Norman Garrett Masterclass
Sunday, September 28 | 3:00-5:00 PM
Boston Conservatory’s Studio 401
31 Hemenway Street – Floor 4
Boston, MA 02215
Boston Conservatory at Berklee and Boston Lyric Opera are thrilled to welcome Norman Garrett to lead a masterclass with Boston Conservatory at Berklee students and Boston Lyric Opera’s Jane and Steven Akin Emerging Artists as part of the Opera Innovators Series.
American baritone Norman Garrett will return to the Metropolitan Opera in 2025/26 to perform Jim in Porgy and Bess, also performing Crown in Porgy and Bess with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and in concert, Carmina Burana with Boise Philharmonic and The Epic of Gilgamesh with Bard SummerScape. Recently, Garrett returned to Washington National Opera as Crown in Porgy and Bess, sang The Reverend in Blue with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, debuted at San Francisco Opera singing Abdul and Abe in Omar, returned to LA Opera as Bob in William Grant Still’s Highway 1, USA,
performed Masetto in Don Giovanni with Houston Grand Opera, sang Jochanaan in Salome with Des Moines Metro Opera, and debuted as Macbeth with Opera Orlando. Concert appearances included Carmina Burana with Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Phoenix Symphony, and selections from Fire Shut Up in my Bones with composer Terence Blanchard at Purdue University and the Krannert Center in Urbana, Illinois.
Norman Garrett stars as Macbeth in Verdi’s Macbeth as part of the Boston Lyric Opera 2025/26 season.
Norman Garrett is presented as part of Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s Opera Innovators Series in partnership with Boston Lyric Opera.
Boston Lyric Opera gratefully acknowledges David & Janet McCue for their generous support of Boston Lyric Opera in presenting the 2025/26 Opera Innovators Series.
This event is open to all members of the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and Boston Lyric Opera community.
