Joshua Bloom

Australian bass-baritone Joshua Bloom was a member fo the Merola Programme and an Adler Fellow with San Francisco Opera. In 2005 he sang Garibaldo in Rodelinda for San Francisco Opera, in 2006 he made his role debut as Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress for Opera Australia under Richard Hickox and appeared in Die Zauberflöte and Salome for Santa Fe Opera. In 2007 he sang the title role in Le Nozze di Figaro for Opera Australia, made his Chicago Opera Theater debut in Béatrice et Bénédict and performed Escamillo in New Zealand, before joining the Met roster covering Bryn Terfel as Figaro. He makes his Metropolitan Opera debut this year as Masetto i and his engagements include Dandini, Escamillo and Leporello for Opera Australia.