For tonight's performance of Romeo and Juliet, the role of Gregorio will be portrayed by baritone, David McFerrin. 

David McFerrin’s opera credits include Santa Fe Opera, Seattle Opera, Florida Grand Opera, the Rossini Festival in Germany, and numerous roles with Boston Lyric Opera. As a concert soloist he has sung with the Cleveland Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, and Handel and Haydn Society, and in recital at the Caramoor, Ravinia, and Marlboro Festivals Mr. McFerrin is also a member of the Boston-based renaissance vocal ensemble Blue Heron, winners of the 2018 Gramophone award for Best Early Music Album. Recent performance highlights include Aeneas in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with Handel and Haydn, Agamemnon in Offenbach’s La Belle Hélène with Odyssey Opera, Nettuno in Caccini’s Alcina with Boston Early Music Festival, and Junius in Britten’s Rape of Lucretia with Boston Lyric Opera. During BLO's 2019-2020 season, Mr. McFerrin joined Boston Lyric Opera in Fellow Travelers and Giulio Cesare.