Daniel Laverriere is a Philadelphia-based baritone and emerging arts administrator. This season, Daniel joins the Opera Philadelphia chorus in Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims and the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Symphonic Choir in Handel’s Messiah. He will present a virtual recital with A Modern Reveal, featuring works by Kamala Sankaram, Delphine Ugalde, and Sophie Gail. Daniel will sing Pandolfe in Art City Opera’s workshop reading of Cendrillon and return to Opera in the Pines in A Masked Ball. In addition to these engagements, Daniel will complete an Arts Administration Internship at Sarasota Opera for their 2026 Winter Season.

In 2025, Daniel began the year covering Schaunard in La bohème with Opera Maine and the Portland Symphony Orchestra. He performed the role of Masetto in Don Giovanni with Temple Opera Theater and presented his graduate degree recital with Kim Barroso, featuring Ricky Ian Gordon’s Green Sneakers. As a Vocal Fellow at Spoleto Festival USA, he performed in Bach’s B Minor Mass, Kodály’s Missa Brevis, and as a soloist in Massenet’s Thaïs. Daniel returned to Quisisana Resort for a second season as Jupiter in Orpheus in the Underworld and Pâris in Roméo et Juliette.

Laverriere was named winner of the Opera Maine Ellen Chickering Young Artist Award and presented a recital with Scott Wheatley in May of 2024. He spent the summer at Quisisana Resort, performing Frank in Die Fledermaus and the Notary in Don Pasquale. Daniel sang the role of Le Roi in Cendrillon with Temple Opera Theater in November.

Before his move to Philadelphia in 2023, Laverriere was a frequent collaborator throughout New England, working with Oratorio Chorale, Choral Art, Opera in the Pines, Opera Maine, The Portland Symphony Orchestra, and Sanford Opera. Daniel was named winner of the Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra Collegiate Vocal Competition in 2023 and performed as a soloist in Mendelssohn’s Die erste Walpurgisnacht.

Daniel was also selected as a participant in FUSE: Collaborations in Song with Boston Singers’ Resource and Catalyst New Music. Teams of composers, poets, and singers were grouped based on shared interests for a world premiere song cycle. Composed by Keane Southard with poetry by Kendra Preston Leonard, Felling: A Song Cycle for Baritone and Piano was premiered by Daniel with pianist Brendon Shapiro in March 2023. The cycle features three historical and recent accounts of deforestation throughout North America.

Laverriere was an Emerging Artist at Seagle Festival in Schroon Lake, NY in 2022 and 2023. Credits include Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette, Prince Dauntless in Once Upon a Mattress, Senator McCarthy/Estonian Frank/Interrogator in Fellow Travelers, Papa Bear in the touring children’s opera, The Three Bears, and Ensemble in Hello, Dolly! and Fiddler on the Roof.

Daniel earned his M.M. in Music Performance from Temple University, studying with Dr. Marcus DeLoach. At Temple, he also worked in the opera production office, handling promotion, social media, archival materials, alumni tracking, program editing, and other various administrative duties.

Laverriere earned his B.M. in Music Performance and B.M. in Music Education from The University of Southern Maine, studying with Dr. Malinda Haslett. At USM, he sang Pictordu in Viardot’s Cendrillon, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, and Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus. He was named a winner of the Osher School of Music Honors Recital in 2022, as well as first place winner of the Maine NATS competition. With the Portland Symphony Orchestra, he sang Pontifex in Bach’s Matthäuspassion. Daniel performed as a soloist with the Southern Maine Symphony Orchestra, including H. Leslie Adams’ Nightsongs, Schubert’s Magnificat, and Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor. He also helped reinstate Opera Maine’s Opera for All outreach program, led by Dr. Haslett.