Philip Lima, Baritone

Baritone Philip Lima has performed leading operatic roles in Germany and with regional US companies, singing everything from classics by Handel, Mozart, Puccini, and Verdi to 20th-century masterpieces by Samuel Barber, Benjamin Britten, and Viktor Ullmann, plus the comic favorites of Gilbert & Sullivan.

He’s also made his mark on contemporary classical music, starring in the world premieres of operas by jazz icons Leslie Burrs, Nathan Davis, and Mary Watkins, as well as award-winning composer Larry Bell.

Phil is thrilled to be back with us!  Since he was last with us he has taken the stage as a soloist with the Boston Symphony, the Boston Pops, and dozens of other orchestras, choral societies, and concert series across the US and in Europe and Asia. His concert repertoire includes beloved choral masterpieces and works by Leonard Bernstein, Dave Brubeck, and Lee Hoiby—notably Hoiby’s adaptation of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

You can also hear him on the recording of pioneering African-American composer Florence Price’s Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, which took home the 2020 American Prize for the Performance of American Music.

Originally from New Bedford, Phil is a Yale graduate who went on to study at Tanglewood and Boston University. Today, he helps shape the next generation of singers as the Assistant Chair of the Voice Department at Berklee College of Music.

Check out Phil’s website at www.philiplima.com or listen to him perform on his YouTube channel, PhilipLimaSings.