Gordon Hawkins is critically acclaimed throughout the world for his in-depth interpretations and luxuriant baritone voice. He has been heard on the Live BBC Radio broadcast as Alberich in Götterdämmerung with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall, and Live from the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts earlier in his career as Marcello in La Bohème with Placido Domingo and Mirella Freni, and Silvano in Un Ballo in Maschera with Luciano Pavarotti and Aprile Millo. He can be heard as George Milton on the first recording of Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men with the Houston Grand Opera on Albany Records, and on the New Zealand International Festival of the Arts’ recording of Simon Boccanegra in the title role.

Upcoming engagements include Thoas in Iphigénie en Tauride at the Metropolitan Opera; Alberich in stand alone productions of Götterdämmerung and Siegfried at the San Francisco Opera; Alberich in Der Ring des Nibelungen at the San Francisco Opera and Deutsche Oper Berlin; Telramund in Lohengrin at Deutsche Oper Berlin; Amonasro in Aida at Lyric Opera of Chicago; and Porgy in Porgy & Bess in concert with the San Francisco Symphony.

Over the past two seasons, noted engagements include Alberich in Siegfried, the title role in Rigoletto, Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana and Alberich in Götterdämmerung in concert with the Washington National Opera; Tonio in I Pagliacci, Count di Luna in Il Trovatore and Der Ring des Nibelungen with the Seattle Opera; Alberich in Das Rheingold with the Los Angeles Opera; Rigoletto with Arizona Opera; Porgy in Porgy and Bess with Lyric Opera of Chicago and Dallas Opera; Renato in Un Ballo in Maschera with L'Opera de Montreal; and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Atlanta Symphony.

Additional recent noted engagements include Amonasro in Aida with Houston Grand Opera and Cincinnati Opera; a gala concert for the Supreme Court Justices in Washington, D.C.; Alberich in Das Rheingold with Washington Opera; the title role in Macbeth with Seattle Opera; Tonio in I Pagliacci with Atlanta Opera; Porgy in Porgy and Bess with Washington National Opera and Michigan Opera Theatre; High Priest in Samson et Dalila with Opera Ontario; Villains in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffman in Tokyo, and Tonio/Alfio in Manitoba Opera’s double bill of I Pagliacci/Cavalleria Rusticana.

In concert, Mr. Hawkins orchestral engagements include Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony with The Washington Chorus at the Kennedy Center; the world premiere of Jake Heggie’s A Great Hope Fell with the EOS Orchestra of New York; Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the St. Louis Symphony; concert selections from American musicals with Welle WDR 4 in Cologne, Germany, and additional engagements with the Chicago Symphony, National Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, The Cincinnati Orchestra, the National Theatre Orchestra of Prague, and the Vienna Symphony.