Bass-baritone Michael Dean has performed worldwide in both concert and operatic repertoire, appearing in many of the major venues of the US and Europe. He made his debut with the New York Philharmonic in the world premiere of Aaron Jay Kernis’ Garden of Light, conducted by Kurt Masur, and returned to appear in Kurt Weill’s opera Street Scene, conducted by Leonard Slatkin. 　　He has made frequent appearances at the New York City Opera, where he performed the title role in Le nozze di Figaro, Leporello in Don Giovanni, George in Of Mice and Men, Don Alvaro in Il viaggio a Reims, and Papageno in Die Zauberflöte. 　　Dean’s concert engagements have included Handel’s Messiah at Carnegie Hall, Verdi’s Requiem with the Singapore Symphony, Bach cantatas with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra conducted by Helmuth Rilling, Haydn’s The Creation and Bach’s St. Matthew Passion at the Kennedy Center, and Bach’s Magnificat with the Toronto Symphony, among many others. 　　He has received critical praise for his numerous recordings of Baroque opera, including Agrippina, Ottone, Dido and Aeneas, Radamisto, Giustino, and Serse. He is a Professor of Voice at UCLA.