Spiro Malas made his operatic debut in 1959 in his native Baltimore. He
made his New York debut at City Opera where he came to the attention of
Joan Sutherland and her husband, the conductor Richard Bonynge. He was
subsequently asked to tour Australia with the Sutherland/Williamson
International Opera Company. This led to appearances at London's Covent
Garden, the New York Metropolitan Opera and Chicago Lyric Opera. He has
sung leading roles in the major opera houses in Rome, Naples, Salzburg,
Vienna, and Florence, has appeared in televised opera, with leading
symphony orchestras, and has recorded the operatic repertoire with notables
such as Luciano Pavarotti, Beverly Sills, Kiri Te Kanawa, and Joan
Sutherland. A leading bass-baritone with the New York City Opera for many
years, he has also sustained a career in television, having appeared in
Spencer for Hire, The Equalizer, Ryan's Hope, One Life to Live, and last
May, in Law and Order and Sex and the City. The New York Times' Frank
Rich, commented on Mr. Malas' portrayal of the immigrant farmer, Tony
Esposito in the Broadway revival of "The Most Happy Fella," "As acted by
Mr. Malas, Tony's inner growth and redemption become the very soul of
musical drama, especially as delineated in one gorgeous Loesser song after
another."