TRUE CONCORD PRESENTS GRAMMY-WINNING BARITONE WILL LIVERMAN
In a “breakout performance” (The New York Times) opening the Met’s 21-22 season, Liverman headlined the widely celebrated Fire Shut Up in My Bones by Terence Blanchard, which won the 2024 GRAMMY Award for Best Opera Recording. He has sung with the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Symphony, New York Festival of Song, Dutch National Opera, London Symphony Orchestra and more. Hailed as “glorious” (BBC Music) and “spellbinding,” (San Francisco Classical Voice) Liverman’s album Show Me The Way was nominated in 2025 for a GRAMMY for best Classical Solo Vocal Album.
Don’t miss this rare, intimate performance of “a voice for this historic moment” (The Washington Post) in a program of African American composers. This recital is presented in partnership with Tucson Desert Song Festival, Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 7:00 pm at Holsclaw Hall on the University of Arizona’s campus.
Will Liverman, baritone
Called “a voice for this historic moment” (The Washington Post), GRAMMY Award-winning baritone Will Liverman has been praised internationally for his versatility in dramatic and comedic operatic roles and his dedication and vision as a composer, artist, and advisor. He is the co-creator of soul opera The Factotum, which premiered at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2023. His collection of original songs, The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Volume II, is nominated for a 2026 GRAMMY Award for Best Classical Compendium.
Liverman has appeared at English National Opera, Dutch National Opera, LA Opera, Santa Fe Opera and Washington 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 in X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X. He premiered Kevin Puts’ The Manchurian Candidate at Minnesota Opera and René 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 Francisco Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; performances at The Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, 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) and Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers (2021), which were both nominated for GRAMMY Awards for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album.
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.
