American baritone Marcus DeLoach has been hailed by Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times as "a fine baritone who puts words across with clarity and naturalness." One of the leading performers of contemporary music today, he has established himself in the areas of opera, concert, and cross-over.

Since 2000, Mr. DeLoach has been a principal artist of New York City Opera singing the roles of Don Alvaro in Il Viaggio a Reims, Satyr and Citheron in Platee, Slim in Of Mice and Men, Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Schaunard in La Boheme, and Son in Lilith.

Additionally, he has gained recent critical acclaim for his operatic performances of Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with the Kalamazoo Symphony, the Narrator in Paul Bunyan at Central City Opera, and as Harlekin in Ariadne auf Naxos at Des Moines Metro Opera. In 2004 Mr. DeLoach sang Ping in Turandot for his Hollywood Bowl Orchestra debut with an all-star cast conducted by John Mauceri.

Mr. DeLoach created principal roles in the world premiers of Wiesman's/Hoiby's Darkling, Beeferman's "The Rat Land", Drattell's "Lilith" and "Marina: A Captive Spirit", and Paul Schoenfield's "The Merchant and the Pauper". He has recorded Eli Siegmeister's "The Lady of the Lake" with Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony for Naxos, and released a solo recital CD, "Marcus DeLoach: American Song", on the One Soul Records label.

In 2007, he made his Seattle Opera and Berkshire Opera debuts as Schaunard in La Boheme, Tulsa Opera debut as Dancairo in Carmen, and Opera Ireland debut as Joseph De Rocher in Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking (a role he has understudied in recent years at New York City Opera, The State Opera of South Australia, Calgary Opera and Dresden Staatsoper). And, in 2008, he will sing Nilakantha in Lakme for Tulsa Opera. Mr. DeLoach has appeared regularly on The Marilyn Horne Foundation's "On Wings of Song" recital series broadcast on WQXR radio and with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center where he has collaborated with numerous concert artists including Martin Katz, Ransom Wilson, and the Borromeo String Quartet. Adding to the credits of his cross-over career, last winter he joined the acclaimed rock group Trans-Siberian Orchestra for their rock opera "Christmas Eve and Other Stories" in a tour that took him across the Eastern United States and Canada playing at numerous venues including Madison Square Garden and the Fleet Center performing for an estimated audience of one quarter million.