Lyric Bass
Michael Colman
Lyric Bass
About
My Story
Mr. Colman is well known for his interpretation of The Commentator in Derrick Wang’s Scalia/Ginsburg with Opera Carolina, Opera Grand Rapids, Chautauqua Opera, Opera in the Rock, and Toledo Opera (COVID cancellation). Other contemporary opera roles include Bonobo/David in Second Nature with Opera Fayetteville, The Police Officer in Night Trip with Opera NexGen, Father in Thumbprint with Chautauqua Opera (COVID Cancellation), Grandpa Moss in The Tender Land with Utah Festival Opera, and Balthazar in Amahl and the Night Visitors with Dayton Epiphany.
“fielding a fine, dark bass-baritone”
– opera news
“impressively regal as the King of Egypt”
– tulsa world
Experience
My résumé
Featured Performances
Judge Turpin
Sweeney Todd
2023
Chautauqua Opera
King of Egypt
Aida
2023
Tulsa Opera
Grandpa Moss
The Tender Land
2022
Utah Festival Opera
The Commentator
Scalia/Ginsburg
2020, 2021
Opera Grand Rapids (2020)
Opera Carolina (2020)
Chautauqua Opera (2021)
Opera in the Rock (2021)
Education
Performance Diploma
2021
Indiana University
Jacobs School of Music
Master of Music
Opera Performance
2015
University of Kansas
Bachelor of Music
Opera Performance
2015
Baylor University
Work
Performances
Work
Gallery
