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Described by the San Francisco Chronicle as 'warm-toned, vivacious and humane,' baritone Anthony Clark Evans built one of the most distinctive American careers of his generation from the most unlikely of beginnings — a former car salesman from Owensboro, Kentucky, who won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 2012. Trained at Murray State University and the Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Mr. Evans went on to sing at the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and leading houses across the United States and Europe, earning the Chicago Tribune's praise for his 'stentorian Verdi style' along the way.

The 2026–27 season brings Mr. Evans to the Metropolitan Opera as Marcello in Franco Zeffirelli's beloved production of La bohème — a role and a house at the center of his career, and the occasion on which he concludes his performing life on the operatic stage. With this farewell engagement, Mr. Evans steps away from performing, carrying with him a legacy of artistry and the kind of human warmth that made every role he sang unmistakably his own.

The 2025–26 season represented a culminating year of singular achievement. Mr. Evans returned to the Metropolitan Opera for Marcello in La bohème and his signature Giorgio Germont in La traviata, while also making his debut with Opéra de Rouen Normandie and appearing at The Atlanta Opera, both as Germont. The season also saw the release of his debut solo album on the EuroArts label, recorded with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under Carlo Montanaro and featuring arias from Verdi and Wagner — a document of a voice at the height of its powers.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Evans became one of the most admired Verdi baritones of his time. At the Metropolitan Opera, where he made his house debut as the Huntsman in Mary Zimmerman's production of Rusalka — broadcast worldwide as part of the Met's Live in HD series — he returned repeatedly as Marcello in La bohème and Giorgio Germont in La traviata. His Germont also brought him to Houston Grand Opera in a house debut, Atlanta Opera, and to Opéra National de Bordeaux — his operatic debut on the continent, conducted by Paul Daniel — with subsequent engagements at Irish National Opera and Opéra de Rouen Normandie. At Lyric Opera of Chicago, he created the role of Simon Thibault in the world premiere of Jimmy Lopez's Bel Canto and appeared as Riccardo in I Puritani alongside Lawrence Brownlee.

His Sharpless in Madama Butterfly was heard at San Francisco Opera — where he made his house debut in the Jun Kaneko production — and at San Diego Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Opera Philadelphia; at San Francisco Opera he returned as Lescaut in Manon Lescaut conducted by Nicola Luisotti, and at Opera Philadelphia he subsequently appeared in the title role of Rigoletto conducted by Corrado Rovaris. His Rigoletto also took him to Kentucky Opera, his Scarpia in Tosca marked his debut at Teatro Municipal de Santiago, his Zurga in Lee Blakeley's production of Les Pêcheurs de perles was heard at Santa Fe Opera, and his Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor marked a house and role debut at Cincinnati Opera. He made his debut at Austin Opera as Tonio in Pagliacci, and his Marcello in La bohème brought him to Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and Dallas Opera in the early years of his career.

On the concert stage, Mr. Evans appeared as the baritone soloist in Verdi's Requiem at Washington National Cathedral, Alfio in Cavalleria rusticana with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Gaffigan, the baritone soloist in Carmina Burana with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conducted by Krzysztof Urbański, and the baritone soloist in William Walton's Belshazzar's Feast with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Thomas Søndergård. He sang Riccardo in I Puritani opposite Lisette Oropesa and Lawrence Brownlee with the Dresden Philharmonie, conducted by Riccardo Frizza, in a performance recorded for the Pentatone label. He made his Ravinia Festival debut in Bernstein's Songfest with Ensemble dal Niente, and appeared at the Richard Tucker Gala at Carnegie Hall.

A Grand Finals Winner of the 2012 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and a finalist at the 2017 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, Mr. Evans is the recipient of a 2017 Richard Tucker Career Grant, a 2014 Sarah Tucker Career Grant, and top prizes from the Gerda Lissner Foundation, the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, the Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition, and the Marcello Giordani and Giulio Gari competitions.

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