David Okerlund

Tenor

District Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2016-17)

MM Voice, Jacobs School, Indiana University (2017)

Ferrando, Così fan tutte, Janiec Opera Company, Brevard (NC) Music Center (2015)

Second Place, Young Patronesses of the Opera/Florida Grand Opera Voice Competition (2015)

Baritone

Maximillian, Candide, Opera Pasadena (2015)

DMA, University of Southern California (2014)

2nd Place, Alltech Vocal Competition (KY) (2011)

Baritone

Resident Artist, Minnesota Opera (2016-17)

• Duke of Verona, Roméo et Juliette

• Marcello, La bohème

• (cover), Dinner at Eight (Bolcom: World Premiere)

District Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2016)

Young Artist, Opera Colorado (2015-16)

• Sandman, Hansel and Gretel

• Escamillo, Carmen

• Chillingworth (cover), The Scarlet Letter

Festival Artist, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre (2015)​

• Milton Gatch, How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying

• José/Guitar Muleteer, Man of La Mancha

• Marcello (cover), La bohème

Website

Tenor

Nemorino, L'elisir d'amore, Capital City Opera (GA) (2015)

Touring Artist, Atlanta Opera Studio (2014)

• Rodolfo, En mis palabras

• Prince Charming, Nightly News

Rodolfo, La bohème, Capitol City Opera (GA) (2013)

Pinkerton, Madama Butterfly, Peach State Opera (2013)

Website

Tenor

Apprentice Artist, Chautauqua Opera (2016)

• Giuseppe (cover), La traviata

Winner, Beaulieu Competition in Opera (FSU) (2016, 2015)

Dr. Blind, Die Fledermaus, Vero Beach Opera (2016)

Uriel, Haydn's Creation, Tallahassee Community Chorus (2015)

Website

Baritone

Apprentice Artist, Sarasota Opera (2017)

Winner, Beaulieu Competition in Opera (FSU) (2016, 2015)

Strauss Prize (4th Place), Orpheus Competition (2016)

Misha, The Bartered Bride, Music Academy of the West (2016)

Studio Artist, Chautauqua Opera (2015)

Encouragement Award (District), Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2015)

Soprano

MM Voice, Jacobs School, Indiana University (2017)

Mezzo-soprano

Redwoods Opera Studio

Crittenden Opera Studio

MM Voice, Peabody Conservatory (2014-16)

Tenor

Beast, Beauty and the Beast (Giannini), Lyric Opera Baltimore/Artscape (2015)

Frederic, Pirates of Penzance, Young Victorian Theatre Company (MD) (2015)

Young Artist, Seagle Music Colony (2013, 2014)

• Witch, Hänsel und Gretel

• Sam, Susannah

• Lensky, Eugene Onegin

Baritone

Guglielmo, Cosi fan tutte, Opera Omaha (2017)

Baritone Soloist, El retablo de maese Pedro (Master Peter's Puppet Show), The Knights (2016)

Eugene Onegin, Eugene Onegin, Portland (OR) Opera (2016)

Anthony, Sweeney Todd, Portland (OR) Opera (2016)

Papageno, Orlando Philharmonic (2016)

Pilatus, St. John Passion, Pittsburgh Symphony (2016)

John Brooke, Little Women, Madison Opera (2016)

District Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2015)

Marcello, La bohème, Tulsa Opera (2015)

Merola Opera Program (2014)

• Don Giovanni (cover), Don Giovanni

Resident Artist, Portland (OR) Opera (2013-2015)

• Frank, Die Fledermaus

• Samuel, Pirates of Penzance

• Shoe Salesman, Postcard from Morocco

• Belcore, L'elisir d'amore

• Le Dancaïre, Carmen

• Frank, Die Fledermaus

• Dimitrius, A Midsummer Night's Dream

• Enrico (cover), Lucia di Lammermoor

Count Almaviva, Le nozze di Figaro, Tulsa Opera (2013)

Apprentice Artist, Central City Opera (2013)

• Figaro (cover), Il barbiere di Siviglia

Young Artist, Tulsa Opera (2013)

Young Artist, Des Moines Metro Opera (2012)

• Eugene Onegin (cover), Eugene Onegin

Website

Tenor

Young Artist, Seagle Music Colony (2014)

• Peter, Hänsel und Gretel (Outreach)

• Merlyn, Camelot

• A-Rab, West Side Story

Soprano

Eve, Haydn's Creation, Tallahassee Community Chorus (2015)

Winner, Beaulieu Competition in Opera (FSU) (2015)

Young Artist, Seagle Music Colony (2015)

• Alice Ford, Falstaff

Mezzo-soprano

Emerging Artist Program, Boston Lyric Opera (2016-17)

• Cherubino (cover), Le nozze di Figaro

• Carmen (study cover), Carmen

Third Prize, Mobile Opera Madame Rose Palmai-Tenser Scolarship Competition (2016)

Winner, Beaulieu Competition in Opera (FSU) (2015)

Mrs. Gibbs, Our Town, Boston Opera Collaborative (2015)

Website

Management: MIA Artists

Bass-Baritone

Program Coordinator, Music Academy of the West (2015, 2016)

Associate Artist Manager, Opus 3 Artists (2012-present)

Young Artist, Nashville Opera (2010)

• Count Ceprano, Rigoletto

Soprano

Winner, Hyechka Club of Tulsa Collegiate Vocal Competition (2014)

Semi-Finalist, Naftzger Young Artist Competition, Wichita Symphony Orchestra (2014)

Bass-Baritone

Metropolitan Opera

• Colline, La bohème

• Rambo, The Death of Klinghoffer

• Mandarin, Turandot

• Second Knight, Parsifal

Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna, Austria) (2014-16)

• Angelotti, Tosca

• Commendatore, Don Giovanni

• Masetto, Don Giovanni

• Titurel, Parsifal

• King, Aida

Richard (2014) and Sara Tucker Grants, Richard Tucker Foundation

Winner, George London Foundation Competition (2014)

Winner, Opera Index Compeition (2014)

First Prize, Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition (2014)

Filene Young Artist, Wolf Trap Opera (2013)

• Zuniga, Carmen

Lindemann Young Artist Development Program (2011-14)

Grand Finals Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2011)

Young Artist, Opera Colorado

Website

Management: IMG Artists

Baritone

District Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2016)

District Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2015)

Escamillo, La tragédie de Carmen, Opera in the Heights (2015)

Apprentice Artist, Chautauqua Opera (2015)

Young Artist, Opera Colorado (2012-14)

• Figaro, Il barbiere di Siviglia

• Mercutio, Roméo et Juliette

• Marullo, Rigoletto

• Escamillo, Carmen

• Bartolo (cover), Il barbiere di Siviglia

Website

Soprano

Young Artist, Glimmerglass Festival (2017)

• Eleonora (cover), L'assedio di Calais

• Ellen, Oklahoma!

Resident Artist, Minnesota Opera (2016-17)

• Musetta, La bohème

• Millicent Jordan (cover), Dinner at Eight (World Premiere)

Merola Opera Program (2016)

Studio Artist, Sarasota Opera (2016)

Apprentice Artist, Sarasota Opera (2015)

Winner, Mobile Opera Madame Rose Palmai-Tenser Scolarship Competition (2014)

Alice Ford, Die Lustige Weiber von Windsor, Lyric Opera Studio (Weimar, Germany) (2014)

Website

Bass

Bass Soloist, Songs of Love and War (Monteverdi), Portland (OR) Opera (2017)

Apprentice Artist, Santa Fe Opera (2016-17)

• Raimondo (cover), Lucia di Lammermoor

• Billy Jackrabbit, La fanciulla del west

• Diener #4/Haushofmeister (cover), Capriccio

• Count Capulet (cover), Roméo et Juliette

Bass soloist, Schubert's Mass in E-flat, Tallahassee Community Chorus (2016)

Adam, Haydn's Creation, Tallahassee Community Chorus (2015)

Sergeant Meryll, Yeomen of the Guard, Winter Opera St. Louis (2015)

Winner, Beaulieu Competition in Opera (FSU) (2015)

Principal Artist, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre (2015)

• Jigger Craigin, Carousel

• Pedro/Don Quixote (cover), Man of La Mancha

• Colline (cover), La bohème

J.P. Morgan, Tesla (Phil Kline), Opera America New Works Festival (2015)

Website

Management: MIA Artists

Mezzo-soprano

Studio Artist, Chautauqua Opera (2017)

4th Place (Artist Division), Orpheus Competition (2016)

Mezzo soloist, Seven Last Words of Christ (Haydn), Greensboro Symphony Orchestra (2015)

Cherubino, Le nozze di Figaro, Miami Summer Music Festival 2014

MM Voice Performance, University of North Carolina Greensboro (MM '16)

Bass-Baritone

Judge Turpin, Sweeney Todd, Tri-Cities (NY) Opera (2016)

King Rene, Iolanthe, Tri-Cities (NY) Opera (2015)

Don Basilio, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Tri-Cities (NY) Opera (2015)

Petrucci, Lucreza Borgia, LoftOpera (2015)

Young Artist, Northern Lights Festival Opera (2013, 2014)

• Cascada, Merry Widow

• Colline, La bohème

• Zuniga, Carmen

MM Opera, Binghamton (NY) University

Betto di Signa, Gianni Schicchi, New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera (2013) 

Apprentice Artist, Green Mountain Opera Festival (2012)

• Sergeant, La bohème

Apprentice Artist, Sarasota Opera

Apprentice Artist, Opera in the Ozarks

Bass-Baritone

Ryan Center, Lyric Opera Chicago (2017-18)

Winner, Sullivan Foundation Awards (2016)

Studio Artist, Atlanta Opera (2016-17)​

Apprentice Artist, Santa Fe Opera (2016)

• Jose Castro, La fanciulla del west

• Diener (cover), Capriccio

• Major Domo (cover), Vanessa

Raphael, Haydn's Creation, Georgia State University (2016)

