Originally from Baltimore, baritone DANIEL RICH is in his first year in the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera. This season, he covered the Count of Lerma in the company’s revival of Don Carlo and made his Met debut as a Waiter in Der Rosenkavalier. Later this season, he will make his role and company debuts as Masetto in Don Giovanni with Wolf Trap Opera and as Valentin in Faust with Opera Baltimore. In 2022, he performed in the world-premiere of Omar, a new opera by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels at the Spoleto Festival USA. On the concert stage, he is a featured soloist in several concert works this season including Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, a concert featuring works by Duke Ellington and Mary Lou Williams with Los Angeles Master Chorale, and three performances of Carmina Burana with Berkshire Choral International and twice with Richmond Symphony.