Daniel Belcher is operatic baritone who has sung at many of the world’s leading opera houses, including Paris, London, New York, San Francisco, Berlin, Amsterdam, Toronto, Montreal, Geneva, Madrid, Tokyo, Seoul and Houston. He notably portrayed the role of John Brooks in the world premiere of Mark Adamo’s Little Women and played the role of Andy Warhol in the premiere of Michael Dougherty’s Jackie O, both with the Houston Grand Opera. He is particularly admired for his portrayal of Rossini heroes with Dandini in La Cenerentola and Figaro in The Barber of Seville being two of his signature roles.

Belcher was born in St. Joseph and grew up here. He attended William Jewell College, where he graduated with a degree in voice in 1992. He then pursued graduate voice studies at the Juilliard School from 1992 to 1996.

His professional opera debut was with the the Houston Grand Old Opera in Michael Daugherty’s Jackie O on March 14, 1997.

On February 13, 2011, Daniel Belcher won his first Grammy Award in the category of Best Opera Recording for his work on Saariaho: L’Amour de Loin,” alongside of conductor Kent Nagano, Ekaterina and Marie- Ange Todorovitch, and producer Martin Sauer.

Belcher has a repertoire of more than 80 roles, from Baroque to those composed expressly for him.