Called “a voice for this historic moment” (TheWashington Post), GRAMMY® Award-winning baritoneWillLivermanhas been praised internationally for his versatility in dramatic and comedic operatic roles and hisdedication and vision as a composer, artist, and advisor. He is co-creator of soul operaThe Factotum, which premiered at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2023.Liverman has appeared at English National Opera, Dutch National Opera, LA Opera, Santa Fe Opera, andWashington National Opera, among many others. At The Met, Liverman made history as the first-ever Black Papageno in The Magic Flute; headlined Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up In My Bones, which won a 2023 GRAMMY® Award; and starred inX: The Life and Times of Malcolm X. He premiered Kevin Puts ’TheManchurian Candidateat Minnesota Opera and Rene Orth’s 10 Days in a Madhouse at Opera Philadelphia, and served as Artistic Advisor for Renée Fleming’s SongStudio at Carnegie Hall.Recent and upcoming concert highlights include appearances with the London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Boston Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, San FranciscoSymphony, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; performances at The Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall, CarnegieHall, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center; and music festivals including the BBC Proms, Edinburgh, Tanglewood, and Aspen. Cedille Records released Liverman’s Show Me The Way(2024) andDreams of a New Day: Songs by BlackComposers(2021), which were both nominated for GRAMMY® Awards for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album.In October 2023, Liverman released his first EP,The Dunbar/Moore Sessions-Volume Ion Lexicon Classics. Volume II and a special edition CD vinyl release of the complete sessions are slated for release in summer 2025. A recipient of The Met’s Beverly Sills Artist Award, Liverman holds degrees from The Juilliard School (M.M.)and Wheaton College in Illinois (B.M.).www.willliverman.com.