In 2017, Michael Sumuel appeared with the North Carolina Symphony as a soloist for the Mozart Requiem for concerts in Raleigh and Chapel Hill.

In the 2024/25 season, American bass-baritone Michael Sumuel will return to the Metropolitan Opera to sing the title role in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro and sing his first performances of Porgy in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess with Washington National Opera. He also makes his debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, performing Mozart’s Coronation Mass.

Previous operatic highlights include the Metropolitan Opera (Reginald in Anthony Davis’ X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X and Belcore in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore) and notable performances with San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, Norwegian National Opera, Seattle Opera, Detroit Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and LA Opera. In concert, previous work has included Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Seattle Symphony and Mozart’s Requiem with the New York Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony, Music of the Baroque, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and North Carolina Symphony.

Sumuel’s competition accolades include a Richard Tucker Career Grant. A Texas native, he is an alumnus of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, Merola Opera Program at San Francisco Opera, and the Filene Young Artist program at Wolf Trap Opera. He currently resides in San Francisco with his wife and son.