Possessing a “mighty lyric voice” (The New York Times) “with a burly, burnished tone capable of striking nuance and color” (The Washington Post), Drama Desk Award-nominated baritone Justin Austin was named Rising Star of the Year at the 2024 International Opera Awards and is a recipient of the 2024 Marian Anderson Vocal Award. This season, Justin makes his San Francisco Opera house debut in the title role of The Barber of Seville and joins Houston Grand Opera as Jake in a new production of Porgy and Bess. He also returns to Washington National Opera as Remus in Damien Sneed’s new edition of Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha and appears at Carnegie Hall with Damien Sneed and the Orchestra of Tomorrow. Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Justin is an alumnus of the Choir Academy of Harlem, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, Heidelberg Lied Akademie, and Manhattan School of Music.