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Soloman Howard
Soloman Howard

About Soloman

Winner of the 2021 Washington Performing Arts’ Ambassador of the Arts Award and the Kennedy Center’s 2019 Marian Anderson Vocal Award, Soloman Howard garners high praise from the press for his vivid performances on the great opera and concert stages of the world. Soloman Howard’s voice is described as “sonorous” by The New York Times, “superhuman” by The Denver Post, and “a triumph” by The Guardian.

This season, Soloman returns to the Royal Opera House to sing Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, as well as Fafner in Barrie Kosky's new production of Siegfried, a role he will later sing on a European tour with the Rotterdam Philharmonic and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Soloman also returns to the Metropolitan Opera to sing the Commendatore in Don Giovanni, makes his Dresden Semperoper debut singing Ramfis in Aida, performs the role of Hunding in concert versions of Die Walküre with the LA Phil, and sings as a soloist for Beethoven 9th Symphony at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest.

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Contact

For availability and general enquiries:

Mathieu Levan

Mathieu Levan

Assistant Artist Manager

Representation

Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt

Season Highlights

Oct 2025
Royal Opera House
Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (Sarastro)
Nov 2025
Metropolitan Opera
Mozart - Don Giovanni (Commendatore)
Mar 2026
Royal Opera House
Wagner - Siegfried (Fafner)
Apr 2026
Rotterdam Philharmonic
Wagner - Siegfried (Fafner)
May 2026
LA Philharmonic
Wagner - Die Walkure (Hunding)
Jun 2026
Dresden Semperoper
Verdi - Aida (Ramfis)

Photos

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Selected Repertoire

Beethoven

Fidelio (Don Fernando)   •   Symphony 9 (Bass)

Glass

Appomattox (Frederick Douglass)

Gounod

Roméo et Juliette (Le Duc)

Händel

Semele (Cadmus)

Huang

An American Soldier (Manny Davis)

Kern

Show Boat (Joe)

Mozart

Don Giovanni (Il Commendatore)   •   Die Zauberflöte (Sarastro)

Puccini

La Bohème (Colline)   •   Madama Butterfly (Lo zio Bonzo)   •   Tosca (Cesare Angelotti)   •   Turandot (Timur)

Sparr

Approaching Ali (Muhammad Ali)

Tchaikovsky

Eugene Onegin (Knyaz Gremin)

Tesori

The Lion, the Unicorn, and Me (The Lion)

Verdi

Aida (Il Re d'Egitto and Ramfis)   •   Don Carlo (Un Frate)   •   I masnadieri (Moser)   •   La forza del destino (Il Marchese di Calatrava)   •   La traviata ( Il dottor Grenvil)   •   Luisa Miller (Wurm)   •   Macbeth (Banco)   •   Rigoletto (Sparafucile)

Wagner

Siegfried (Fafner)   •   Das Rheingold (Fafner)   •   Die Walküre (Hunding)

News

Press

  • Verdi Aida

    The Royal Opera House
    Sep 2022
    • “Another exciting house debut comes from the American bass Soloman Howard as the High Priest Ramfis, transformed here into a high-ranking army officer. He has a huge stage presence, with a vast voice to match; commanding, effortless, astonishing, even terrifying.”

      • Bachtrack, Stephan Pritchard
      • 26 November 2022
  • Verdi Don Carlo

    Lyric Opera of Chicago
    Nov 2022
    • “Solomon Howard is authoritative as the Grand Inquisitor, and appropriately frightening as well.”

      • Hyde Park Herald, M.L. Rantala
      • 17 November 2022
  • Mozart Don Giovanni

    San Francisco Opera
    Jun 2022
    • “Only the Commendatore, the singular voice of bass Soloman Howard, stepped out of the frame and was able to deliver the moral, which he did with consummate power.”

      • Operawire, Lois Silverstein
      • 24 November 2022