Ryan Bryce Johnson tenor

Ryan Bryce Johnson, Tenor, is a dynamic and versatile performer with experiences spanning opera and music theatre. Most recently, he was seen in Dayton Opera's production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific and at The Santa Fe Opera, where he will debut as Giuseppe in Verdi’s La Traviata and Faninal’s Major-Domo in Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier. Prior to these performances, Ryan appeared at The Glimmerglass Festival as The Grand Inquisitor and Governor in Bernstein’s masterpiece Candide.

Ryan has enjoyed success in various singing competitions, most recently winning First Prize in the 2023 Lotte Lenya Competition. He has also been a finalist for the George London Foundation Competition and a district winner for The Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. Previous performances include joining Opera Saratoga as Ira in Lembit Beecher’s groundbreaking opera Sky on Swings and serving as a Gerdine Young Artist at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, where he performed Borsa in Verdi’s Rigoletto and covered the roles of Nero in The Coronation of Poppea by Monteverdi and Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi by Puccini.

At Lyric Theatre @ Illinois, he performed as Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Rodolfo in Puccini’s La Bohème, and the Male Chorus in Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia. With an extensive repertoire, Ryan has also portrayed Sam in Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah, Basilio in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Piangi in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, and Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance. Ryan holds a master’s degree in music from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a bachelor’s in music from Texas Tech University.