Mark DIAMOND

Praised for his “virile and buzzy baritone” (Opera News), American lyric baritone Mark Diamond enjoys a dynamic career spanning opera, concert, and recital stages across the United States and abroad. In the 2025-2026 season, he sings the role of Father Palmer in Silent Night with Florida Grand Opera and Atlanta Opera. Concert highlights include singing as the baritone soloist in Carmina Burana with Dallas Winds and the Plano Symphony Orchestra, Dona Nobis Pacem with the Central Texas Choral Society, Messiah with Orchestra Gulbenkian, and performing in a solo recital at Baylor University with works by Duparc, Karim Al-Zand, and Brahms.

Diamond has performed leading roles with major companies including Houston Grand Opera, Seattle Opera, Glimmerglass Festival, Austin Opera, and internationally at Opéra de Limoges, Théâtre de Caen, and Opéra de Reims. Career highlights include Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Marcello in La bohème, Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, John Proctor in The Crucible, and Papageno in The Magic Flute. His portrayals have earned critical acclaim as a “baritone . . . with a bright future,” praised for a “beautiful voice and striking stage appearance” that brings depth and redemption to his characters, and hailed as “boisterous and entertaining” by The New York Times.

A champion of new music, Diamond has recently appeared in contemporary operatic masterpieces, including the title role in The Manchurian Candidate with Austin Opera and Father Palmer in Silent Night, both by Kevin Puts, as well as Mason Bates’ The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs. He has also premiered works by leading composers such as David Hanlon (After the Storm), Daniel Knaggs (Two Streams), and Karim Al-Zand (The Leader).

As a concert soloist and recitalist, Diamond’s repertoire spans from Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Bach’s St. Matthew Passion to Orff’s Carmina Burana, Schubert’s Die Winterreise, and Vaughan Williams’ Songs of Travel. His performances have been featured with orchestras such as the Baltimore Symphony, Knoxville Symphony, and Cincinnati Symphony.

Diamond’s artistry has been recognized with numerous awards, including First Prize in Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum Competition, the Sara Tucker Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation, and the Richard F. Gold Career Grant from the Shoshana Foundation.

A native of Augusta, Georgia, Diamond earned degrees from Georgia Southern University, Rice University, and the University of Houston (DMA). He is currently an Assistant Professor of Voice at Baylor University and his students perform on major opera stages, Broadway tours, and with leading choral ensembles around the world.