Mark S. Doss

Grammy Award Winner Mark S. Doss opened the 2021–22 season with a return to La Monnaie in Brussels as William Daley in the world premiere of Kris Defoort’s International New Opera Award Winning The Time of Our Singing, followed by concerts of Opera Highlights with Dallas Opera, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Minnesota Orchestra, and the roles of Creon and the Messenger in The Opera Company of Philadelphia’s Oedipus Rex by Stravinsky. He then sang the Ninth with the Houston Symphony, and returned to La Fenice in Venice as Balstrode in Peter Grimes.

Recent engagements include Alfio (Cavalleria Rusticana) at London’s Royal Opera, Nicholas Lens’ Shell Shock with the Philharmonie in Paris, and Scarpia (Tosca) and the title role in Rigoletto with Welsh National Opera.

Mr. Doss’ illustrious career has taken him to the most prestigious opera houses worldwide, including Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, with eight major roles that include Argante (Rinaldo), Jochanaan (Salome), and Amonasro (Aida); Turin’s Teatro Regio as Simone, in Zemlinsky’s The Florentine Tragedy, and the title role in The Flying Dutchman; and Lyric Opera of Chicago with Escamillo, and Cinque in Amistad, among others. At Dorset Opera (UK) he sang Pizarro (Fidelio), and the title roles in Verdi’s Macbeth and Nabucco. With the Hyogo Performing Arts Center (Japan) he took on Germont (La Traviata), and he reprised the Four Villains (The Tales of Hoffmann) with the New National Opera in Tokyo.

Upcoming engagements include William Daley in The Time of Our Singing with Theatre St. Gallen (Switzerland), Concerts of Paul Robeson Tributes with Lincoln Center in New York City, the role of Alexandr Petrovič Gorjančikov in Janacek’s From the House of the Dead with Rome Opera, Beethoven’s Ninth with La Fenice in St. Mark’s Square, and Germont in La Traviata with Welsh National Opera.