Michael McDermott
Tenor Michael McDermott Joins The Roster
Opus 3 is excited to welcome tenor Michael McDermott to our roster for worldwide general management. Michael is a third-place winner in Houston Grand Opera‘s 2023 Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Artists Concert of Arias, and a second-year member of the Butler Opera Studio at HGO.
Michael made his international debut in the summer of 2024 at Glyndebourne in Cal McCrystal’s new production of The Merry Widow (Camille de Rosillon), conducted by John Wilson. Highlights of the 24/25 season include La bohème (Rodolfo) and Il trovatore (Un messo) with Houston Grand Opera and a soon to be announced leading role for his debut with the Spoleto Festival. On the concert stage, he debuts with the Kansas City Symphony in Messiah, conducted by Patrick Summers. In the summer of 2025, Michael will join the prestigious Apprentice Program for Singers at Santa Fe Opera where his assignments include covering in The Turn of the Screw (Peter Quint).