Norman Garrett

American baritone Norman Garrett, who has been called “scene-stealing” by the New York Times, is enjoying a varied and exciting career. In the 2026/2027 season, Norman Garrett will sing the title role in Macbeth with Opera Colorado, Ford in Falstaff with Minnesota Opera, and in concert, join Oregon Symphony for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, and Ann Arbor Symphony for Vaughan-Williams’ A Sea Symphony.  

In the 2025/2026 season, Norman Garrett performed the title role in Verdi’s Macbeth with Boston Lyric Opera, Scarpia in Tosca with Des Moines Metro Opera, Jim in Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera, Jake in Porgy and Bess with Lyric Opera Kansas City, and the Marquis de la Force in Dialogues of the Carmelites with New Orleans Opera. In concert, he performed A Sea Symphony with Cincinnati May Festival, Carlisle Floyd’s Pilgrimage with Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and Martinů’s Epic of Gilgamesh with Bard SummerScape. 

In recent seasons, Norman Garrett has performed Conte in Le nozze di Figaro with Seattle Opera, Garby in the world premiere of The Factotum and Dr. T in the world premiere of Proximity, both at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera and LA Opera as Abdul in Omar, Bob in William Grant Still’s Highway 1, USA with LA Opera, with Houston Grand Opera as Ríolobo in Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas,The Reverend in Blue with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Macbeth with Opera Orlando, Jochanaan in Salome with Des Moines Metro Opera, Escamillo in Carmen with Austin Opera, Opera Orlando, Opera Columbus, and Lubbock Symphony, the title role in Chausson’s Le roi Arthus with Bard SummerScape, the Metropolitan Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago as the Foreman/Adult James in Fire Shut Up in My Bones, the title role in Don Giovanni and Jochanaan, both with Dayton Opera, the title role in Delius’ Koanga with the Wexford Festival in Ireland, Larkens in La fanciulla del West with the Bayerische Staatsoper as well as Ned in a new edition of Treemonisha with Opera Theatre of St. Louis.

In Porgy and Bess, Norman Garrett has sung Crown with Theater an der Wien, Washington National Opera, Glimmerglass Festival, University of Michigan and Fort Worth Opera, Jake with Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Elbphilharmonie Orchestra on tour at the Lucerne Festival and the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival with Alan Gilbert, and Jim with the Metropolitan Opera.   

As a former Cafritz Young Artist at Washington National Opera, Norman Garrett has appeared as Ríolobo in Florencia en el Amazonas, Lieutenant Gordon in Silent Night, Papageno in The Magic Flute, Masetto in Don Giovanni, the Father in Hansel and Gretel, a Steersman in Tristan und Isolde, Captain Gardiner in Jake Heggie’s Moby Dick, and the world premiere of Jeanine Tesori’s The Lion, the Unicorn, and Me.