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United States Lucas Meachem is a Grammy® Award-winning baritone celebrated for his diverse opera performances worldwide.
Lucas Meachem is one of LA Opera's favorite baritones, commencing the new season in one of his signature roles, Don Giovanni, marking his fifth role with the company.
American baritone Lucas Meachem was named to portray the title role of Mozart's Don Giovanni at Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Lucas Meachem performed the title role in Britten’s *Billy Budd* at Opéra national de Paris.
Lucas Meachem performed as Wolfram von Eschenbach in *Tannhäuser* at the Saito Kinen Festival in Japan under the baton of Seiji Ozawa.
Lucas Meachem made his Metropolitan Opera debut as General Rayevsky in *War and Peace* and has since performed other roles such as Mercutio in *Roméo et Juliette*, Silvio in *Pagliacci*, and Marcello in *La bohème*.
Lucas Meachem performed the title role in *Il barbiere di Siviglia* and as Count Almaviva in *Le nozze di Figaro* at the Royal Opera House, and as Sharpless in *Madama Butterfly*.
Lucas Meachem performed as Escamillo (Carmen) and Count Almaviva in *Le nozze di Figaro* at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich.
Lucas Meachem performed as Escamillo (Carmen) with the Canadian Opera Company.
Lucas Meachem's solo debut album, *Shall We Gather*, featuring American art songs, was available with Rubicon Records.
Lucas Meachem performed the title role in *Il barbiere di Siviglia* with the Vienna Staatsoper.
Lucas Meachem performed the title role in *Don Giovanni* at Glyndebourne Festival.
Lucas Meachem performed the title role in *Don Giovanni* at Semperoper Dresden.
Lucas Meachem performed the title role in *Eugene Onegin* with Komische Oper Berlin.
Lucas Meachem performed the title role in *Eugene Onegin* with Opéra national de Montpellier.
Lucas Meachem performed as Zurga in *Les pêcheurs de perles* at Bilbao Opera.
Lucas Meachem performed as Escamillo in *Carmen* with Teatro Regio di Torino.
Lucas Meachem performed in the world premiere of *El Viaje a Simorgh*, Frank/Fritz in *Die Tote Stadt*, and Oreste in *Iphigénie en Tauride* with the Teatro Real de Madrid.
Lucas Meachem performed with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal under the baton of Kent Nagano as the opening concert for the Salzburg Festival of Penderecki’s *St. Luke Passion*.
Lucas Meachem made his Hollywood Bowl debut in 2014 as Silvio in *Pagliacci* with Gustavo Dudamel.
Lucas Meachem performed with the New York Philharmonic in Bach’s *St. Matthew Passion* under Kurt Masur.
Lucas Meachem performed with the San Francisco Symphony in concert performances of Gilbert and Sullivan’s *Iolanthe*.
Lucas Meachem performed with the American Symphony Orchestra in the United States premiere of Ferdinand Hiller’s oratorio *The Destruction of Jerusalem* at Avery Fisher Hall.
Lucas Meachem is listed as an artist on the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra website.
John Lucas Meachem, known professionally as Lucas Meachem, was born on June 11, 1978, in Carthage, North Carolina. His journey into opera began through singing karaoke. He received his musical education at Appalachian State University, the Eastman School of Music, and Yale University. Following his studies, Meachem participated in the Adler Program artist residency at the San Francisco Opera from 2004 to 2005. A significant turning point in his early career occurred in 2006 when mezzo-soprano Susan Graham discovered him at a karaoke bar in Paris. This led to him stepping in for Gluck’s *Iphigénie en Tauride* at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, replacing Simon Keenlyside.
Meachem’s career progressed with his Metropolitan Opera debut in 2008 as General Rayevsky in *War and Peace*. He continued to perform at the Met in roles such as Mercutio in *Roméo et Juliette*, Silvio in *Pagliacci*, Marcello in *La bohème*, and Sharpless in *Madama Butterfly*. In 2016, his performance as Figaro in the Los Angeles Opera’s *Ghosts of Versailles* earned him a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. The same year, San Francisco Opera recognized him as the inaugural ‘Emerging Star of the Year.’
Throughout his career, Meachem has taken on a variety of leading operatic roles across the globe. Notable performances include Athanaël in *Thaïs* at Minnesota Opera, Chorèbe in *Les Troyens* at Chicago Lyric Opera, and the title role in *Don Giovanni* at Glyndebourne Festival and Semperoper Dresden. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, he performed Figaro in an abridged English-language version of *The Barber of Seville* for the San Francisco Opera in an open-air, drive-in event. His solo debut album, *Shall We Gather*, featuring American art songs, was released with Rubicon Records, accompanied by his wife, pianist Irina Meachem.
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