about ryan.

American tenor Ryan Capozzo, praised by Opera News for “generating genuine drama,” continues to build an international presence across the United States and Europe. In the 2026–2027 season, he will appear as Narraboth in Salome with Dutch National Opera, Rafael in El gato montés with the Festival de Teatro Lírico Español de Oviedo, Macduff in Macbeth with Opéra National de Bordeaux, the Third Sentry in Parsifal at The Metropolitan Opera, and Váňa Kudrjaš in Káťa Kabanová with Santa Fe Opera. He is also engaged to cover the role of The Earl of Bothwell in Mary, Queen of Scots with San Francisco Opera, and to cover the role of Števa Buryja in Jenůfa at The Metropolitan Opera.

In the 2025–2026 season, he appeared as the Prince in Rusalka with Irish National Opera, Narraboth in Salome at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, he covered Matteo in Arabella at The Metropolitan Opera, and sang Don José in Carmen at Seattle Opera. He also appeared as a concert soloist in Irish National Opera’s Viva Verdi, Viva Wagner.

In the 2024–2025 season, he appeared as the Prince in Rusalka at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and as the Voice of a Young Man in Die Frau ohne Schatten at The Metropolitan Opera. He also performed Albert Gregor in Janáček’s The Makropulos Affair with Scottish Opera. In the summer of 2024, he was a participant in both the Aix-en-Provence Académie and the Internationale Meistersinger Akademie.

In the 2023–2024 season at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, he performed the Steuermann in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer and covered Števa in Janáček’s Jenůfa, and Howie Albert in Terence Blanchard’s Champion. He also made his European debut as Don José in Carmen at Schauspielhaus Zürich. In the 2022–2023 season, he appeared as Remendado in Carmen at the Lyric Opera of Chicago as a member of The Ryan Opera Center and was featured in the company’s Rising Stars concert. Additional engagements included the Berkshire Opera Festival spring concert To Paris with Love and participation in the Georg Solti Accademia in Italy.

Mr. Capozzo is a graduate of the Yale School of Music, where he earned a Master of Musical Arts and was awarded the Phyllis Curtin Career Entry Prize. He also holds both a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music from the Purchase College Conservatory of Music.