Troy Cook, baritone

Auspicious beginnings: debut with San Francisco Opera as Figaro in The Barber of Seville, Schaunard in La Bohéme and Chris the Citizen in The Mother of Us All; Metropolitan Opera debut as Schaunard in La Bohéme and Morales in Camen; European debut as Giacomo in Beatrix Cenci with the Grand Théâtre de Genêve in 2000

Performaces with: the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Spoleto festival USA, Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, Columbus Symphony, Fort Wroth Opera, Syracuse Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Toledo Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Minnesota Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, and New York City Opera, among others

Education: received a Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music

Formerly: member of the Glimmerglass Opera Young American Artists Program, the Apprentice Artist Program of the Santa Fe Opera, the Florida Grand Opera Studio and the Spectrum Artist Program of Virginia Opera

High praise: “Mr. Cook is an expressive singer… His baritone is deep, solid and flexible…” — New York Times