Travon D. Walker

This season, the third-year Ryan Opera Center tenor will appear at Lyric in Salome. His previous appearances include Borsa/Rigoletto, 1st Prisoner/Fidelio, Son/Blue, and Parpignol/La Bohème. In the 2024/25 Season Walker also made company debuts with Opera Philadelphia in The Anonymous Lover and the North Carolina Symphony, followed by a return to Wolf Trap Opera as a Filene Artist (Dialogues of the Carmelites and Carmen). Walker received his master’s degree from Rice University, where he sang Sam Kaplan/Street Scene. A native of Hinesville, Georgia, he completed his undergraduate studies at the Eastman School of Music. The tenor was invited to participate in Renée Fleming’s 2023 SongStudio and Joyce DiDonato’s 2024 Masterclass Series, both at Carnegie Hall, as well as the 2023 Britten Pears Young Artist Programme. Other engagements include the Sinfónica de Minería (Mexico City), Erie Philharmonic, and Houston Grand Opera. Walker received an Encouragement Award from the Kansas City District in the 2023 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, the 2024 Best Vocal Artist Award from the American Opera Society, and the 2024 Luminarts Cultural Foundation Men’s Voice Fellowship.

Travon D. Walker is sponsored by the Robert & Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc., an Anonymous Donor, and the Boykins, Ford, and Mages families.

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