Will Liverman
About this Artist
GRAMMY® Award-winning baritone Will Liverman has been praised internationally for his versatility, and his dedication and vision as a composer, artist, and advisor. He is co-creator of The Factotum – an opera inspired by Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia that premiered in a sold-out production at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2023.
At The Metropolitan Opera, Liverman made history as the first-ever Black Papageno in the 2019 production of The Magic Flute, followed by roles as Horemhab in Akhnaten and Malcolm Fleet in Nico Muhly’s Marnie. Liverman headlined The Met’s widely celebrated 2021-2022 season-opening production of Fire Shut Up In My Bones by Terence Blanchard, which won the 2023 GRAMMY® Award for Best Opera Recording, and starred in the title role of the highly-anticipated X: The Life and Times of Malcolm in the 2023-2024 season. Liverman performed in the world premieres of Kevin Puts’ The Manchurian Candidate at Minnesota Opera and Rene Orth’s 10 Days in a Madhouse at Opera Philadelphia and served as Artistic Advisor for Renée Fleming’s SongStudio at Carnegie Hall.
Liverman has been featured in performances at opera houses including English National Opera, Dutch National Opera, LA Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Washington National Opera, Seattle Opera, Atlanta Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Recent and upcoming concert highlights include appearances with the London Symphony Orchestra, The Concertgebouw, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Boston Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and St. Louis Symphony.
Liverman’s Show Me The Way with pianist Jonathan King, and his Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers with pianist Paul Sanchez were both nominated for GRAMMY® Awards for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. In October 2023, Liverman released his first EP, The Dunbar/Moore Sessions - Volume I on Lexicon Classics. Volume II was nominated for a 2026 GRAMMY® for Best Classical Compendium.
Accolades include the Beverly Sills Artist Award by The Metropolitan Opera (2022), Marian Anderson Vocal Award (2020), Richard Tucker Career Grant (2019), and Sphinx Medal of Excellence (2019).
Liverman is an alumnus of the Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Please visit www.willliverman.com for more information.