Operatic Bass-baritone, WILLIAM POWERS ’64  will again take on the role of
“King Philip” in Verdi’s masterwork DON CARLO for the Wichita Grand Opera.
Performances on September 25th and 27th with an international cast.

Since winning the Metropolitan Opera Auditions in 1970, Bass-baritone William Powers, a student of the legendary George London, has been hailed by both audiences and critics for his riveting performances of the four villains of The Tales of Hoffman, Mephistopheles (Faust), Iago (Otello), Blitch (Susanna), the title role in Boris Godunov, and over 100 roles with the Opera Companies of New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, Paris, Bilbao, and Vienna, and dozens more worldwide. After great performances as Baron Scarpia (Tosca) and the title role of Don Pasquale, Mr. Powers returns to the WGO as King Philip in Don Carlo. Mr. Powers’ career has included world premieres of Penderecki’s Paradise Lost for Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Harbison’s The Great Gatsby for the Metropolitan Opera, among others.