Gary Simpson, Metropolitan Opera Principal Artist, SAG/AFTRA, Actors Equity and AGMA member has sung at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, The Metropolitan Opera, LA Opera, Seattle Opera, The Spoleto Festival, Lincoln Center Festival, Seattle Opera, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hagen Germany, Gars, Austria, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Gozo Malta, Pretoria and Cape Town, South Africa.

2023 he sang KING MARKE in “Tristan Und Isolde” with the Eugene Symphony, BARON ZETA in the “The Merry Widow”,Knoxville Opera. “Elisir D’Amore” as DULCAMARA with Charleston Opera Theater.

Mr. Simpson sang in the “The Merry Widow” at the Metropolitan Opera, available on DVD. Gary was “HOBERT SHOWALTER” in the Cinemax show, “THE KNICK”, directed by Steven Soderbergh. He sang HOLLÄNDER in “Der Fliegende Holländer”,in Cape Town, South Africa, at the BNO- Bucharesti, Romania, the Statni Opera- Prague, Czech Republic, the Hawaii Opera Theater, Honolulu, Hawaii and with the Manaus Opera Festival- Manaus, Brazil, directed by Christoph Schlingensief and available on DVD at Amazon.com.

Gary sang DULCAMARA with Opera Maine, the Indianapolis Opera and the Charleston Opera. Gary sang GIANNI SCHICCHI with the LA Opera and as “Artist in Residence” with Odessa College’s production of “GIANNI SCHICCHI.”

Gary sang the American premier of the opera “Matsukaze” in the role of THE MONK at the Spoleto Festival as well as with the Lincoln Center Festival. Gary has sung MIGUEL de CERVANTES from “Man of La Mancha” multiple times as well as MILES GLORIOSUS in “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To the Forum.” He performed with Phillip Bosco for the Shakespeare Marathon with the New York Shakespeare Festival, singing the FALSTAFF aria from “Falstaff.”

Mr. Simpson sang SCARPIA in “Tosca” at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Sao Paulo Brazil, Gars Austria, the Seattle Opera, Augusta Opera, Tampa Bay Opera, Shreveport Opera. He sang HOLLÄNDER in “Der Fliegende Holländer” in Cape Town, South Africa, at the BNO- Bucharesti Romania, the Statni Opera- Prague, Czech Republic, the Hawaii Opera Theater, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Gary sang at Carnegie Hall with the Opera Orchestra of New York as ROGER in Verdi’s “Jerusalem” as well as ST. BRIE in “Les Huguenots,” both available on FIORI Records. He sang PIZZARO in Beethoven’s “Fidelio” at the summer Musikfest in Frankfurt. He sang SWEENEY in “Sweeney Todd” at the Globe Theater in Odessa Texas, Nevada Opera and Augusta Opera. Mr. Simpson sang AMFORTAS in “Parsifal” with Seattle Opera.

Hagen, Germany invited Gary as a guest artist for a season singing FALSTAFF, in Verdi’s “Falstaff.” Gary has sung IAGO in Verdi’s “Otello” with the Kalamazoo Symphony, Arizona Opera, Minnesota Opera, Hawaii Opera Theater, THE OTELLO PROJECT and with the Opera Orchestra of New York. Gary sang MEPHISTOPHELES in “Faust” with Opera Naples.

Gary is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts and worked for two seasons as a Firefighter for the US Forest Service, Payette Forest, in New Meadows, Idaho.