Brandon Bell (he/him/his) is a young baritone making waves in the operatic landscape within North America. In the summer of 2023, Mr. Bell joined The Santa Fe Opera as an Apprentice Singer, singing the Shepherd in Pelléas et Mélisande as well as singing Pastore 2 and covering 4th Pastore/1st Spirit in Monteverdi’s Orfeo. In 2023-2024, Mr. Bell will be seen as Fiorello in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Oreste in Iphigénie en Tauride, as Pa Zegner in Proving Up, and Baron Douphol in La traviata, all at Pittsburgh Opera. Mr. Bell also will appear in concert with the Santa Clara Chorale singing the Baritone solo in Margaret Bonds' Credo, and will present Gregory Spears' Walden with the Cincinnati Song Initiative and a Song Festival TBA this spring.

In the 2022-2023 season, Mr. Bell joined Pittsburgh Opera as a Resident Artist where he sang the role of Boy in Denis and Katya (Venables / Huffman), Huntsman in Rusalka and covered the Count in the company’s run of Le nozze di Figaro, as well as sang the role in a student matinée performance. Mr. Bell also joined Opera Philadelphia for a workshop of 10 Days in a Madhouse (Orth/Moscovitch) in the role of Josiah Blackwell, joined the Brooklyn Art Song Society and Salt Creek Song Festival in recitals, and was a finalist in the Duncan Williams Voice Competition.

In 2021-22, Mr. Bell joined Fort Worth Opera  as one of their Lesley Resident Artists where he appeared as Gomez in the world premiere production of Zorro. Additionally, Mr. Bell covered the role of Germont and sang Baron Douphol in Fort Worth Opera’s production of La traviata and joined White Snake Projects  for their concert Sing Out Strong: Incarcerated Voices. Mr. Bell also made debuts with Houston Grand Opera in a workshop of Another City (Beck/Fleischmann) and Cape Symphony as the bass soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. In the summer of 2022, Mr. Bell returned to Des Moines Metro Opera , singing Jim and covering Jake in Porgy & Bess, and covering Thomas McKeller in the Midwest premiere of American Apollo (Geter/Palmer).

In 2021, Mr. Bell finished his tenure as a Utah Opera Resident Artist, where he appeared in several virtually streamed concerts including Songs for Our Time and Light on the Horizon. He was originally slated to make numerous exciting role premieres with Utah Opera including Fiorello in Il barbiere di Siviglia, the Steward in Flight, Sciarrone in Tosca, and Samuel in Pirates of Penzance. Mr. Bell was also to be featured as the baritone soloist in Fauré’s Requiem with Utah Symphony (COVID19). On stage, he performed with Utah Opera as Dr. Grenvil in La traviata, the British Major in Silent Night, Montague Somers in Gentleman’s Island, and Garcia/Zuniga in La tragédie de Carmen. That summer, he was granted a fellowship at the Ravinia Festival Steans Music Institute in their program for singers, where he studied and performed a variety of art song repertoire. He also joined Des Moines Metro Opera in 2021 as an Apprentice Artist where he covered the roles of Momus in Platée and Hawkins Fuller in Fellow Travelers and sang the roles of General Arlie and the Bartender in Fellow Travelers.