Dramatic tenor Issachah Savage is garnering acclaim as a “heldentenor par excellence” with “trumpet-like, clear, open-throated, powerful” singing (San Francisco Examiner). Praised for his “impressive natural instrument” (Opera News), Mr. Savage is the winner of the Seattle International Wagner Competition earning the main prize, audience favorite prize, orchestra favorite prize, and a special honor by Speight Jenkins. In the 21/22 season Mr. Savage will return to LA Opera to sing the title role in Tannhäuser. On the concert stage he will sing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the National Symphony Orchestra (Gianandrea Noseda), Dallas Symphony Orchestra (Fabio Luisi), and Los Angeles Philharmonic (Gustavo Dudamel) and return to Cathedral Choral Society for Smyth's March of the Women. Recent debuts include St. Louis Symphony and Handel and Haydn Society for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Colorado Symphony for Verdi Requiem, Act I of Die Walküre with Ose! Symphonic Orchestra in Evian, France and Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra, and Stravinky Pulcinella/Beethoven Mass in C with the Jacksonville Symphony (FL). Additional engagements included a recital with Ramón Tebar in Naples, FL.  Issachah sang the title role in Verdi’s Otello at Austin Lyric Opera. He made his European debut as in Ariadne auf Naxos (Bacchus) at Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse and sang in Die Walküre (Siegmund) with Opéra National de Bordeaux conducted by Paul Daniel. In concert, he sang Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and Utah Symphony and Verdi’s Messa da requiem with the Melbourne Symphony in Australia. He also made his Omaha Symphony debut in Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde and his Chicago Symphony debut with Riccardo Muti in concert performances of Aida (Messenger).  He made his role debut in Verdi’s Otello with Marco Parisotto conducting Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco. He also made his Los Angeles Opera debut as in Salome (Narraboth) conducted by James Conlon and was heard with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra in Kurt Weill’s Lost in the Stars. On the concert stage, he sang Verdi’s Messa da Requiem with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Gustavo Dudamel, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl and in New York City at David Geffen Hall, and was heard in recital at Toronto Women’s Musical Club. Additionally, he sang Act 3 of Rossini’s Otello with the American Symphony Orchestra at Bard SummerScape.  Mr. Savage made his debut at The Metropolitan Opera as in Verdi’s Ernani (Don Riccardo). He sang in Die Walküre (Siegmund) at the Canadian Opera Company under Johannes Debus and made his mainstage debut as in Ariadne auf Naxos (Bacchus) at Seattle Opera. He made his role debut as the title role in Wagner’s Rienzi with the National Philharmonic at Strathmore Hall, debuted at Houston Grand Opera and Austin Lyric Opera in Aida (Radames) and performed Il trovatore (Manrico) with the San Antonio Symphony under Sebastian Lang-Lessing. He has sung Verdi’s Requiem with the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Boston Philharmonic. He also debuted with Orchestre National de Bordeaux-Aquitaine under Paul Daniel in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and at the Aspen Music Festival as Radames in Aida under conductor Robert Spano, a role he sang with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood under Jacques Lacombe. Other orchestral performances for the dramatic tenor include the world premiere of Wynton Marsalis’s All Rise with Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic, the world premiere of Leslie Savoy Burr’s Egypt’s Night with Philadelphia’s Opera North, with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony in Gershwin’s Blue Monday, and with the Opera Orchestra of New York alongside Elina Garanca in Massenet’s La Navarraise.  In addition to his 2012 grand prize with the Marcello Giordani International Competition, Issachah has received several prestigious awards, recognition, and career grants from institutions such as Wagner Societies of New York, Washington, D. C., and Northern California, Licia Albanese International Puccini Foundation, Olga Forrai Foundation, Gerda Lissner Foundation, Jensen Vocal Competition, Opera Index, and Giulio Gari Foundation. The tenor’s special talents were recognized early on by the Marian Anderson Society of Philadelphia, where he honored as its very first Scholar Artist and then again in 2009 as a prize winner in their Classical Icon competition. He has received two first places prizes in the esteemed Liederkranz Foundation competition, most recently in the 2012 Wagner Division and for General Opera in 2009.  He possesses a bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance from Morgan State University and a master’s degree in Opera Voice Performance from The Catholic University of America.