American tenor Evan LeRoy Johnson begins the 22/23 season making his debut at San Francisco Opera in Eugene Onegin (Lenski) followed by a return to the Ensemble at Bayerische Staatsoper where he will be seen in Dialogues des Carmélites (Chevalier de la Force), Ariadne auf Naxos (Brighella), Salome (Narraboth), Manon Lescaut (Edmondo), Die Zauberflöte (Erster Geharnischter), and Otello (Cassio). Upcoming engagements include a debut with the Royal Danish Opera and a return to the Glyndebourne Festival.
Evan joined the Ensemble at the Bayerische Staatsoper in 21/22 and was seen in La bohème (Rodolfo), Die tote Stadt (Graf Albert), Der fliegende Holländer (Steuermann), Il trovatore (Ruiz), and Die Frau ohne Schatten (Der Bucklinge). Additional engagements included Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton) for his debut at The Dallas Opera, and his return to Oper Frankfurt in a new production directed by R. B. Schlather.
Other recent engagements included a return to the Bayerische Staatsoper for Otello (Cassio) and Salome (Narraboth), a debut at Lyric Opera of Kansas City in Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo), and the Verdi Messa di Requiem with Opera Philadelphia.
Evan made his Bayerische Staatsoper debut in a new production of Otello (Cassio) conducted by Kirill Petrenko, Oper Frankfurt debut in Barrie Kosky’s production of Carmen (Don José), and Glyndebourne Festival debut in Rusalka (Prince) conducted by Robin Ticciati. He also returned to Opera Philadelphia for La bohème (Rodolfo) and performed Der fliegende Holländer (Steuermann) in concert with the Milwaukee Symphony conducted by Edo de Waart.
Mr. Johnson made his debut at Opernhaus Zürich in Salome (Narraboth), at Opera Philadelphia in Carmen Don José, and Des Moines Metro Opera in Rusalka (Prince). He made his German debut at Oldenburgisches Staatstheater in a new production of Carmen (Don José) and sang the Verdi Messa di Requiem with the Columbus Symphony. Evan made his European debut at the Norwegian National Opera in Calixto Bieto’s production of Britten’s War Requiem conducted by Lothar Koenigs.
Additional repertory includes Die Zauberflöte (Tamino), Eugene Onegin (Lenski), Iolanta (Count Vaudémont), The Rape of Lucretia (Male Chorus), Macbeth (Malcolm), and Capriccio (Flamand). Evan holds degrees from the University of Kentucky and the Curtis Institute of Music.