Last season, Mr. Sutliff returned to the Atlanta Opera for two role debuts: Marcello in La Bohème and Papageno in Die Zauberflöte.  Later in the season, he returned to the Houston Grand Opera, his home company, for his first Wolfram in Tannhäuser.  He also appeared as Marcello in La Bohème with Opera Maine.  In the summer, he made his Central City Opera debut as Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia.  In concert, he made his debut with the Nashville Symphony as the baritone soloist in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with Giancarlo Guerrero conducting.

In the summer of 2023 Luke Sutliff premiered the title-role in Nico Muhly version’s of Monteverdi’s Orfeo at the Santa Fe Opera, then made a series of exciting company and/or role debuts: Silvio in I Pagliacci with Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Opera North Carolina and the Seattle Opera, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Atlanta Opera.  He returned to the Santa Fe Opera in the summer of 2024 to perform Belcore in L’Elisir d’Amore.   In concert, he debuted in Tokyo with the NHK Symphony Orchestra and Fabio Luisi as the baritone solo in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8.

Previously at HGO, Mr. Sutliff sang the roles of Harvey in Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers, Brühlmann (as well as covered Albert) in Werther, Sciarrone in Tosca, and A Cappadocian in Salome. He made his house debut as El Dancaïro in Rob Ashford’s production of Carmen and later performed Thierry and M. Javelinot in Dialogues of the Carmelites and Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette.  In concert, he performed Fauré’s Requiem at A&M Methodist Church.  In the summer, Mr. Sutliff returned to the Santa Fe Opera, where, in addition to premiering the Nico Muhly version of Monteverdi’s Orfeo, he also covered Pelléas in Pelléas et Mélisande. 

In past seasons, Luke Sutliff was seen as the title role in Der Kaiser von Atlantis with Rice Opera Theatre and appeared in their winter gala, Spirit of the Seasons. Earlier in his degree, he made his debut as Mr. Johannes Zegner (Pa) in Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up, conducted by Steven Osgood and directed by Alison Moritz. 

While studying at Juilliard, Sutliff made his Alice Tully Hall debut singing L’horizon chimérique with Bronwyn Schuman. He performed in numerous productions, including Janáček’s Káta Kabanová and Bellini’s La Sonnambula in collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. He was also cast as the Aeneas cover and ensemble in Juilliard’s touring production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, with Juilliard’s early music ensemble, Juilliard 415, conducted by Avi Stein and directed by Mary Birnbaum. On tour with Juilliard 415, Sutliff performed at the Joye in Aiken Music Festival, Opera Holland Park, and the Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles. Previous roles at Juilliard include Jupiter from Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld and The Herald in Britten’s The Burning Fiery Furnace. In recital, Sutliff has performed in Juilliard’s Liederabend, coached by Dimitri Dover. He also performed Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe.

Luke Sutliff is a committed supporter of new music and has been fortunate to participate in several premieres. Earlier this spring, he was meant to perform in the world premiere of Jack Frerer’s orchestral piece, Splinter, with the Arapahoe Philharmonic. (The premiere was postponed due to COVID-19.) In the past, he performed a US premiere of Viento, Agua, Piedra by Samuel Zyman and the Four Frost Songs by Jack Frerer at Juilliard. Later in his studies, he premiered Let Them Eat Cake by Trey Makler at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, New York. 

The Denver, Colorado native graduated from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University with his Master of Music in the studio of Stephen King and received his Bachelor of Music from The Juilliard School under the tutelage of the late Sanford Sylvan. In 2022, he was the First Place winner from The 7th Annual Saengerbund Awards. In 2021, he was a finalist in the 33rd Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition at HGO.