Bass

William Guanbo Su

Norma

Biography

William Guanbo Su makes his Irish National Opera debut in this production. Also this season, he returns to the Metropolitan Opera New York as Masetto in Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Santa Fe Opera as Garibaldo in Handel’s Rodelinda. He also debuts with Los Angeles Opera as Colline in Puccini’s La bohème and English Concert as the title role of Handel’s Hercules. Last season, he sang Publio in Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito (Hamburgische Staatsoper), Raimondo in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor (Nashville Opera), and Somus and Cadmus in Handel’s Semele (Atlanta Opera). He also returned to the Metropolitan Opera as the Speaker in Mozart’s The Magic Flute and Angelotti in Puccini’s Tosca, and Colline in La bohème with Dallas Opera. Other recent performances include Basilio in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia (Seattle Opera), Masetto in Mozart’s Don Giovanni (Santa Fe Opera), Blitch in Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah (Opera Theatre of Saint Louis); Colline in La bohème (Boston Lyric Opera, Utah Opera); Alidoro in Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Opera Maine); Bonze in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly (Houston Grand Opera, Grand Tetons Music Festival); Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Angelotti in Tosca (Austin Opera); and Sarastro in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Garibaldo in Rodelinda (Aspen Music Festival & School). Concert performances include Demonio in Pergolesi’s Li prodigi della divina grazia nella conversione e morte di San Guglielmo Duca d’Aquitania (Les Talent Lyriques at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence), Simon in Handel’s Judas Maccabeus (American Symphony Orchestra), and as bass soloist in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and Handel’s Messiah (Cecelia Chorus of New York).

May 2026.