During the 2025-26 season at HGO, Butler Studio alumnus Chad Shelton performs as the Kronprinz in Silent Night. He appears regularly at HGO, including as Herod in Salome (2023), Chaplain in Dialogues of the Carmelites (2022); the Witch of Endor in Saul (2019); Patrick Kelly and other roles in the world premiere of The Phoenix (2019); Pollione in Norma and Aegisth in Elektra (both in 2018); Mao Tse-tung in Nixon in China (2017); Cavaradossi in Tosca (2015-16); Charles II in the world premiere of Carlisle Floyd’s Prince of Players (2016); Froh in Das Rheingold and Fredrik Egerman in A Little Night Music (2014); and Alfredo in La traviata (2012), among many others. During the 2025-26 season, Shelton also returns to San Francisco Opera as Father Grenville in Dead Man Walking, Cincinnati Opera as Herod in Salome, and the Metropolitan Opera roster. Recent performances include Herod in Salome, Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly, Bob Boles in Peter Grimes, Father Grenville in Dead Man Walking, Tchekalinsky in Queen of Spades (Metropolitan Opera); Herod in Salome (Staatsoper Stuttgart, Des Moines Metro Opera), Sir Edgar Aubry in Der Vampyr (Grand Théâtre de Genève); Don José in Carmen (Austin Opera); Erik in The Flying Dutchman (Santa Fe Opera, Opera Colorado, Boston Lyric Opera); the title role in Idomeneo (Opéra national de Lorraine, Théâtre de Caen, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg); and Giasone in Medea, Don José in Carmen, and Guido Bardi in The Florentine Tragedy (Opéra national de Lorraine). His concert appearances include engagements with the Brussels Philharmonic, Utah Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, and Houston Symphony, among others.