Admired by The New Yorker for his “vocal and emotional warmth,” American tenor Lucas Levy is known for his voice of burnished gold, his “rich dark voice” opening into a ringing top capable of both “enormous” high notes and pianissimi like thread through the eye of a needle. From his early career as a character tenor, Levy has performed the expanse of the tenor repertoire on 3 continents, now arriving at the most exciting lirico-spinto roles in Italian, French, and German.
This season, Levy sings the Verdi Requiem with the Schenectady-Saratoga Symphony Orchestra, returns to Opera Company of Middlebury for Scalia/Ginsburg, returns to the Columbia Bach Society for The Bells, performs operatic favorites with the Clinton Symphony, and joins the iSING! Festival to sing Ancient Tang Poems in a world tour beginning in China.
In the 2023-2024 season, Levy sang his first Verdi Requiem with the Emory Symphony, debuted Faust with I Filarmonici Columbus, appeared in concert with the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra, and returned to Teatro Nuovo for a bel canto modern premiere, Anna di Resburgo.
The 2022-2023 season saw Levy appear with Maryland Lyric Opera in Otello, with Opera Project Columbus to debut Un ballo in maschera, join the Lakeland Symphony Orchestra for Cavalleria rusticana, return to Opera Company of Middlebury for Fidelio, and join Teatro Nuovo for Poliuto. He performed Scriabin’s Symphony No.1 with the Columbia Bach Society, and appeared in recital for the Joy in Singing Art Song Competition.
Previous seasons have seen Levy sing across the country in a wide range of roles, beginning with musical theater roles like The Baker in Into the Woods, and character roles such as Dr. Caius in Falstaff, the Servants in Les contes d’Hoffmann, and Monostatos in Die Zauberflöte. He eventually moved to lyric roles such as Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, Pluton in Orphée aux enfers, and Raymond in The Maid of Orleans.
The wide range of characters he has portrayed have helped developed Levy into a true singing actor. His stage presence is electric, and his characters are layered, nuanced, and deeply human, as if by singing he could reach out and gently cradle the audience’s hearts.
Levy is a grant recipient from the Olga Forrai Foundation for Dramatic Voices, and an alumnus of the young artist programs of Sarasota Opera, Opera Maine, and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin Conservatory, and his Master of Music degree from Westminster Choir College.
Mr. Levy hails from Lexington, Massachusetts, and currently resides in New York City.