Bruce Sledge

Lirico spinto tenor Bruce Sledge has been praised for his sound and technical skills that he has shared with audiences at major opera houses around the world over his career spanning more than two decades. Sledge made his debut as Pinkerton in “Madama Butterfly” in a Metropolitan Opera “Live in HD” transmission seen by audiences in over 70 countries worldwide in the 2019-2020 season, and recently returned to cover the role. Last season, he sang the role of Don Jose in “Carmen” for Opera Colorado, the title role in “Lohengrin” and Sergei in “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” for the Metropolitan Opera. Next season, he will cover the role of Florestan in “Fidelio” for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Other recent engagements include the role of Bacchus in “Ariadne auf Naxos” for Santa Fe Opera, Walther in “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” for the Metropolitan Opera, and a reprisal of the role of Paolo Erisso in Rossini’s “Maometto Secondo” with Washington Concert Opera. He also performed at UCLA’s Royce Hall as a tenor soloist in Rachel Fuller’s “Animal Requiem.” In recent seasons, Sledge returned to the Deutsche Oper Berlin for performances of Jean in “Le Prophète” and to the Welsh National Opera as Lorenzo in “The Merchant of Venice” and Macduff in “Macbeth.” He was praised by Opera Wire for his “dramatic versatility” for his portrayal of Bacchus in the Santa Fe Opera’s “Ariadne auf Naxos,” and Opera Canada lauded his “radiant, voluminous tenor and ease with language” as Lord Riccardo Percy in “Anna Bolena.”