American tenor Alek Shrader has appeared with many of the world’s most prestigious opera companies including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Santa Fe Opera, Dallas Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Canadian Opera Company, Bayersische Staatsoper, and the Salzburg and Glyndebourne festivals. His many roles include Alfredo in La Traviata, Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Lindoro in L’Italiana in Algeri, Ferrando in Così fan tutte, Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore, Tonio in La Fille du Regiment, Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola, Ernesto in Don Pasquale, Emilio in Partenope, Tom Rakewell in The Rake’s Progress, and the title roles in Candide and Albert Herring. 

As a concert singer, Mr. Shrader has appeared with the Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Also an avid recitalist, Mr. Shrader has been presented by Carnegie Hall, San Francisco Performances, and the Wigmore Hall
in London.

Shrader was a winner of the 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and was the recipient of a Sarah Tucker grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation. He is also an alumna of the San Francisco Opera’s prestigious Adler
Fellowship Program.