Baritone Ron Williams joins LIFT EVERY VOICE

Ron Williams is a nationally recognized singer, lecturer, and voice teacher, acclaimed his artistry in opera and oratorio and musical theater. He has performed leading roles with major opera companies, including San Francisco Spring Opera, Detroit Opera, and Opera San Jose, where he originated the role of Edward in Alva Henderson’s The Last Leaf. In New England, Williams debuted with Boston Lyric Opera in Kurt Weill’s Lost in the Stars, earning praise from The New York Times. His notable performances include Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress at MIT, Figaro in The Barber of Seville with Opera New England, and title roles in Rigoletto and Don Giovanni.

Williams made his European debut with the Düsseldorf Chamber Orchestra and has

appeared on stages across Switzerland and other countries. His concert engagements

include appearances with Cantata Singers, Chorus North Shore, and Symphony Pro

Musica. He has performed as the biblical narrator in Honneger’s King David with The

Masterworks Chorale, starred in Cimarosa’s Il Maestro di Cappella with Boston Civic

Symphony, and debuted with Boston Cecilia in Britten’s Cantata Misericordium.

Additional roles include Christus in Bach's Saint Matthew Passion, Gianni Schicchi

with Opera Susquehanna, and Narrator in Copland’s Lincoln Portrait with the

Plymouth Philharmonic.

A regional finalist in the San Francisco Opera National Auditions, Williams is particularly dedicated to 20th-century American repertoire. He performed in the Grammy-nominated recording of Anthony Davis’s The Life and Times of Malcolm X with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. In 2023, he appeared in the Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Omar by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels.

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