Previously with HGO, Norman Garrett performed the role of Riolobo in Florencia en el Amazonas (2019). During the 2023-24 season, his engagements include reprising thehis role of Abdul in Omar for his debut with San Francisco Opera, singing Bob in William Grant Still’s Highway 1, USA with LA Opera, and singing Carmina Burana with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in New York City. In the 2022-23 season, Garrett made his LA Opera debut as Abdul in Omar; performed Garby in the world premiere of The Factotum and Dr. T in the world premiere of Proximity, both at the Lyric Opera of Chicago; and sang Ned in a new edition of Treemonisha with Opera Theatre of St. Louis. In concert, he sang Vaughan-Williams’s Fantasia on Christmas Carol’sCarols with the Philadelphia Orchestra; Messiah with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, Ontario; and Belshazzar’s Feast with Phoenix Symphony. In the 2021-22 season, Garrett made his house and role debut at Seattle Opera as the Count in The Marriage of Figaro. He also returned to both the Metropolitan Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago as the Foreman/Adult James in Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones; reprised the role of Jim in Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera; and sang Jake in Porgy and Bess with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, on tour at both the Lucerne Festival and the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, with conductor Alan Gilbert.
Riolobo: FLORENCIA EN EL AMAZONAS 2018-19