International baritone Paul La Rosa’s “dark hued baritone [has] brought vocal glamour” (Opera News) to both sides of the Atlantic while continuing to earn critical praise for his “strong and beautiful voice.”  Recent season highlights include a role debut as the title character of Verdi’s Rigoletto, Guglielmo in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Lionel in Tchaikovsky’s The Maid of Orleans, Germont in Verdi’s La traviata and The Four Villains in Offenbach’s Le contes d’Hoffmann. He has performed with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Opera, San Diego Opera, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and the Palacio de la Ópera de A Coruña.  Mr. La Rosa is Co-Director of the Williams Opera Workshop at Williams College where he is an Artist Associate teaching voice.  He has taught Masterclasses at colleges around the country and has been guest faculty at the Mediterranean Opera Studio and Festival in Caltagirone, Sicily.