Tenor Eric Ferring, a native of Dubuque, Iowa, graduated magna cum laude from Drake University with his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and The Boston Conservatory with his Master of Music in Opera Performance. He is a graduate of the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center and the Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist Program, a 2022 George London Foundation Award Winner, and the Top Prize Winner of the 2022 Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition.

Ferring’s 2024-2025 season includes his LA Phil debut with conductor Emmanuelle Haïm, for a program of Rameau and Handel. He also joins the conductor and her ensemble, Le Concert d’Astrée, for performances in Paris and Lille, and sings Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Portland Orchestra.

The 2023-24 season featured Eric’s house debut with Opéra de Lille as Don Ottavio in a new production of Don Giovanni, a role he also sang in concert for his return to Opéra de Rouen. He made debuts with the Seattle Symphony for Handel’s Messiah, the Insula Orchestra in Paris, France for Mozart’s Requiem, and with The English Concert, Mr. Ferring made his role and orchestra debut as Grimoaldo in Rodelinda on a multi-continent tour conducted by Harry Bicket.

Previous notable engagements include his principal role debut at Lyric Opera of Chicago as Lurcanio in Ariodante, a role he also performed for his Opéra de Paris debut in a new Robert Carsen production. With the Metropolitan Opera, he has bowed as Arturo in a new production of Lucia di Lammermoor, Tamino in The Magic Flute, and Pong in Turandot. He has sung Fenton in Falstaff with Santa Fe Opera, Tamino in Die Zauberlote with Opéra national du Rhin and Verbier Festival, and Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Opéra de Rouen.