Puerto-Rican American baritone Brian James Myer has earned accolades for his “richly detailed characterization (Opera Today) and “delightfully resonant” sound (Broadway World). This season, he joined Brooklyn Art Song Society for a recital featuring selected sacred songs from Hugo Wolf’s Spanische Liederbuch, and sings Youssef Biboldo in Llantos 1492 with Opera Southwest and title role in Don Giovanni with the Cleveland Institute of Music. Recent roles include the leading role of Rey in Before Night Falls with Opera Southwest, and a featured soloist at the 25th Anniversary Gala with Opera Las Vegas.

Known for delivering hefty “panache” in many of opera’s favorite baritone roles (Broadway World), Mr. Myer tackled another Figaro with his performances at Tri-Cities Opera last season.  He has sung fourteen performances as the title role in Il barbiere di Siviglia: in his debut with Opera Delaware and Opera Baltimore, in a bi-lingual version of the opera with Atlanta Opera, and as a resident artist with Opera San José and Florida Grand Opera. He also sang Fiorello and Bert (formally known as Berta) in a new production with Opera Orlando. Regarding his performance with Opera San José, James Sohre from Opera Today wrote: “I cannot recall encountering anyone in my many years of seeing this piece who exhibited anywhere near such a total command of the role, the style, the joyous abandon.” Neither a stranger to Le Dancaïre in Carmen, he has offered twelve performances with five different companies: Atlanta Opera, Grand Teton Music Festival, Hawaii Opera Theatre, Opera Las Vegas, and the Phoenicia Festival of the Voice.  He has sung Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with Opera Orlando, Norwalk Symphony Orchestra, Opera Naples and Opera San José, Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus at the Bar Harbor Music Festival, Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro with Tri-Cities Opera and Syracuse Opera, Second Nazarene in Salome with Bard Symphony Orchestra, and Dandini in La Cenerentola with Opera Las Vegas. Other roles include Masetto in Don Giovanni, Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Moralès in Carmen, Shaunard in La bohème, Yamadori in Madama Butterfly, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, Second Priest in Die Zauberflöte, Angelotti in Tosca, Maximilian in Candide, Snowboy/Big Deal in West Side Story, and the cover of Mr. Peachum in The Threepenny Opera.

New works include several collaborations with New York City Opera including Alberto in the workshop and world premiere of The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Gordon/Korie).  For Alberto, Theatre Criticism writes: “Myers possesses an impressive baritone that fits beautifully with Gordon’s more sumptuous passages.” He exhibited “vocal depth” (The Wall Street Journal) as Young Erich in Ted Rosenthal’s jazz opera, Dear Erich; and as Carlos in the world premiere of Stonewall by Iain Bell and Mark Campbell, he showed “a lush voice that never sounded strained, even in the tensest moments” (Parterre Box). He joined the roster of The Metropolitan Opera as the cover of Marcellus/Player 4 in Brett Dean’s Hamlet, and has sung David Miller in Approaching Ali and Leo Stein in Ricky Ian Gordon’s 27 with Opera Las Vegas, Milcom Negley in The Last American Hammer with Opera Grand Rapids, and the Minister in the US premiere of Alma Deutscher’s Cinderella, Alessandro/Enrico and Gino Carella in the world premiere of Mark Weiser's Where Angels Fear to Tread, and Ponchel in Kevin Puts' Silent Night with Opera San José.

In high demand as a recitalist, this past season Mr. Myer presented Wolf's Mörike lieder with the Brooklyn Art Song Society and joined Opera Delaware and Opera Baltimore for an LGBTQ+ themed recital.  His song performances have included selected works by Gurney and Finzi with the Brooklyn Art Song Society, his New York Festival of Song debut in their “NYFOS Next” series performing new works by Mark Campbell, and a solo recital with Opera Las Vegas. He has sung as the baritone soloist in the Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes, Carmina Burana, Mozart’s Requiem and Coronation Mass, Milhaud’s Cantate de Psaumes, Bach’s Magnificat and Christmas Oratorio, and Rutter’s Mass of the Children in venues across North America. He performed as a member of "The Three Baritones" to sold-out audiences with Opera Orlando, whose album Christmas Around the World is available worldwide. He made his Asian debut with Jakarta Symphony Orchestra and sang with American Lyric Theater for InsightALT: Opera in Eden at Merkin Hall.

Mr. Myer is the recipient of two encouragement awards from Chautauqua Opera, first place prizes in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) competitions in both Ohio and his native Nevada, and the Albert Rees Davis Scholarship from the Singers Club of Cleveland. Mr. Myer was engaged as a Resident Artist with Opera San José, Florida Grand Opera, and Chautauqua Opera, and has participated in outreach programs with the Palm Springs Opera Guild. Mr. Myer holds Bachelor’s degrees in Music Education and Romance Languages from University of Nevada Las Vegas and a Master’s degree in Vocal Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music.