Mark Steven Doss

• Grammy Award Winner
• George London Opera Award Winner
• International Verdi Competition First Prize Winner
• Bel Canto of Chicago Grand Prize Winner
• Planet Africa Entertainment Award Winner

Mark S. Doss, bass-baritone

Grammy Award winner Mark S. Doss’s most recent engagements include a Straz Center of Tampa Gala Performer, a New Year’s Eve concert with the Prague Philharmonic in the Czech Republic, a return to Brussels’s Théâtre de la Monnaie to sing the Original Cast revival of Kris Defoort’s The Time of Our Singing, and being featured in a project to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the horrific events surrounding Paul Robeson’s 1949 concert in Peekskill and the Town of Cortlandt, NY. Before that he opened the Houston Symphony’s season with performances of Jochanaan in Salome , he sang the role of The Father in Matthew Aucoin’s Eurydice with Boston Lyric, Gorjančikov in Leoš Janáček’s From the House of the Dead with Rome Opera, and Germont in Welsh National Opera’s La Traviata.

The previous season saw Mr. Doss at Lincoln Center’s Geffen Hall accompanied by select New York Philharmonic players in a program entitled, Here I Stand: Paul Robeson’s 125th Birthday Celebration. Over the past two seasons, he has sung the bass-baritone part in Beethoven’s 9th with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Houston Symphony, and the Teatro La Fenice in the Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy. Other engagements include Creon and the Messenger in Opera Company of Philadelphia’s Oedipus Rex; Balstrode in Peter Grimes at La Fenice; Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana at London’s Royal Opera; Nicholas Lens’ Shell Shock with the Philharmonie de Paris; Scarpia in Puccini’s Tosca and the title role in Verdi’s Rigoletto with Welsh National Opera.

Beginning his career on the roster of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Mr. Doss’ illustrious career has taken him to the most prestigious opera houses in the world, including numerous roles at La Scala, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, the Teatro Regio in Turin, and La Monnaie in Brussels. Additionally, he has had important debuts with the Vienna Staatsoper (Amonasro in Aida); the Berlin Staatsoper, Madrid’s Teatro Real, and the Theatro of Sao Paulo in Brazil (Jochanaan in Salome), as well as the New National Opera in Tokyo (the Hoffmann Villains). He has performed more than 100 major roles with over 60 opera houses throughout the world.

A Grammy Award Winner for his participation in Handel’s Semele (Best Opera Recording), he is also a recipient of the National Institute for Music Theatre’s George London Opera Prize, and Planet Africa’s Entertainment Award.