GRAMMY® nominated baritone and director, Johnathan McCullough recently premiered his production of David T. Little’s Soldier Songs produced by Opera Philadelphia which was nominated for an International Opera Award and won the Artistic Creation Prize at the inaugural Opera America Awards for Digital Excellence. The film is currently streaming on the Opera Philadelphia Channel as well as Marquee TV. He will make his Canadian directing debut this season with the Atelier lyrique of Opéra de Montréal in a program titled “Emily” centered around works written by Emily Dickinson, co-created by conductor and pianist Christopher Allen.

He has sung leading roles at Opera Philadelphia, Komische Oper Berlin, English National Opera, Opéra de Lausanne, English National Opera, Portland Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and many more.

Johnathan was selected by Renée Fleming to take part in the Weill Institute Song Studio at Carnegie Hall where he has also performed in concert.

He holds Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees and an Artist Diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music and has been engaged as a guest speaker with institutions including Yale, Curtis, UCLA, Mannes Opera, YoungArts: The National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts, Pacific Opera Victoria. . As a director, McCullough’s work has been noted as “A pacesetter for cinematic opera” -The New York Times.

Learn more at mcculloughbaritone.com.