MICHAEL ADAMS, baritone

Praised by Opera News for “brandishing a beautiful, evenly produced, nicely ripe sound,” Michael Adams makes debuts with Seattle Opera as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte in the 2017-18 season. He also debuts with Utah Opera as Marcello in La bohème and returns later in the season for his first performances of Silvio in Pagliacci and Betto in Gianni Schicchi. He returns to Washington National Opera to reprise Melisso in Alcina and for the Pilot in Portman’s The Little Prince and the Grand Théâtre de Genève as Masetto in Don Giovanni. On the concert stage he returns to the Fort Worth Symphony for an all- Bernstein concert under the baton of Miguel Harth- Bedoya. Future seasons include role and company debuts at the Grand Teatro del Liceu, Glimmerglass Festival, and Knoxville Opera as well returns to Washington National Opera. Last season, he sang his first performances of Marcello in La bohème in a return to the Grand Théâtre de Genève. He also joined Washington National Opera as a Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist and sang the title role of Don Giovanni directed by Francesca Zambello, Prince Yamadori in Madama Butterfly, and the Motorcycle Cop and Prison Guard #1 in Dead Man Walking. In the summer, he returned to Des Moines Metro Opera for Ping in Turandot and Donald in Billy Budd.

The baritone made company debuts as Melisso in a new production of Alcina at the Grand Théâtre de Genève and Lescaut in Manon with Des Moines Metro Opera. He recently joined the Deutsche Oper Berlin for a season, singing number of roles including Ping in Turandot, the Marquis in La traviata, Harašta in The Cunning Little Vixen, in addition to covering Neluso in L’Africaine.

Mr. Adams recently completed two years as a Resident Artist at the acclaimed Academy of Vocal Arts, where his performances included Valentin in Faust, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Lescaut in Manon, Tomsky in Pique Dame, Schaunard in La bohème, Taddeo in L’italiana in Algeri, and the Marquis in La traviata. He is a former Resident Artist of the Santa Fe Opera, having joined the company for its productions of Rigoletto, La fille du regiment, and the world premiere of Higdon’s Cold Mountain. His previous performances include the Lackey in Ariadne auf Naxos, Corporal in La fille du regiment, as well the covers of Conte Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro and Bion in Adamo’s Lysistrata with Fort Worth Opera; Presto in Les mamelles de Tirésias as well as scenes of the title role of Don Giovanni and Escamillo in Carmen with Wolf Trap Opera while a member of its studio program; and the title roles of both Eugene Onegin and Don Giovanni and the First Gangster in Kiss Me, Kate at the Seagle Music Colony. On the concert stage, he has sung Bach’s Cantata No. 29 and Handel’s Te Deum with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.

He was a 2015 winner of first place in the Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition, Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation International Vocal Competition, and the Mario Lanza Competition; the namesake award from the Nelson Eddy Foundation; third place in the Giulio Gari Foundation International Vocal Competition, and fifth place in the Loren L. Zachary Competition, an encouragement award winner of the Opera Index Competition. Additionally, he was a Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions semi-finalist in 2015.

Mr. Adams holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Texas Christian University, where he sang his first performances of Don Giovanni, and has also been a member of the Janiec Opera Company of the Brevard Music Center.

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