Samson & Delilah in Concert

Tenor
At Seattle Opera in 2022/23: Samson, Samson and Delilah in Concert

Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Seattle Opera Debut
Engagements: Manrico, Il trovatore (Gran Teatre del Liceu); Otello, Otello (Opera Australia); Calaf, Turandot (Royal Opera House); Canio, Pagliacci (Wiener Staatsoper); Mario Cavaradossi, Tosca (Opera West Society); Radamès, Aida (Teatro Real)

Last Updated: November 2022

Mezzo Soprano
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Dido, Les Troyens in Concert 

Hometown: Tacoma, WA
Seattle Opera Debut: Delilah, Samson and Delilah in Concert (’23)
Engagements: Lucinda, Intelligence (Houston Grand Opera); Soloist, Stabat Mater (New York Philharmonic); Mezzo-Soprano, El Niño (Metropolitan Opera); Carmen, Carmen (Hamburg State Opera, Arena di Verona, Dutch National Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Teatro Lirico di Cagliari); Nefertiti, Akhnaten (Metropolitan Opera); Soloist, Still and Negrón with Gustavo Dudamel (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Last Updated: December 2023

Bass-Baritone
At Seattle Opera in 2023/24: Wotan, Das Rheingold; Soloist, 60th Anniversary Concert & Gala

Hometown: New Orleans, LA
Seattle Opera Debut: Telramund, Lohengrin (’94)
Previously at Seattle Opera: High Priest of Dagon, Samson and Delilah in Concert (’23); The Dutchman, The Flying Dutchman (’16); Scarpia, Tosca (’15); Wotan, The Ring (’05, ’09,’13); Don Pizarro, Fidelio (’12)
Engagements: Wotan, The Ring (Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, The Atlanta Opera); Don Pizarro, Fidelio (San Francisco Opera); The Wanderer, Siegfried (Bregenzer Festspiele); Wotan, Die Walküre (Royal Swedish Opera, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra); El Capitán, Florencia en el Amazonas (The Metropolitan Opera); Scarpia, Tosca (San Diego Opera, Palm Beach Opera)

Last Updated: February 2024

Bass
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Panthée, Les Troyens in Concert

Hometown: Mansfield, OH
Seattle Opera Debut: Mullah/Sharif/Soldier, A Thousand Splendid Suns (’23); Abimelech, Samson and Delilah in Concert (’23)
Engagements: Harašta, The Cunning Little Vixen (Detroit Opera); Colline, La bohème (Pacific Symphony); Quince, A Midsummer Night's Dream (The Atlanta Opera); Ferrando, Il trovatore (Opera Santa Barbara); Angelotti, Tosca (Dallas Opera); Vodnik, Rusalka (Portland Opera)

Last Updated: February 2024

Tenor
At Seattle Opera in 2024/25: Beppe, Pagliacci; Spoletta, Tosca  

Hometown: Tacoma, WA
Seattle Opera Debut: Giuseppe, La traviata (’17)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Soloist, Divo to Diva: Anita Spritzer in Recital (’24); Oronte, Alcina (’23); Gastone de Letorieres, La traviata (’23); Philistine Messenger, Samson and Delilah in Concert (’23); Recitalist, Summer Recital Series (‘21); Le Remendado, Carmen (’19); Ruiz, Il trovatore (’19)
Engagements: Cassio, Otello (Vashon Opera); Tenor, Pride Pops (Seattle Symphony); National Semifinalist, National Council Auditions (Metropolitan Opera); Andronico, Bajazet (Portland Opera); Alfredo, La traviata (Vashon Opera); Camille de Rosillon, The Merry Widow (Tacoma Opera)

Last updated: June 2024

Bass-baritone
At Seattle Opera in 2022/23:Old Hebrew, Samson and Delilah in Concert

Hometown: Sydney, Australia
Seattle Opera Debut: Daland, The Flying Dutchman (’07)
Previously at Seattle Opera: Zuniga, Carmen (’19); Ramfis, Aida (’18); Don Pedro, Beatrice and Benedict (’18); Don Basilio, The Barber of Seville (’17); Daland, The Flying Dutchman (’16); Fafner and Hagen, The Ring (’09 and ’13)
Engagements: The Dutchman, The Flying Dutchman (Malmö Opera); Bluebeard, Bluebeard’s Castle and Heinrich, Lohengrin (Opera Australia); Rocco, Fidelio (Irish National Opera); Ramfis, Aida (Los Angeles Opera), Fafner, Das Rheingold (Atlanta Opera); Wotan/Wanderer, The Ring (Opera Australia)

Last updated: October 2022