Brad Walker, bass-baritone

American bass-baritone Brad Walker is a second-year San Francisco Opera Adler Fellow and graduate of the 2015 Merola Opera Program, where he appeared as Betto in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi. In San Francisco Opera’s upcoming season he will be singing Schaunard in La bohème and a Mandarin in Turandot. He has appeared in the title role Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola and Colline in La Bohéme with Yale Opera where he received an Artist Diploma from the Yale School of Music. While earning a Master's of Music from the University of Kansas, he appeared as Mr. Peachum in The Beggar's Opera, Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte and Orgon in Tartuffe. He also performed as Pangloss in Candide and Olin Blitch in Susannah during his time receiving a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University. He has been an apprentice with Des Moines Metro Opera, Chautauqua Opera Company and Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and received an award in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions