Lucas Bouk,

Lucas Bouk made their Lincoln Center debut with New York City Opera in the World Premiere of Ian Bell & Mark Campbell’s Stonewall in June 2019 and has peformed with opera companies across the United States. Lucas has been featured in the The New York Times, Classical Singer, and in the New Yorker’s talk of the town. Whether taking the lead or bringing to life a supporting role, Bouk captivates audiences. “A performance to remember,” raved OperaWire. 

 

Bouk’s 2023-2024 season included a return to American Opera Projects and NYU Opera Lab to debut exciting new operas and perform as a featured artist for Expansive—A Showcase of Transgender and Non Binary Classical Artists with Opera Parallèlle in partnership with The Transgender District in San Francisco. They also made their debut with New York City’s Sondheim Unplugged for Isn’t It Queer? at 54 Below.

 

2022-2023’s season brought Lucas to Chicago as Don Giovanni in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with Ouroboros Opera. They reprised the role with Teatro Grattacielo & Camerata Bardi, and also performed Baron in Verdi’s La Traviata with City Lyric Opera, and Hannah in Laura Kaminsky, Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed’s As One with Opera Steamboat, Lyric Opera of the North and Holy City Arts & Lyric Opera. A proud transgender man, Lucas previously sang as a mezzo-soprano before re-training as a baritone in 2021.