This season at HGO, Lucas Meachem performs the role of Count di Luna in Il trovatore. In 2018 for the company, he performed the role of Figaro in The Barber of Seville. The 2023-24 season saw Meachem in the title role of Don Giovanni with the Los Angeles Opera; the lead role of Jean-Dominique Bauby in the world premiere of Joby Talbot’s The Diving Bell and the Butterfly at The Dallas Opera; the dual roles of Michele and Gianni Schicchi in Il trittico at Hamburg State Opera; and Sharpless in Madame Butterfly with the Metropolitan Opera and Teatro Real. In the 2024-25 season, Meachem’s engagements include roles of Sharpless in Madame Butterfly and Germont in La traviata at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor at Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Marcello in La bohème at San Francisco Opera, and Guglielmo da Baskerville in the world premiere of Filidei’s Il Nome Della Rosa at Teatro alla Scala. Other highlights include the title role in The Barber of Seville at San Diego Opera, Vienna State Opera, London’s Royal Ballet and Opera, and Los Angeles Opera, where he gave his Grammy Award-winning performance as Figaro in The Ghosts of Versailles. He has performed with Glyndebourne Festival, Semperoper Dresden, Opéra National de Paris, Bavarian State Opera, and Bilbao Opera. In 2020, Meachem and his wife founded the Perfect Day Music Foundation to promote inclusivity and diversity through the medium of classical music. Meachem released his solo album Shall We Gather in 2021.