Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia is a signature role for Mr. DeSocio, having performed it with Anchorage Opera, Opera Roanoke, Livermore Valley Opera, Mobile Opera, and Opera Colorado’s young artist program. Further professional role credits include the title role in Don Giovanni with Wichita Grand Opera, Le nozze di Figaro (Count Almaviva) with Miami Music Festival, Così fan tutte (Guglielmo) with LoftOpera, La Cenerentola (Dandini) with Opera Fort Collins, La bohème (Schaunard) with Charleston Opera Theater, Manon (Lescaut) with Opera Santa Barbara, Carmen (Le Dancaïre) with Fort Worth Opera, L’heure espangnole (Ramiro) with Opera Memphis, and Amahl and the Night Visitors (Melchoir) with Amarillo Opera.

During his tenure as a resident artist with Pittsburgh Opera, Mr. DeSocio was seen as Montano in Otello, Le Commissaire in Philip Glass’ Orphée, Father in Gregory Spears’ Paul’s Case, and Second Priest in The Magic Flute. Mr. DeSocio is also an alum of the prestigious Merola Opera Program, where he portrayed Dr. Malatesta in Don Pasquale.

A highly awarded artist, Mr. DeSocio is a two-time semifinalist of the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions, a winner/laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, a Sullivan Foundation winner, and an Eleanor McCollum Competition finalist. He won 1st place in the Shreveport Opera Competition, the Palm Springs Opera Guild and Opera Birmingham vocal competitions, and most recently the Cooper-Bing Competition at Opera Columbus, where he additionally received the Audience Choice Award. Mr. DeSocio also took 2nd place in the Premiere Vocal Competition, as well as received the Merola Opera Program’s Shoshana Grant Award.

Mr. DeSocio earned his Bachelor of Music from Northwestern University, and his Master of Music at the University of Maryland under the tutelage of Leon Major and Dominic Cossa. He is also the only opera singer certified as an Actor Combatant in The Society of American Fight Directors.