GRAMMY®-nominated baritone Michael Chioldi has established an international career as a leading interpreter of the Verdi and Puccini repertoire, with appearances at many of the world’s foremost opera houses.
In 26/27, Chioldi returns to The Metropolitan Opera for Aida (Amonasro), appears with San Diego Opera in the title role of Rigoletto, and joins Cincinnati Opera for a concert of Verdi repertoire.
In 25/26, Chioldi returned to The Metropolitan Opera for Madama Butterfly (Sharpless) and Andrea Chénier (Gérard), Vancouver Opera for the title role of Rigoletto, and Pittsburgh Opera for the title role of Falstaff. He also appeared in the title role of Der fliegende Holländer at Artpark.
A longstanding presence at The Metropolitan Opera, Chioldi’s repertoire with the company includes the title roles in Rigoletto and Nabucco, as well as Aida (Amonasro), Madama Butterfly (Sharpless), Andrea Chénier (Gérard), and Florencia en el Amazonas (Don Alvaro). His performance in Florencia en el Amazonas, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, was seen worldwide through the Met’s Live in HD series and subsequently released as a recording that received a GRAMMY® Award nomination for Best Opera Recording.
Chioldi has appeared at many of the world’s leading opera houses, including San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Washington National Opera, The Santa Fe Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Irish National Opera, Ópera de Oviedo, Teatro Verdi Trieste, Royal Opera House Muscat, Vancouver Opera, Palm Beach Opera, LA Opera, New York City Opera, The Dallas Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Pittsburgh Opera, and Virginia Opera.
His repertoire encompasses many of the great Verdi baritone roles, including the title roles in Rigoletto, Nabucco, Macbeth, and Falstaff, as well as Otello (Iago), Il trovatore (Conte di Luna), Don Carlo (Rodrigo), Aida (Amonasro), La traviata (Germont), and Luisa Miller (Miller). Additional repertoire includes the title roles in Der fliegende Holländer and Don Giovanni, as well as Tosca (Scarpia), Pagliacci (Tonio), Adriana Lecouvreur (Michonnet), La bohème (Marcello), Hänsel und Gretel (Peter), and The Crucible (John Proctor).
On the concert stage, Chioldi has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, and orchestras throughout North America and Europe. He has collaborated with distinguished conductors including Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sir Donald Runnicles, Ramón Tebar, Francesco Milioto, Karel Mark Chichon, Seiji Ozawa, and Joel Revzen.
Chioldi is a winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and has received honors from the MacAllister Vocal Competition, Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, Sullivan Foundation, and Anna Case MacKay Memorial Award. A native of Pennsylvania, he earned his bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University and his Master of Music from Yale University.
2026-2027
