Colin Anderson, baritone, is a passionate artist who uses musical storytelling to create emotional connections with audiences. With recent performances as Ford in the 2021 IU Opera Theater production of Falstaff, Anderson has portrayed Bottom in Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Nights Dream at the Miami Classical Music Festival and Oberlin Conservatory, Sam in Leonard Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti, and Antonio in The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Mozart. He has also delved into 21st century opera through performances of Du Yun’s Angels Bone, Rachel J. Peter’s Wild Beasts of the Bungalow, and even played a silent role in Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up. In each contemporary production, he has enjoyed working closely with composers and librettists. Along with his operatic career, Anderson has a love for art song of many styles. He has a particular interest in music by underrepresented minority groups, showing that classical music is more diverse than one might believe it to be. Anderson is currently studying for his Master’s degree at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music with Dr. Brian Horne.