Arlington Heights, Illinois native Ryan Wolfe is a passionate musician who is fueled by his love for collaboration and performance. February 2020 marked his professional debut with the CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA as Le Fauteuil/Un chêne in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges under the baton of Louis Langrée and direction of James Bonas. In the summer of 2021, Ryan will re-join to the DES MOINES METRO OPERA COMPANY as an Apprentice Artist where he will sing Sen. Potter’s Assistant/Bookseller/Priest/Technician/ Party Guest in Gregory Spears’ Fellow Travelers, Narumov in Tchaikovsky’s Pikovaya dama, and cover the role of Cithéron in Rameau’s Platée. Ryan will also be featured as Pandolfe in Cendrillon and the title character in Don Giovanni in the festival’s scenes program. Thus far in 2021, Ryan has received an Encouragement Award in the Central Region Finals of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (advancing from the Illinois District) and advanced to the semi-finals of the Lotte Lenya Competition.

Ryan graduated from the UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI - CCM with a Master of Music in Vocal Performance in May 2020 having studied with William McGraw. During this time, he was seen as Giove in La Calisto, Kecal in The Bartered Bride, and the Second Armored Guard/First Priest in Die Zauberflöte (performances cancelled due to Covid-19). Other operatic highlights include Belcore (L’elisir d’amore) with THE CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION, as well as Baron Mirko Zeta (The Merry Widow), Simone (Gianni Schicchi) and Seneca (Poppea) with DEPAUL OPERA THEATER.

A strong proponent of new music, Ryan collaborated with the CINCINNATI OPERA/CCM OPERA FUSION: NEW WORKS to workshop Matt Aucoin’s Eurydice (co-commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and Los Angeles Opera). Ryan has been seen performing selections of Bernstein and Mahler with the CCM PHILHARMONIC, as well as the bass soloist in Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music with the DEPAUL UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. He has received recognition from Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the Kurt Weill Foundation, Classical Singer National Voice Competition, the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition, and the DePaul University Sid Kleinman Competition.

Ryan is currently pursuing his Artist Diploma at the UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI - CCM and studying with soprano, Amy Johnson.