph Rackstraw in H.M.S. Pinafore with the Fiddlehead Theatre Company in 2001, Nanki-Poo in The Mikado in 2002 with Boston Academy of Music.

From 2001-2006 he performed the role of Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance with the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players on Regional Tours throughout the Eastern and Midwestern US.

In 2007 and 2008, he appeared as Nanki-Poo in The Mikado and First Yeoman in Yeoman of the Guard with the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players. An ideal concert soloist as well, he has sung in concert works such as Mozart's Requiem and Coronation masses, Kodaly's Te Deum, Mendelssohn's Die Erste Walpurgisnacht and Schubert's Mass No. 6 in E flat major.

Reviews: "Daniel Lockwood's strong, attractive tenor served Nanki-Poo's music well and proved to be the most polished voice in the cast." Tweaking a Few Lines (They'll None of Them Be Missed) By ALLAN KOZINN Published: January 8, 2007 - The New York Times

"As a stalwart Nanki-Poo, Daniel Lockwood displayed an impressive tenor voice in 'A Wand’ring Minstrel I.'” Published: January 8, 2007 Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado, The Yeomen of the Guard,The Rose of Persia By: Victor Gluck "...and younger singers Laura Bewig Chritton, Maryann Mootos, and Daniel Lockwood offered lively performances of rarely heard music from Wagner's youthful operatic version of Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure," "Das Liebesverbot." "Conrad's New Group Displays Harmony, Loyalty" - Richard Dyer, The Boston Globe 9/24/2003 "Daniel Lockwood brought a bright, vigorous tenor and boyish good looks to the role of Nanki-Poo" 11/26/2001 "School's out in Academy's mocking 'Mikado'" - Ellen Pfeifer, The Boston Globe

"Tenor Daniel Lockwood was a highlight as a splendid Nanki-Poo...Lockwood commanded attention every time he sang..." 11/25/2001 "Stellar Script, players make majestic 'Mikado'" - Keith Powers, The Boston Herald.

"Ralph Rackstraw [Daniel Lockwood] had a full, clear, strong tenor and held the audience spellbound in his slow, carefully sung 'Nightingale'". The New England Gilbert and Sullivan Society 5/16/2001

'Daniel Lockwood is great as the able seaman. His fine tenor voice reigns down upon us like the bird he sings about in 'The Nightingale.'" "Love conquers all aboard 'H.M.S. Pinafore'" - Jim Dorman, The Patriot Ledger.

4/24/2001 "Daniel Lockwood, Joe Dan Harper and Gerald Thomas Gray carved meaningful cameos out of roles most supporting players simply walk through." "Boston-set 'Ballo' unmasks plenty of talent" - Richard Dyer, The Boston Globe.

2/13/2001 "Lockwood has a big, pure, smooth voice, and he sang Tony's solos with heart-stopping clarity..." "'West Side Story' cast is smooth, street-wise." - Jon Lehman, The Patriot Ledger. 11/27/2000 "This turned out to be Luiz, of course, acted by Daniel Lockwood with ease and naturalness, and sung with a classiness good to hear in any musical setting." "Academy makes 'Gondoliers' sing" - Richard Buell, The Boston Globe.