Michael Galvin

A native of Albany, New York, bass-baritone Michael Galvin has garnered a reputation as a “distinguished and disarming” young singer (Rochester City Newspaper). Residing in Boston, Michael has appeared in productions with the Boston Lyric Opera (La Boheme; Omar; Champion; Aida; Die tote Stadt) and the Boston Early Music Festival (Don Quichotte; Circé; Alcina; Orlando Generoso). In 2021 Michael premiered Iphigenia, a new work by Esperanza
Spalding and Wayne Shorter, in partnership with ArtsEmerson and The Kennedy Center. A consummate ensemble singer, he has made recurrent appearances with The Handel and Haydn Society, Washington D.C.-based ensemble The Thirteen, and Nightingale Vocal Ensemble. An avid Baroque singer, Michael is an alumnus of the 2019 Boston Early Music Festival Young Artist Training Program, where he sang the role of Soroastro in Handel’s Orlando. He is also featured on the Boston Early Music Festival’s recording of Circé with CPO records.

Michael is also a drag artist who blends classical music with drag performance to make the genre more accessible. A 2024 Live Arts Boston Grant recipient, he is a champion of LGBTQ+ artists through his creative work as Donatella Fermata (@donatella_fermata).

Michael holds a Master of Music in Voice from the Eastman School of Music and a Bachelor of Music in Voice from Ithaca College.