Devon Russo

Celebrated for his “brilliant” and “booming” bass-baritone, Devon Russo performs frequently as a soloist and ensemble member in Opera, Contemporary Music, and Early Music throughout the United States and abroad. He has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, The Handel & Haydn Society, the Boston Lyric Opera, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Seraphic Fire, Boston Baroque, Trinity Repertory Company, the Chorus of Westerly, and the Rhode Island Civic Chorale. He is also a current choral fellow at Marsh Chapel and is the 2023 winner of the American Prize in Voice (Friedrich & Virginia Schorr Memorial Award Men’s Divison). He has participated in the Internationalen Sommerakademie am Mozarteum Salzburg, Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute, Source Song Festival, Orford Musique, Voces8 Scholars Programme, Aspen Music Festival and School, and the Boston Early Music Festival Young Artist Program. Devon earned his Doctorate of Musical Arts from Boston University, his Master’s in Vocal Performance from the Manhattan School of Music and Bachelors in Vocal Performance and Education from the University of Rhode Island. Devon currently is an Artist-Teacher in Classical Voice and directs the Opera Theatre at the University of Rhode Island and is the Director of Choral Activities at Bryant University. www.devonrusso.com