Lyric bass Michael Colman, recently hailed by Opera News for “fielding a fine, dark bass-baritone,” has performed roles with many premier regional opera companies including Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia with Chautauqua Opera and Virginia Opera, The Commentator in Scalia/Ginsburg with Opera Carolina and Opera Grand Rapids, Guglielmo in Così fan Tutte with Opera Grand Rapids, Imperial Commissioner in Madama Butterfly with Lyric Opera of Kansas City and Sergeant of Police in The Pirates of Penzance with Dayton Opera, as well as concert performances as the Bass Soloist in Messiah with the Dayton Philharmonic and the Bass Soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with The Virginia Consort.