"a mellifluous revelation..."
-San Francisco Classical Voice
“And talk about a demonic-in-presence but pure-sounding baritone: Ryan Wolfe oozed smarm and menace in equal proportion, his spot-on delivery a mellifluous revelation. His sociopathic Tarquinius was goaded by the duplicitous Junius, himself berated as a cuckold.”
-San Francisco Classical Voice
“Ryan Wolfe was impressive as the Count, a commanding presence vocally and physically whenever he was onstage.”
-Cincinnati Business Inquirer
“…[Baritone] Ryan Wolfe as Marius Wegener, regaled us with his suave, ringing vocalizing.”
— Opera Today
Ryan Wolfe was the sympathetic Marius, with a well-appointed baritone.”
- The Dallas Morning News
AT A GLANCE
Arlington Heights, Illinois native Ryan Wolfe has been commended for his “commanding presence”, “spot-on delivery”, and his “suave, ringing vocalizing”. In 2025, Ryan was National Semifinalist in the Dominique and Eric Laffont Competition and a recipient of a Career Development Grant from The Sullivan Foundation. He is a two-time semifinalist of the Lotte Lenya Competition. During his two years as a Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist at Los Angeles Opera, Ryan amassed over forty performances with the company from leading roles to comprimario roles including a morning-of jump in for the final dress rehearsal as the title role in El último sueño de Frida y Diego. Ryan has been seen with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Santa Fe Opera, San Diego Opera and The Atlanta Opera to name a few.
Coming off of a critically acclaimed performance as Marius in the American premiere of Tobias Picker's Lili Elbe at The Santa Fe Opera, Ryan’s 2026-2027 season begins with a return to Los Angeles Opera to sing Morales in Carmen in a production designed and directed by Thaddeus Strassberger conducted by new Music Director, Domingo Hinodoyan. In the winter, Ryan will sing Handel's Messiah for the first time with the Borealis Chamber Artists and join his wife, mezzo-soprano Georgia Jacobson, for a recital presented by Matinee Musicale. In the spring, Ryan joins the roster at Lyric Opera of Chicago to cover Marquis D'Obigny and Baron Duphol in La traviata.
