Butler Studio alumnus William Guanbo Su’s previous roles with HGO include First Nazarene in Salome (2023); Zuniga in Carmen, First Officer in Dialogues of the Carmelites, Second Armored Man in The Magic Flute, A Mandarin in Turandot, and the Duke of Verona in Romeo and Juliet, all during the 2021-22 season; Bowie Krebs in The Impresario during the 2020-21 HGO Digital season; and Usher in Rigoletto in fall 2019. During the 2023-24 season, he returns to the Metropolitan Opera for more performances as the Speaker in The Magic Flute and makes company debuts with Seattle Opera as Basilio in The Barber of Seville, Santa Fe Opera as Masetto in Don Giovanni, and Utah Opera as Colline in La bohème. Last season, he performed at the Metropolitan Opera as Speaker in The Magic Flute, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis as Blitch in Susannah, Austin Opera as Basilio in The Barber of Seville, and Boston Lyric Opera as Colline in La bohème. He made his debut with the Metropolitan Opera as the Jailer in Tosca following performances of that role as well as Angelotti with Austin Opera. Other recent performances include Sarastro in The Magic Flute, Garibaldo in Rodelinda, and Basilio in The Barber of Seville at the Aspen Music Festival. Su was a Grand Finals Winner of the 2019 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and the second place winner in HGO’s 2019 Eleanor McCollum Competition Concert of Arias.