Lauded by The New York Times as a “terrific singer” with a “deep, rich timbre,” baritone Sidney Outlaw’s current season includes Marcello in La bohème with Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette with Toledo Opera, and the title role in Don Giovanni with Boston Baroque, as well as concert appearances with Opera Memphis, American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, Jacksonville Symphony, Oratorio Society of New York, and Nashville Symphony.
In recent seasons, Mr. Outlaw sang Schaunard in La bohème with Greensboro Opera, Dizzy Gillespie in Charlie Parker’s Yardbird with New Orleans Opera, Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro with Opera Omaha, Salieri in Mozart and Salieri with Opera San Jose, Jake in Porgy and Bess with Greensboro Opera, and Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Pensacola Opera and Opera Saratoga. He made his San Francisco Opera début as the First Mate in Billy Budd, sang Tommy McIntyre in Fellow Travelers with Madison Opera, and he sang Messiah with the National Symphony Orchestra and the Baltimore Symphony.