During HGO’s 2026-27 season, Malcolm MacKenzie makes his company debut as Elder McLean in Susannah. Elsewhere during the season, he will cover Father-in-Law in Innocence and perform as Alcindoro in La bohème at the Metropolitan Opera. Engagements from previous seasons included a return to the Metropolitan Opera to sing the role of Stubb in Moby-Dick and for Innocence; singing as Sharpless in Madame Butterfly with both Austin Opera and Opera San Antonio; performing as Pandolfe in Cendrillon with North Carolina Opera; and appearing with Austin Opera for their 40th Anniversary Gala concert celebration. Additional recent engagements include his performance as Mark Torrence in The Shining with Atlanta Opera, Germont in La traviata with both Eugene Opera and Knoxville Opera, Uncle John in Ricky Ian Gordon and Michael Korie’s The Grapes of Wrath with MasterVoices for his Carnegie Hall debut, and a cover of Owen/Johnson in San Francisco Opera’s production of Omar. MacKenzie has been heard at leading opera houses throughout the U.S. and Europe, appearing at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Paris Opera (Bastille), Finland’s Savonlinna Festival, Washington National Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, San Diego Opera, Arizona Opera, Fort Worth Opera, and Pittsburgh Opera, in roles including Simon Boccanegra, Iago, Tonio, Baron Scarpia, Don Giovanni, Count di Luna, Renato, Jack Rance, Marcello, Germont, and Count Almaviva.