William Socolof is an award-winning operatic bass-baritone and recitalist. He has appeared as a soloist with many premier North American orchestras including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra amongst others. He was a winner of the 2020 YCA Susan Wadsworth International Auditions. The New York City native was graduated from The Juilliard School in spring 2022 with an Artist Diploma in Opera Studies and was awarded The Stephen Novick Grant for Career Advancement. Thereafter, he attended the prestigious Merola Opera Program at San Francisco Opera and participated in the Verbier Festival’s Atelier Lyrique.

William Socolof was a member of Oper Köln’s Opernstudio for two seasons during which time he performed a diverse range of titles including Die Zauberflöte, Don Giovanni, a double-bill pairing of Le Rossignol with Les Mamelles de Tirésias, Giulio Cesare, Saariaho’s La Passion de Simone, Un ballo in Maschera, Tosca, and L’incoronazione di Poppea.

The artist has performed under the batons of Richard Egarr, James Gaffigan, Barbara Hannigan, and Andris Nelsons and highlights of chamber music activity include performances with the Borromeo String Quartet and summers at the storied Marlboro Music Festival where he performed works of Bach, Brahms, Mahler, and Schubert with pianists Jonathan Biss, Malcolm Martineau, and Mitsuko