Daniel Rich

Baritone Daniel Rich has appeared as King Balthazar in Amahl and the Night Visitors with Frostburg Opera, Daniel Webster in The Devil and Daniel Webster by Douglas Moore, and as Surnani in the premiere of Tony Small’s operetta Qadar, commissioned by The Smithsonian museum and the Sultanate of Oman with artistic direction by Denyce Graves. Other performances include Horseman in Strauss’ Rosenkavalier, Alidoro in Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Calais in The Harpies by Blitzstein, and the role of Parson AllTalk in Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha with Trilogy Opera in New Jersey and at The Phoenicia Festival of the Voice. As a recitalist and concert artist, Daniel has performed with Opera Delaware, Maryland Opera, Opera Ebony, DC Strings Workshop, Brooklyn Ecumenical, South East Queens Ecumenical, Three on 3, CAAPA, NANM, and Harlem Opera Theater, among others. Daniel made his Carnegie Hall debut as a soloist in Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music under the baton of Maestro Leonard Slatkin for the MSM Centennial Gala. In February 2021, he created and performed in a virtual production entitled, Here’s One: A Black History Production celebrating the art of the Spiritual. He is a graduate of Morgan State University (BA ’17) and Manhattan School of Music (MM ’19).