Recipient of a 2019 GRAMMY award for Best Opera Recording (Steve Jobs in The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs), baritone Edward Parks made his Metropolitan Opera debut in the 2009-2010 season as Fiorello in Il barbiere di Siviglia and has since appeared there as Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Schaunard in La bohème and as Larkens in La fancuilla del West, which was broadcast in HD worldwide. Notable upcoming opera engagements include Jack Torrence in The Shining with Opera Colorado, a return to Lyric Opera of Chicago for Proving Up, Marcello in La bohème with Michigan Opera Theater and Boston Lyric Opera, and the world premiere of Omar with Spoleto Festival USA. Highlights from past seasons include Steve Jobs in The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs with Santa Fe Opera, the Count in Le nozze di Figaro with Hawaii Opera Theatre, a return to Minnesota Opera as Audebert in Silent Night, revivals of his Escamillo in Carmen with the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival in Japan and Atlanta Opera, Valentin in Faust with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Portland Opera, and Opera San Antonio, Inman in Cold Mountain with North Carolina Opera, and Belcore in L’elisir d’amore with Opera Oviedo in Spain. On the concert stage, Mr. Parks made his Carnegie Hall debut in an evening of songs by Charles Ives, snag Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Prague Proms International Music Festival and the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, debuted with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in the Duruflé Requiem, and performed Schubert’s Winterreise at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall.