
JORELL WILLIAMS | Lyric Baritone
Opera • Concert • New Works • Composer
“Magnificent…” — BBC Music Magazine
“Jorell Williams steals the show with his easy charm and stunning vocals.” - Backtrack
Baritone Jorell Williams brings commanding presence, resonant tone, and dramatic intelligence to performances spanning Mozart, contemporary opera, and the concert stage.
Baritone Jorell Williams is acclaimed for his commanding stage presence, expressive depth, and richly resonant voice, bringing dramatic insight and musical elegance to repertoire spanning Mozart, contemporary opera, and the concert stage. Praised as “a rock-solid singer with a keen understanding of his own expressive depths” (The Washington Post), he has appeared with leading opera companies, orchestras, and festivals across North America and Europe.
In the 2025–2026 season, Williams makes his company debut with New Orleans Opera in Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites, returns to Indianapolis Opera for his role debut as Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, and joins Tapestry Opera for the Canadian premiere of René Orth’s 10 Days in a Madhouse. His season also includes concert and recital appearances with the Canadian Art Song Project, Cincinnati Art Song Initiative, Thunder Bay Symphony, and Omaha Symphony in repertoire ranging from Brahms and Haydn to American art song.


FEBRUARY 2026 'OPERA CHOICE' AWARD
Nadia Boulanger's La ville morte
INTERNATIONAL PRESS
​All non-English reviews translated for this website
UNITED KINGDOM
“The cast of four are magnificent…” - BBC Music Magazine
FRANCE
“Jorell Williams excels as Alexandre.” - Perform Arts
​
CANADA
“Baritone Jorell Williams offers a very solid performance.” - La Scène Musicale
​
UNITED STATES
“Jorell Williams’ baritone serves as a human pulse against the opera’s more ethereal qualities.” - OperaWire
BELGIUM
“An excellent American vocal ensemble…” - Crescendo Magazine
LUXEMBOURG
“Baritone Jorell Williams brings equal depth to Alexandre and is vocally compelling.” - Pizzicato
​
ITALY
“Jorell Williams’ Alexandre is marked by noble phrasing and rich pathos.” - Le Salon Musical
LISTEN HERE
“It’s also eminently singable and the all Black cast makes the most of it. Jorell Williams, as Maduka, sings powerfully and with
beauty and is emotionally engaging.”
OPERA CANADA


Rehearsal with Philip Akin, Director
"Of The Sea" - Tapestry Opera & Obsidian Theatre
Photo: Dahlia Katz
Opening Night Performance
"Of The Sea" - Tapestry Opera & Obsidian Theatre
Photo: Dahlia Katz
“Williams’ outstanding vocal performance of Maduka begins demure, frightened by his new, sea-bound life, then evolves into fiery, driven arias with strong tessitura when his desire to escape becomes obsessive.”
- INTERMISSION MAGAZINE


