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Biography
Baritone Titus Muzi III has been hailed as "a powerful stage figure, with a very together: beautifully integrated voice" (Parterre, 2022). He is a recipient of multiple awards and accolades including a Top Prize Winner of the Gerda Lissner Foundation's International Vocal Competition (2026), First Place in the Mildred Miller International Voice Competition hosted by Pittsburgh Festival Opera (2026), a Richard Gaddes Career Grant from Opera Theatre of St Louis (2022, 23), and a Regional Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan National Council Auditions (2026).
Mr. Muzi’s 2026-27 includes the prestigious Neue Stimmen International Voice Competition where he will compete in the semi-finals in Gütersloh, Germany as well as his role and house debut as Ping in Turandot with Cincinnati Opera in the summer of 2027. Other highlights from 2026 include his debut in the role of Master Ford in Juilliard Opera’s production of Fasltaff and his Zankel Hall debut singing at the Gerda Lissner Foundation’s Winner’s Concert. In 2029 he will make his role debut as Marcello in Cincinnati Opera’s production of La bohème.
Mr Muzi's 2024-2025 included his return to Opera Theatre of St Louis to sing the role of Schaunard in La bohème and his role and company debut with Livermore Valley Opera as the title role in Mozart's Don Giovanni.
During the 2022- 2023 season, Mr. Muzi made several notable debuts including his role and company debut as Escamillo in Opera Theatre of St. Louis' production of Carmen, his company debut with Annapolis Opera as Schaunard in their production of La bohème, and his role debut as the baritone soloist in Carmina Burana with the Cincinnati Ballet.
Mr. Muzi is a graduate of the Academy of Vocal Arts where he performed the roles Dr. Malatesta in Don Pasqaule (2022), the title role in Eugene Onegin (2021), and various scenes and selections as Figaro from Il barbiere di Siviglia and Marcello in La bohème in AVA's post pandemic concert A Celebration of Opera (2021).
As a recitalist and concert performer, he has presented programs with various associations across the world including the New York Festival of Song, the Gerda Lissner Foundation and the Maldives Concert Series of Velaa Private Island.
A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mr. Muzi holds a Bachelor of Music from Florida State University. He currently attends the Juilliard School where he is pursuing an Artist’s Diploma in Opera Studies