Carlton Ford, baritone
Baritone Carlton Ford is renowned for the dramatic vigor, precision, and natural beauty of his singing.
Acclaimed by The New YorkTimes as a “robust baritone with a vibrant stage presence”, Ford is a graduate of both The Juilliard School and Rice University and has performed with Le Théâtre du Châtelet , the New York Philharmonic, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Houston Grand Opera, the Aspen Music and Glimmerglass Festivals, and at Carnegie Hall. Carlton is a winner of the 2014 Opera Foundation Scholarship and a recipient of both First Place and Grand Prize in Chicago’s 2011 Bel Canto Foundation Competition. He recently performed at the Gran Teton Festival as Schaunard in La Bohème under the baton of Donald Runnicles., Carlton currently works as a Chief of Strategic Partnerships at the Taproot Foundation, while continuing to perform with VHO. His past VHO appearances include Now Try This, Oracle, Monticello Overheard, Heartstrings and UNSUNG. He can be heard as Germont in VHO’s recording of Verdi’s La Traviata.