Grammy Award-winning baritone Daniel Belcher has performed in many of the world’s music capitals, including Paris, London, New York, San Francisco, Berlin, Stuttgart, Amsterdam, Geneva, Madrid, Toronto, Montreal, Tokyo, Seoul and Houston. With a repertoire of more than 80 roles, Belcher has championed roles from the Baroque to those composed expressly for him. He came to international attention in 2004 creating the role of Prior Walter in Peter Eötvös’ Angels in America for the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris for which he was hailed by London’s The Guardian as “possessing the kind of powerhouse stuff that indicates a star in the making.” In 2019-2020, Belcher joins The Metropolitan Opera for Philip Glass' Akhnaten. He debuts at Minnesota Opera in the world premiere of Edward Tulane by Paola Prestini and Mark Campbell, and returns to Utah Opera for his role debut as Ponchel in Kevin Puts' and Mark Campbell's Silent Night. In addition, he remounts Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors with OnSite Opera. Belcher recently created the roles of Inspector Kildare in Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell's Elizabeth Cree at Opera Philadelphia, James Addison III in Ricky Ian Gordon and Royce Vavrek's The House Without a Christmas Tree at Houston Grand Opera (recorded for a September 2018 release on the Pentatone label), Lord Bellingham in Lori Laitman's The Scarlet Letter at Opera Colorado (released on the Naxos label), Brian Castner in Jeremy Howard Beck's The Long Walk with Opera Saratoga and Robert Kennedy in Robin de Raaff’s Waiting for Miss Monroe for his debut at The Netherlands Opera and Holland Festival. Other world premiere roles include John Brooke in Mark Adamo’s Little Women (released on the Ondine label and recorded by PBS’ Great Performances), Andy Warhol in Michael Daugherty’s Jackie O (released by Decca on the Argo label) and multiple roles in Tod Machover’s Resurrection (released on the Ondine label), all with Houston Grand Opera. In 2018-19, he creates the role of Alfred Stieglitz in Laura Kaminsky, Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed's world premiere of Today it Rains with Opera Parallele, sings role debuts of Sharpless in Madama Butterfly at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Fredrik Egerman in A Little Night Music at Madison Opera, and Beaumarchais in John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles at Chautauqua Opera. He also returns to the role of Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia at Chautauqua Opera and Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors for his debut with OnSite Opera. He debuted in Sweden at Stockholm's Baltic Sea Festival with Saariaho's Sombre and also in Norway, with the Trondheim Chamber Music Festival for Saariaho's L'Amour de loin and Sombre. Belcher returned to the Lyric Opera of Kansas City for Father Palmer in Silent Night, Portland Opera for Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, and Opera Colorado as Papageno in The Magic Flute. He performed his role debut as Ping in Turandot with Utah Opera and sang in recital at Houston's Zilkha Hall and for the Harriman-Jewell Series in Kansas City. He made his highly acclaimed European debut with the Staatstheater Stuttgart in Reinhard Keiser’s Masaniello Furioso. Other European engagements have included Ned Keene in Peter Grimeswith the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Jaufré Rudel in L’Amour de Loin at the Théâtre du Châtelet and Berlin’s Maerzmusik Festival with the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester, Gunther in Sacré Siegfried at the Opéra National de Montpellier, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte for Garsington Opera and London’s Barbican Center, staged performances of Carmina Burana with the St. Gallen Festspiele, Gluck’s Orfeo and Securo in the world premiere of Cherubini’s Koukourgi with the Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Austria (released on ArtHaus DVD), and the title role of Handel’s Imeneo with Opera Ireland. Mr. Belcher is one of the premiere interpreters of Rossini performing today, and he is closely associated with the roles of Dandini in La Cenerentola, Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and Taddeo in L’Italiana in Algeri. He has performed Dandini with San Francisco Opera, Opera Colorado, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Opera Philadelphia, and Utah Opera; Figaro with Arizona Opera, Portland Opera, Lake George Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Opera Festival of New Jersey, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Florentine Opera, and Utah Opera; Taddeo with Opera Philadelphia, Florentine Opera, and Utah Opera. In addition to these Rossini performances, he has performed a wide repertoire including the roles of Gianni Schicchi, the Husband in Poulenc’s Les Mamelles de Tirésias, and Henry Cuffe in the American premiere of Britten’s Glorianawith Central City Opera, Papageno and Harlekin in Ariadne auf Naxos for his debut with San Francisco Opera, Prince Paul in La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolsteinwith Opera Company of Philadelphia, Guglielmo, Marcello in La Bohème, and Captain Corcoran in HMS Pinafore with Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus at Opera Columbus. Mr. Belcher made his Carnegie Hall debut as a soloist in Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem with the New York Choral Society. Active in concert work, he has performed Carmina Burana and Copland’s Old American Songs with the Pacific Symphony, Gounod’s St. Cecelia Mass and Vaughan Williams’ Hodie for performances in New York City, a concert of Opera Favorites with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, an all-Bernstein concert and “A Night in Vienna” with the National Symphony Orchestra, and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Belcher is a recipient of Le Cercle International des Amis et Mécènes du Châtelet Award (International Circle of Friends and Patrons of Théâtre du Châtelet, CIAM) for his acclaimed performance of Prior Walter in Angels in America. He also received a Robert Jacobson Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation, a Richard F. Gold Career Grant from the Shoshana Foundation for his work with Wolf Trap Opera and the Sullivan Foundation Award. He received the Apprentice Artist Award from the Santa Fe Opera and the Young Artist Award and Outstanding Studio Artist Award from the Central City Opera.