Celebrated for his “compelling stage presence” by the Chicago Tribune and hailed as a “rising star” by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Ethan Vincent is rapidly being recognized as one of the finest and most exciting baritones of his generation.

Native American baritone Ethan Vincent opens the 2024-25 season singing the title role in Don Giovanni for Virginia Opera conducted by Adam Turner and directed by Kyle Lang. Mr. Vincent returns to the Lyric Opera of Chicago to cover the title role in Le Nozze di Figaro under the baton of Erina Yashima before returning to Virginia Opera to take on Guglielmo in Così fan tutte. He then joins The Metropolitan Opera to cover Schaunard in La bohème in the famous Franco Zeffirelli production with Riccardo Frizza on conducting duty. In the previous season, he made a house and role debut as Leporello in Don Giovanni with San Diego Opera led by Yves Abel and directed by Kyle Lang before being reunited with director Francesca Zambello for a house debut with Washington National Opera singing the Chancellor (aka Ping) in a new production featuring an added world premiere prologue and ending of Puccini’s Turandot conducted by Speranza Scappucci at the Kennedy Center. Mr. Vincent covered the role of Riolobo in Mary Zimmerman’s new production of Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas with music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium at The Metropolitan Opera. Mr. Vincent took part in workshops with the American Lyric Theater as Macbeth in Working for the Macbeths by composer Johanny Navarro and librettist Marcus Yi as well at The Metropolitan Opera where he portrayed Salvador Dalí in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay which based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Michael Chabon with music composed by Mason Bates with libretto by Gene Sheer.

Mr. Vincent launched the 2022-23 season returned to the Columbus Symphony as the baritone soloist in Orff's Carmina Burana before joining San Francisco Opera to cover the role of Germont in La Traviata conducted by Eun Sun Kim with direction by Shawna Luceyn, made his Boston Youth Symphony debut singing Méphistophélès in Berlioz's La damnation de Faust led by music director Federico Cortese, debuted with Opera Philadelphia for a series of performances including Carmina Burana and Margaret Bonds’ Credo conducted by Lina Gonzalez-Granados, and in recital as an honored “Emerging Artist.” He returned to the Los Angeles Philharmonic to cover the roles of both Ned Peters and Clarence John Adam’s Girls of the Golden West conducted by the composer, and also appeared alongside Maestro Ramòn Tebar as Escamillo in Carmen with Opera Naples, and reprised the role of Schaunard with the Berkshire Opera Festival and Marcello with Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera.

Other recent highlights include Mr. Vincent’s debut with The Lyric Opera of Chicago as Riolobo in Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas conducted by Jordan de Souza, Don Fernando in Fidelio with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel, Marcello in La bohème at the National Performing Arts Center, Taiwan conducted by Shao-chia Lü, covering the title role of Eugene Onegin with the Santa Fe Opera, Schaunard in La bohème with Cincinnati Opera, Marcello in La bohème with the Columbus Symphony, Billy Bigelow in Carousel with Indianapolis Opera, and covering the title role in Rigoletto with Tulsa Opera. He was also scheduled to cover the role of Ezio in Attila at Lyric Opera of Chicago with new music director Enrique Mazzola and sing the Imperial Commissioner in Madama Butterfly with Opera Philadelphia conducted by Corrado Rovaris before the pandemic forced both to be cancelled.

In concert, Mr. Vincent has appeared with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra performing El Niño by John Adams with the composer on the podium, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in Handel’s Messiah conducted by Ken-David Masur, and two Rachmaninoff engagements at Bard SummerScape led by Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra: baritone soloist in The Bells and as the Duke in The Miserly Knight.

Mr. Vincent has garnered numerous awards from around the globe including the Éva Marton International Singing Competition (Grand Finalist Award Winner- 2021); Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition (National Semi-Finalist - 2021, 2018); Loren L. Zachary National Vocal Competition (Founder’s Award - 2021); The Young Patroness of the Opera Competition (1st Prize - 2019); Nicola Martinucci International Competition (2nd Prize Winner - 2019); Vero Beach Rising Stars Competition (1st Prize & Sergio Franchi Award Winner - 2019), Paris Opera Competition (3rd Prize, Audience Prize), Cooper-Bing Competition (1st Prize).

In addition to his operatic credits, Mr. Vincent can be seen in the featured role of César in the acclaimed film Bel Canto alongside Academy Award winner Julianne Moore and Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe, and as a co-star alongside three time Grammy Award winning rapper Ludacris in a commercial for Super Bowl LIII.

Mr. Vincent is a graduate of Northwestern University and was a resident artist at the prestigious Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.