Canadian bass Dylan Wright has been praised for “seducing the audience with his rich, sonorous voice” (Beat Magazine) and is a graduate of the Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal. He has recently performed the role of Wurm in Verdi’s ‘Luisa Miller’ with LAMP and was the bass soloist in the Toronto Mozart Player’s Mozart Requiem. Last year, he premiered the role of Mephistopheles in Gounod’s ‘Faust’ with Highlands Opera Studio and made his American debut as the Doctor in ‘Macbeth’ and the Lackey in ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ with the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, where he covered the roles of Banquo (Macbeth) and Bulbul Fakh for the world premiere of Jack Perla’s opera ‘Shalimar the Clown’. Also that year, he performed the roles of the Imperial Commissioner in ‘Madama Butterfly’ (Opéra de Montréal), Frère Laurent and Capulet in ‘Roméo et Juliette’ (Jeunesses Musicales du Canada), and Dulcamara in ‘L’elisir d’amore’ (Sinfonia de Lanaudi ère). Previous role highlights include: Figaro and Bartolo (Le nozze di Figaro), Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Leporello and Il Commendatore (Don Giovanni), Don Pasquale, Colline (La Bohème), Seneca (L’incoronazione di Poppea), the Old Gypsy (Aleko), and Emile de Becque (South Pacific).
