Garrett Sorenson Tenor

American tenor Garrett Sorenson has been praised as a young artist of unique promise, drawing critical interest for a rich lyric voice of beauty and power. Of his recent portrayal of Lensky in YEVGENY ONEGIN, Richard Dyer of the Boston Globe wrote, “The poet Lensky(‘s)…aria is one of Tchaikovsky's greatest inspirations, and the young American tenor Garrett Sorenson delivered it with beautiful, warm tone and heartfelt emotion…his lyric tenor voice is the real deal, and his musical and dramatic instincts are strong and true.”

Garrett Sorenson’s exciting 2009/10 season began with the San Francisco Opera’s production of Salome, followed by Katya Kabanova with the Lyric Opera of Chicago. He makes his debuts with the Canadian Opera as well as the West Australian Opera as Don Jose in Carmen. His orchestral engagements include an appearance with the Alabama Symphony in Handel’s Messiah, and Verdi’s Requiem with the Grand Rapids Symphony.

Among his honors and awards, Mr. Sorenson was the winner of the Opera Birmingham Young Singer Contest and the Sorantin Young Artist Award. Mr. Sorenson was also a finalist in the Loren L. Zachary Society Contest for Young Opera Singers and The Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition’s Southwest Region. Recently, Mr. Sorenson was named a winner at the 2003 George London Foundation Competition and a Sara Tucker Study Grant Winner. This was followed by a 2004 Richard Tucker Foundation Career Grant. He resides in Kentucky with his wife Elizabeth Batton and his sons.

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