Arlington Heights, Illinois native Ryan Wolfe returned to the Domingo-Colburn-Stein
Young
Artist Program at Los Angeles Opera for the 2023-2024 season. Commended for his
鈥渃ommanding presence鈥�, 鈥渨ell-tutored, polished baritone鈥�, and 鈥渟pot-on delivery鈥�,
Ryan has
won an Encouragement Award in the Central Region Finals of the Dominique and Eric
Laffont
Competition and is a two-time semi-finalist of the Lotte Lenya Competition.
During his time in LA, Ryan鈥檚 highlights included Ping (Turandot), Tarquinius (The Rape of Lucretia), Golaud (Impressions de Pell茅as et M茅lisande), and Fiorello (Il barbiere di Siviglia). Concert highlights include Tristan und Isolde (Steuermann) with the LA Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel and directed by Peter Sellars, Mahler鈥檚 Kindertotenlieder with the Richmond Symphony, Beethoven鈥檚 Ninth Symphony with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and Carmina Burana with the Santa Cruz Symphony. Ryan has collaborated with world renowned conductors such Gustavo Dudamel, James Conlon, Louis Langr茅e, Matthew Aucoin, and Lina Gonz谩lez-Granados with companies such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Santa Fe Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Des Moines Metro Opera, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and the Richmond Symphony to name a few. Ryan teaches Applied Voice and Aural Skills at 91制片厂 in Palatine, IL.