Dylan Davis – 2023
Statement of Appreciation
“I was honored to receive a full scholarship from Action for Artists to study in Italy with some of the finest teachers and coaches from around the world in July 2023. William Hicks and his organization have continued to support and believe in me, and I intend to take all the skills I learned and apply them to my upcoming audition season and future performances! Thank you also to Joy Ferro for continuing such a fabulous tradition that her amazing husband started and cherished so much. The opportunity to study in Greve was my first of hopefully many trips to Europe and I would encourage any young and emerging singers and artists to consider the program for themselves!”
– Dylan Davis
About
A 2022 Apprentice Artist with Santa Fe Opera, tenor Dylan Davis performed The Shepherd in Tristan und Isolde and chorus in Carmen, The Barber of Seville, and M. Butterfly. In the 2022/23 season, he returned to Shreveport Opera as a second-year Resident Artist, making his role debut as Count Almaviva (The Barber of Seville). He then joined the Metropolitan Opera Chorus for Wagner’s Lohengrin. In 2023, Dylan made his debut with the Mid-Ohio Civic Opera to sing Jaquinto in Fidelio. He was the recipient of a Daniel Ferro Program Full Scholarship (Action for Artists- Greve in Chianti, Italy) for June 2023.
Dylan is pleased to rejoin the Metropolitan Opera Chorus for Verdi’s Requiem in September 2023. He looks forward to performing Messiah with both Marion Civic Chorus and Dayton Opera, and in early 2024 he joins Sarasota Opera, covering Normanno (Lucia di Lammermoor).
Dylan spent the 2021/22 season as a Resident Artist of Shreveport Opera, where he was seen as the Duke (Rigoletto), Don José (The Tragedy of Carmen), and Basilio/Don Curzio (Le nozze di Figaro).
Dylan is a proud native of Marion, OH, but today calls Columbus, OH home. He earned his BM at Otterbein University in Westerville, OH and his MM at the Ohio State University, where he sang Basilio (Le nozze di Figaro) and The Governor/Vanderdendur (Candide).