Gregorio, Roméo et Juliette, Atlanta Opera (2016)

Pirate King, Pirates of Penzance, Atlanta Opera Outreach (2016)

Encouragement Award - Regional, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2016)

District Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2016)

Benoit/Alcindoro, La bohème, Atlanta Opera (2015)

Antonio, Le nozze di Figaro, Atlanta Opera (2015)

Imperial Commissioner, Madama Butterfly, Atlanta Opera (2014)

Bass

Zuniga (cover), Carmen, St. Petersburg Opera (2015)

Frère Laurent, Roméo et Juliette, Maryland Lyric Opera (2015)

Don Alfonso, Così fan tutte, Florida Opera Theatre (2015)

Colas, Bastien und Bastienne, South Florida Lyric Opera (2015)

Young Artist, Opera Tampa (2014-15)

• Usher/Count Ceprano (cover), Rigoletto

Apprentice Artist, Sarasota Opera (2014)

• Old Gypsy, Il trovatore 

• L'Emir de Ramla (cover), Jérusalem

Festival of International Opera of the Americas (2013)

• Alidoro, La cenerentola

• Schlémil, Les contes d'Hoffmann

Baritone

Principal Artist, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre (2016)

• Michele, Il tabarro

• Marco, Gianni Schicchi

• Father, Ragtime

• Pete, Showboat

John Proctor, The Crucible, Hartford Opera Theatre (2016)

Imperial Comissioner/Prince Yamadori, Madama Butterfly, Ash Lawn Opera (2015)

Soloist, Ein Deutsches Requiem (Brahms), Rochester (NY) Oratorio Society (2015)

Apprentice Artist, Opera Saratoga (2014)

• Roscoe, Roscoe

• Armored Man/Priest, Die Zauberflöte

Marco, Gianni Schicchi, PORTOpera (ME) (2014)

Winner, The American Prize in Opera (2014)

Second Prize, The American Prize in Opera (2013)

Soloist, Mozart Requiem and Beethoven Choral Fantasy, Carnegie Hall (2013)

Young Artist, Des Moines Metro Opera (2013)

• Gregorio (cover), Roméo et Juliette

Young Artist, Pensacola Opera (2012-13)

• Fiorello/Figaro (cover), Il barbiere di Siviglia

• Ottone, L'incoronazione di Poppea

• Ben, The Telephone

• Jailer/Scarpia (cover), Tosca

Website

Baritone

Dandini, La cenerentola, Festival of International Opera of the Americas (2013)

Morales (cover), Carmen, Opera Theatre Pittsburgh (2012)

Tenor

Apprentice Artist, Central City Opera (2015)

MM, Eastman College of Music (2013-15)

Bardolfo, Falstaff, Martina Arroyo Prelude to Performance (2012)

Website

Tenor

Soprano

Fellow, Fall Island Vocal Arts Seminar (2015)

Cathy, I Can Hardly Wait, Hartford Opera Theater New in November Festival (2013)

Website

Baritone

Resident Artist, Virginia Opera (2016-17)

• Prince Ottokar, Der Freischütz

• Silvio (cover), Pagliacci

• Mandarin, Turandot

Apprentice Artist, Santa Fe Opera (2015, 2016)

• Happy, Fanciulla del west

• Mercutio (cover), Roméo et Juliette

• Diener #2, Capriccio

• Nardo (cover), La finta giardiniera

• Marullo (cover), Rigoletto

Studio Artist, Sarasota Opera (2015, 2016)

• Guglielmo (cover), Così fan tutte

• Marcello (cover), La bohème

3rd Place, Denver Lyric Opera Guild Competition (2015)

Young Artist, Opera Colorado (2014-15)

• Papageno/2nd Armored Man, Die Zauberflöte

• Peter, Hansel and Gretel

• Imperial Commissioner/Prince Yamadori (cover), Madama Butterfly

4th Place, Florida Suncoast Opera Guild Competition (2014)

2nd Place, Mobile Opera Competition (2014)

Studio Artist, Central City Opera (2014)

• 1st Prison Guard, Dead Man Walking

Website

Bass-Baritone

Resident Artist, Virginia Opera (2016-17)

Baritone

Studio Artist, Chautauqua Opera (2017)

Tenor

Assistant Professor of Voice, Stetson University, 2014-present

Finalist, Mobile Opera Madame Rose Palmai-Tenser Scolarship Competition (2014)

Bass

Ben, The Telephone, South Florida Lyric Opera (2016)

Raphael, Haydn's Creation, Tallahassee Community Chorus (2015)

Opera Performance Studio, Music Academy International (Italy) (2015)

• Sarastro, Magic Flute

• Simone, Gianni Schicchi

Soprano

Apprentice Artist, Opera Saratoga (2016)

• Countess (cover), Le nozze di Figaro

• Witch Mother (cover), The Witches of Venice 

Semi-Finalist, Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers, Houston Grand Opera (2016)

District Winner, Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2016)

Young Artist, Savannah Voice Festival (2015)

Mezzo-soprano

Music Academy of the West (2017)