Charles Eaton

Hailed as a “swaggeringly charismatic baritone with a versatile voice,” Charles H. Eaton’s 2024-2025 season begins with a return to Minnesota Opera to make his role debut as Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette. He also makes his company and role debut as Silvio in Pensacola Opera’s Pagliacci. Mr. Eaton rounds out his 2023-2024 season as a resident artist at Minnesota Opera with role debuts as Sam in Trouble in Tahiti and Schaunard in La bohème. He then joins the Filene Artist program at Wolf Trap Opera, performing Ponchel in Silent Night and Brother in Seven Deadly Sins. Notable appearances in previous seasons include Fedorov in the world premiere of The Christmas Spider Opéra Louisiane, the baritone soloist in Fauré’s Requiem at Carnegie Hall, the English Ambassador in The Ghosts of Versailles with the Château de Versailles Spectacles, and Carl-Magnus in A Little Night Music with Madison Opera. He is a graduate of young artist programs at The Glimmerglass Festival, Des Moines Metro Opera, and Opera Colorado, and a third place winner of both the 2023 Saengerbund Awards and the 2021 Lotte Lenya Competition.