American tenor Garrett Sorenson has been praised as an artist of unique  interest , drawing  critical  acclaim  for a rich lyric voice of beauty and power.  Of his portrayal of Lensky in YEVGENY ONEGIN, Richard Dyer of the Boston Globe wrote, “The poet Lensky(‘s)…aria is one of Tchaikovsky's greatest inspirations, and the young American tenor Garrett Sorenson delivered it with beautiful, warm tone and heartfelt emotion…his lyric tenor voice is the real deal, and his musical and dramatic instincts are strong and true.”

Garret Sorenson’s 2010/2011 season was highlighted by his Broadway Debut as Tony Candolino in the Manhattan Theatre Club’s revival of  Terrance McNally's Master Class  opposite celebrated actress  Tyne Daly.  Symphonic appearances include Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the Tanglewood Festival under the baton of Kurt Masur, Verdi’s Requiem with the Houston Symphony and with the Temple University Symphony, and Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with the South Dakota Symphony.  His operatic performances include Don Jose in Carmen with Arizona Opera.   In the current season, he makes his role debut as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Indianapolis Opera and returns to the role of Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor in his second appearance at West Australian Opera.  He sings Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Utah Symphony and returns to the Cleveland Orchestra as Narraboth in Salome conducted by Franz Welser-Möst including a performance at Carnegie Hall.

In 2009/10 his season began with the San Francisco Opera’s production of Salome  conducted by Donald Runnicles  , followed by  his house and role debut as Kudryas  Katya Kabanova with the Lyric Opera of Chicago  opposite Karita Mattila . He made his debuts with the Canadian Opera as well as the West Australian Opera as Don Jose in Carmen. His orchestral engagements included an appearance with the Alabama Symphony in Handel’s Messiah, and Verdi’s Requiem with the Grand Rapids Symphony.

His 2008/09 season saw several important role debuts across America.  At the Metropolitan Opera he sang the role of Froh in Wagner’s Das Rheingold under James Levine.  He added the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto to his repertoire in a debut at Arizona Opera and the title role of Massenet’s Werther in his debut with Kentucky Opera opposite his wife Elizabeth Batton as Charlotte.  He appeared as a soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the San Francisco Symphony under the baton of Michael Tilson Thomas (including a concert at Carnegie Hall), as well as with the Pacific Symphony.  He also sang a concert version of Simon Boccanegra with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Levine and Handel’s Messsiah with the Omaha Symphony.

Recent Seasons have seen him as Cassio in Otello at the Metropolitan Opera opposite Renée Fleming and Johan Botha and conducted by Semyon Bychkov, his role debut as Rodolfo in La Bohème with Houston Grand Opera under Patrick Summers,  Alfredo in La Traviata for his debut with Opera Colorado, role debuts as Hoffmann in Les contes d'Hoffmann with Opera Theatre of St. Louis conducted by Stephen Lord and in the title role in Faust with New Orleans Opera.  He appeared with the innovative Gotham Chamber Opera in Janacek’s Diary of One Who Vanished at the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York and has also taken part in the Marilyn Horne Foundation’s annual concert at Zankel Hall. He performed Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony under James Levine at the Verbier Festival, Sam Kaplan in a new production of Street Scenes at Opera Theater of St. Louis to great critical acclaim as well as Don Ottavio in Don GIovanni at PORT Opera in Portland, ME.  He made his Houston Grand Opera debut as Don Ottavio under Patrick Summers, and his Santa Fe Opera debut as Leukkipos in a new production of Strauss’s Daphne by  Mark Lamos. 

He has appeared with the Metropolitan Opera as Da-Ud in a new production of Richard Strauss’s infrequently performed Die Agyptische Helena starring Deborah Voigt and conducted by Fabio Luisi, and other Met roles in past seasons have included  Alfred in Die Feldermaus, Scaramuccio in Ariadne auf Naxos and Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor,, Shepherd in Tristan und Isolde conducted by James Levine, the Young Man in Die Frau ohne Schatten,, and the Youth in Moses und Aaron also under Levine.  His debut there was in the role of Itulbo in Il Pirata opposite Renée Fleming conducted by Bruno Campanella. He also performed for the opening night of the 2004-5 Metropolitan Opera season as Cassio in Otello opposite Ben Heppner again conducted by Mo. Levine.  He is a graduate of their Lindemann Young Artist Development Program which he joined at the beginning of the 2001-2002 season.

Other appearances of note include Boston Lyric Opera as Alfredo following his triumphant appearance as Lensky there, his debut as the Italian Tenor in Der Rosenkavelier at Los Angeles Opera in a new production by actor/director Maximilian Schell and conducted by Kent Nagano.  He made his debut at Opera Pacific in his first performances as Alfredo and sang Edgardo in Lucia at PORT Opera. Mr. Sorenson was a member of the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program in 2001 and made a last-minute substitution for the role of Werther in the Apprentice Showcase Scenes. In concert, he appeared in recital under the auspices of the Marilyn Horne Foundation in St. Petersburg, FL and in a recital for the George London Foundation in New York, debuts with the Cleveland Orchestra in Elektra under Franz Welser-Möst as well as with the New York Philharmonic in a program of Viennese music and with the Baltimore Symphony in an aria and duet concert.  Other concert repertoire includes the Mozart Requiem and Handel’s Messiah.

Among his honors and awards, Mr. Sorenson was the winner of the Opera Birmingham Young Singer Contest and the Sorantin Young Artist Award.  Mr. Sorenson was also a finalist in the Loren L. Zachary Society Contest for Young Opera Singers and The Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition’s Southwest Region.  Mr. Sorenson was also named a winner at the 2003 George London Foundation Competition and a Sara Tucker Study Grant Winner.  This was followed by a 2004 Richard Tucker Foundation Career Grant. He is a graduate of Texas Tech University,  and he resides in Kentucky with his wife Elizabeth Batton and his daughter and two sons.