Tenor Omar Najmi has appeared in over 15 BLO productions, including recent performances as Beppe in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), Nick in The Handmaid’s Tale (Ruders), Flavio in Norma (Bellini), and B., a film series, as part of The Butterfly Process. His upcoming season includes his Portland Opera debut as Shakur in Thumbprint (Sankaram), Lord Byron in the premiere of The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage (Ruehr/Vavrek) with Guerilla Opera, Les Illuminations with Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, and “Dichterliebe” (Schubert) with Boston Opera Collaborative. Recent engagements include Rodolfo in La bohème (Puccini) and Tito in La Clemenza di Tito (Mozart) with Opera Steamboat; Bilal in This Is Not That Dawn (Najmi) with Catalyst New Music; tenor soloist in St. John Passion (Bach) with Emmanuel Music; Gastone in La traviata (Verdi) with Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra; Alfredo in La traviata with MassOpera; and the title role in the World Premiere of Hamlet (Joseph Summer) with State Opera Rousse. An active composer, Mr. Najmi has had works commissioned by Boston Lyric Opera, Emmanuel Music, Juventas New Music Ensemble, and White Snake Projects. A two-time Live Arts Boston grant recipient, he premiered his first opera, En la ardiente oscuridad, in 2019, and his second opera, This Is Not That Dawn, in 2022. His song-cycle “my name is Alondra” was premiered in 2021 as part of BLO’s Poetry in Music initiative.