Derrick Ballard

Bass-baritone Derrick Ballard has appeared with major opera companies and orchestras across Europe and North America, to great acclaim. For his recent role debut as Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore, Kulturmagazin wrote: “The performance of the singers increased over two and a half hours, but only one was at his best from the very beginning: Derrick Ballard, who sang a sparkling, dazzling Dulcamara, as though Donizetti had composed the role for him.” With his “warm and multi–faceted” voice, writes Opernwelt, he is equally comfortable on the opera and concert stage, excelling in music ranging from Baroque to modern.