Baritone Conor McDonald has been lauded by the New York Times as “irresistible” and praised by Opera News for his “warm voice and winning personality.” Known for his affinity for early and contemporary music, recent engagements include the title role in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo at OrpheusPDX, and his company début with Madison Opera as Brother and Jazz Trio Baritone in The Seven Deadly Sins and Trouble in Tahiti, as well as Morales in Carmen at Lyric Opera of Kansas City. Most recently Conor returned to The Atlanta Opera as Marullo in Rigoletto and to Austin Opera for their production of Carmen.

In recent seasons, Conor joined The Metropolitan Opera as cover of the Major-Domo in Ariadne auf Naxos and sang Dancaïre in Carmen in his Minnesota Opera début. Additionally, he made his début with Austin Opera as Marullo in Rigoletto, gave a master class and recital at Lee University, where he performed art songs by Mussourgsky, Britten, Poulenc, and Milhaud with fellow Tanglewood alumna Dr. ChoEun Lee, and performed in the workshop of The Halloween Tree with American Lyric Theater. McDonald has performed as Junius in The Rape of Lucretia as a guest artist with CUNY Queens; the Traveler in Curlew River with the Mark Morris Dance Group at Brooklyn Academy of Music; and made several appearances as baritone soloist with New York City Ballet, including Bernstein’s Dybbuk, Stravinsky’s Les Noces, and Brahms’s Liebeslieder Walzer.