Daniel Laverriere, a baritone from Arundel, Maine, is a second year graduate student at Temple University. This season, Daniel returns to his home state to cover Schaunard in La Bohème with Opera Maine and the Portland Symphony Orchestra, a first time collaboration to celebrate the PSO’s 85th Anniversary season. He will present his graduate degree recital in collaboration with pianist Kim Barroso. Daniel will also perform Masetto in Don Giovanni with both Music On Site Inc. and Temple Opera Theater and attend Spoleto Festival USA as a Vocal Fellow. He is a current student of Dr. Marcus DeLoach.

In 2024, Laverriere was named winner of the Ellen Chickering Young Artist Award and presented a recital in Falmouth, ME in May of 2024. He spent the summer performing at Quisisana Resort, performing Frank in Die Fledermaus, the Notary in Don Pasquale, and as a featured soloist in weekly aria concerts. Daniel performed the role of Le Roi and covered Pandolfe in Cendrillon with Temple Opera Theater in November.

Laverriere earned his B.M. in Vocal Performance and B.M. in Music Education from The University of Southern Maine, studying with renowned soprano Dr. Malinda Haslett. At USM, he performed as Pictordu in Viardot’s Cendrillon, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, and 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.