Acclaimed for his versatility, tenor William Ferguson moves comfortably and often between the stages of opera, concert, and song—specializing in fully-realized portrayals of repertoire ranging from new works to the Baroque masters.  He has performed with The Metropolitan Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Australia, New York City Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Central City Opera, The Dallas Opera, Opéra Festival de Quebec, Opera Omaha, Opera Memphis, Virginia Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Palau de les Arts Reina Sophia (Valencia, Spain), Teatro Massimo (Palermo, Sicily), and Salzburg Landestheater (Austria).  His roles include Candide, Caliban (Tempest), Truffaldino (Love for Three Oranges), Jupiter (Semele), Male Chorus (Rape of Lucretia), George (Our Town), Mr. Snow (Carousel), Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus), and Louis Ironson (Angels in America). He holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from The Juilliard School.

A passionate concert and recital performer, Ferguson has appeared with the symphony orchestras of the BBC, Boston, City of Birmingham, Handel & Haydn Society, Houston, Milwaukee, Mostly Mozart Festival, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, as well as Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the National Symphony, the American Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, and Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (Netherlands) among others. Ferguson’s concert repertoire includes Handel’s Messiah, more than 50 cantatas by Bach, as well as his Christmas Oratorio, B-Minor Mass, St. Matthew and St. John Passions; Britten’s War Requiem; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9; Mozart’s Requiem; and Orff’s Carmina Burana. Additional concerts include Bard Music Festival, Marilyn Horne Foundation, Marlboro Music, New York Festival of Song, and Young Concert Artists.  Awards include the Alice Tully Debut Recital Award and First Place in the Oratorio Society of New York Competition.