Demetrious Sampson Jr. 

Tenor – East Albany, Georgia 

HGO appearances: Ruiz in Il trovatore; Parpignol in La bohème; Younger Sailor in Breaking the Waves; Walther von der Vogelweide in Tannhäuser. Second-year Butler HGO Studio artist.  

Previously at HGO: 3rd Esquire in Parsifal. 2nd Place and Audience Choice Winner in HGO’s 2023 Eleanor McCollum Competition Concert of Arias. 2022 Alumnus of HGO’s Young Artists Vocal Academy. 

About the artist: An incoming second-year Butler Studio artist from Albany, Georgia, Demetrious Sampson, Jr. is the second-place and Audience Choice Winner in HGO’s 2023 Eleanor McCollum Competition Concert of Arias and a 2022 alumnus of HGO’s Young Artists Vocal Academy. He performed the role of 3rd Esquire in Parsifal during HGO’s 2023-24 season. He made his professional debut with Atlanta Opera at the age of 20 as Crab Man in Porgy and Bess, a role he reprised at Des Moines Metro Opera in summer 2022 as an apprentice artist. During summer 2023, he joined the Merola Opera Program in San Francisco. In summer 2024, he makes company and role debuts with Cincinnati Opera as Gastone in La traviata and with Wolf Trap Opera as the Kronprinz in Kevin Puts’ Silent Night. A previous Encouragement Award winner, he recently was named a National Semifinalist in the 2024 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition. Sampson received his bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University in 2023, where he studied with Kathryn Hartgrove.   

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