Lauded by The New York Times as a “terrific singer” with a “deep, rich timbre” and the San Francisco Chronicle as an “opera powerhouse” with a “weighty and forthright” sound, Sidney Outlaw was the Grand Prize winner of the Concurso Internacional de Canto Montserrat Caballe in 2010 who delights audiences in the U.S. and abroad with his rich and versatile baritone and engaging stage presence. A graduate of the Merola Opera Program and the Gerdine Young Artist Program at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, this rising American baritone from Brevard, North Carolina recently added a GRAMMY nomination to his list of accomplishments for the Naxos Records recording of Darius Milhaud’s 1922 opera trilogy, L’Orestie d’Eschyle in which he sang the role of Apollo. In the 2021-2022 season features performances with Opera San Jose,Greensboro Opera, Pensacola Opera, Opera Saratoga, and Marcello in La bohème with Florentine Opera. Engagements for the COVID-affected 2019-2020 season included his San Francisco Opera debut, Messiah with the National Symphony Orchestra and the Baltimore Symphony, Tommy McIntyre in Fellow Travelers with Madison Opera, Dizzy Gillespie in Yardbird with New Orleans Opera (cancelled), Beethoven’s Missa solemnis with the Colorado Symphony, Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer with the Toledo Symphony, and Frank in Die Fledermaus with Opera Theatre of St. Louis (cancelled).