Sean Michael Plumb

Career Trajectory

A Curtis Institute graduate who earned a United States Presidential Scholar in the Arts honor, Sean Michael Plumb burst onto the international opera stage in 2015-16 with simultaneous debuts at the Bayerische Staatsoper and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, followed immediately by the Grand Prize of the 2016 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Over the subsequent years, he has established himself as a versatile lyric baritone with a growing presence at major European opera houses and the Met, building a repertoire anchored in Mozart, Rossini, and Verdi while maintaining the trajectory of a singer in sustained upward momentum.