In the 21/22 season, American tenor Evan LeRoy Johnson joins the Ensemble at the Bayerische Staatsoper and will be seen in La bohème (Rodolfo), Macbeth (Macduff), Die tote Stadt (Graf Albert), Der Rosenkavalier (Italian Singer), Der fliegende Holländer (Steuermann). Additional engagements this season include a house debut at The Dallas Opera and a return to Oper Frankfurt both for Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton).  Recent engagements included a return to the Bayerische Staatsoper for Otello (Cassio) and Salome (Narraboth), a debut at Lyric Opera of Kansas City in Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo), and the Verdi Messa di Requiem with Opera Philadelphia. Evan made his Bayerische Staatsoper debut in a new production of Otello (Cassio) conducted by Kirill Petrenko, Oper Frankfurt debut in Barrie Kosky’s production of Carmen (Don José), and Glyndebourne Festival debut in Rusalka (Prince) conducted by Robin Ticciati. He also returned to Opera Philadelphia for La bohème (Rodolfo) and performed Der fliegende Holländer (Steuermann) in concert with the Milwaukee Symphony conducted by Edo de Waart.  Mr. Johnson made his debut at Opernhaus Zürich in Salome (Narraboth), at Opera Philadelphia in Carmen Don José, and Des Moines Metro Opera in Rusalka (Prince). He made his German debut at Oldenburgisches Staatstheater in a new production of Carmen (Don José) and sang the Verdi Messa di Requiem with the Columbus Symphony. Evan made his European debut at the Norwegian National Opera in Calixto Bieto’s production of Britten’s War Requiem conducted by Lothar Koenigs. Additional repertory includes Die Zauberflöte (Tamino), Eugene Onegin (Lenski), Iolanta (Count Vaudémont), The Rape of Lucretia (Male Chorus), Macbeth (Malcolm), and Capriccio (Flamand). Evan holds degrees from the University of Kentucky and the Curtis Institute of Music.