First-year Butler Studio artist Shawn Roth, from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, makes his HGO debut as Heinrich der Schreiber in Tannhäuser . In the 2024-2025 season, he competed in the final round of the Neue Stimmen competition in Gütersloh, Germany, and was named a finalist in the Houston Saengerbund Awards. He will make his debut with the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra as Don José in Carmen , and will return to Des Moines Metro Opera to perform Pásek in The Cunning Little Vixen , and cover Erik in Der fliegende Holländer . In spring 2024 Roth earned his artist diploma from the Academy of Vocal Arts, where he performed the roles of Male Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia , and Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni . In the 2023-24 season, he won the Pittsburgh District of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, covered the role of Narraboth in Salome at Des Moines Metro Opera, and took the top prize in the Wagner Society of New York's 2024 Grant Awards. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin Conservatory, and is a three-time fellow of Music Academy of the West, where he won the Marilyn Horne Song Competition in 2021.