Michael Spyres

Michael Spyres performs repertoire spanning baritone and tenor registers. He made his name in Europe in Rossini, bel canto and French grand opera — Enée in Les Troyens, Raoul in Les Huguenots, the Berlioz Faust — before extending into Mozart's Idomeneo and then Wagner. He sang Arnold in Rossini's Guillaume Tell for Wichita Grand Opera in February 2014. His Bayreuth debut came in 2024 as Siegmund in Die Walküre, and his first Tristan at the Metropolitan Opera opposite Lise Davidsen was announced for the 2025–26 season. He has appeared at La Scala, Covent Garden, the Vienna State Opera, the Paris Opera and Salzburg. Since 2015 he has been artistic director of Ozarks Lyric Opera, close to where he grew up, translating libretti for the company as well as running it.