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Prince of Players (NY premiere)

Role:  Thomas Betterton Ron joins the little OPERA theatre of NY (LOTNY) as Thomas Betterton in the NY stage premiere of Carlisle Floyd’s newest opera Prince of Players.  Having received its world premiere at Houston Grand Opera in …

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Role:  Rasheed In collaboration with composer Sheila Silver and librettist Stephen Kitsakos, Ron continues to develop the role of Rasheed in A Thousand Splendid Suns, a new opera in progress based on Khaled Hosseini’s New York Times best selling novel. In a society …

‘Shall We Gather at the River’ | Broad Street Review

Have a look at what composer Kile Smith wrote for Broad Street Review after our time together with the Helena Symphony. Kile was the composer in residence there and I had the distinct pleasure of singing his …

Sweeney Todd

Role:  Sweeney Todd UPDATE: The reviews are in!  Look what The Tulsa World had to say about my performance! Loyd, who portrayed Sweeney in the 2007 production, is superb here. His performance is somewhat more …

The NYTimes reviews “Drunkard”

Read what The New York Times had to say about our recent off-Broadway production of Gluck’s opera The Reformed Drunkard (L’Ivrogne Corrige) at the wonderful 59E59 Theaters  and produced by the little OPERA Theatre of NY.  …

Feuersnot – Carnegie Hall debut

Role:  Kunz Gilgenstock Ron is delighted to make his Carnegie Hall debut in the role of Kunz Gilgenstock in Richard Strauss’ delightful one-act opera Feuersnot with the American Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Leon Botstein. American Symphony Orchestra …

Ron featured in The Sondheim Review

Ron Loyd has built a career on “and” not “or” I am thrilled to announce that I am the recent subject of a feature article in The Sondheim Review, the quarterly magazine dedicated to the work …

Rigoletto reviews are in!

I recently had the honor (and great fun!) to sing my first full production of Rigoletto!  After covering the role years ago at Pensacola Opera, I have waited patiently for my turn to sing Verdi’s hunchback.  …