Highly regarded for his performances of the bel canto operatic repertoire, tenor Brian Downen has sung leading roles in more than 85 productions for opera houses in the U.S., Europe and Canada, with numerous productions of Il barbiere di Siviglia, La Cenerentola, L’Italiana in Algeri, Don Giovanni and Die Zauberflöte to his credit. He has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera as Lord Cecil in Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux and as Triquet in Eugene Onegin.  Recent engagements include performances of the role of Philemon in the Haydn marionette opera Jupiter’s Journey to the Earth with the Little Opera Theatre of New York, Goro in Madama Butterfly with Opera Louisiane, and as tenor soloist in Carmina Burana with The El Paso Symphony Orchestra. Downen is the winner of the 2024 American Prize in Voice in the Men’s Professional Art Song Division.