About Tim
Timothy McDevitt is a versatile performer with a career spanning the United States and abroad. His baritone voice has been featured at prominent venues throughout Europe including the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Oper der Stadt Köln, and the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence; in Tokyo with the NHK Symphony; and in the United States with The Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Opera, Ballet, and Philharmonic; the Chicago, Cincinnati, Virginia, Reading, Albany, Winston Salem, National, and New World Symphonies, The Philadelphia Orchestra, American Classical Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s and in all three Halls at Carnegie Hall. His theatre credits include productions at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and National Sawdust, regionally at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and Baltimore Center Stage, and six productions with NY City Center Encores. On television, he can be seen on season two of the AppleTV series "Dickinson" and on PBS for both Live from Lincoln Center and Great Performances. His solo cabaret Erwartung//Expectation has been produced by The Metropolitan Opera Club, Park Avenue Armory Avant-Garde, The Century Association, and Soho House; and the accompanying short film received screenings at the Long Beach Opera and Opera Philadelphia film festivals. Off the stage, Timothy is a dedicated vocal coach with studios in New York and Los Angeles, and is on the Vocal Arts Faculty at the Manhattan School of Music and Bard College.
He is a graduate of The Juilliard School.
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American baritone Timothy McDevitt is recognized as one of today’s most versatile performers, equally at home in opera, musical theatre, concert repertoire, and new works. His career has taken him to leading stages throughout the United States and abroad, where his stylistic range and dramatic versatility have made him a sought-after collaborator across genres.
Recent engagements include the title role in Dear Edvard at Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, Benjamin Guggenheim in Titanic at New York City Center, Maximilian in Candide with the Northern Lights Music Festival, Oklahoma! with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall, The Many Worlds Interpretation with the New York Festival of Song, Bach’s St. John Passion with the American Classical Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall, and multiple engagements at The Metropolitan Opera, where he performed in A Celebration of Stephen Schwartz and covered principal roles in John Adams’ Antony and Cleopatra and Terrence Blanchard’s Champion.
Additional recent highlights include Sweeney Todd with the Virginia Symphony opening the Virginia Arts Festival, Dear Edvard at MASS MoCA, National Sawdust, and Arena Stage, William in The Fall of the House of Usher for OrpheusPDX, Maximilian in Candide with the Cincinnati Symphony and Philadelphia Orchestra, headlining pops concerts with the Reading Symphony and Winston Salem Symphony, and performances of his original cabaret, Erwartung // {Expectation}, presented by The Metropolitan Opera Club,The Park Avenue Armory, Ludlow House, and The Century Association. The accompanying short film was featured by the Long Beach Opera and Opera Philadelphia film festivals. For the opening of The Ned Nomad, Timothy had the honor of creating and debuting Porter’s Gay Paree, a celebration of Cole Porter in conjunction with New York City Pride, alongside acclaimed jazz pianist Matthew Sheens.
International engagements include his German debut as Harry Easter in Street Scene at Oper Köln, Le Mari in Les Mamelles de Tirésias at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie and the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Riff in West Side Story with the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo, and recitals at the Chelsea Arts Club in London. His operatic repertoire also includes L’Isola Disabitata at Alice Tully Hall, Zaide with the New World Symphony, La Fanciulla del West with New York City Opera, and Les Enfants Terribles with North Carolina Opera. He spent two seasons as a Studio Artist with Wolf Trap Opera followed by an addition two seasons as an Apprentice Artist at Central City Opera.
Timothy’s theatre and concert credits include the Emmy Award-winning Carousel with the New York Philharmonic for Live from Lincoln Center, Guys and Dolls at Carnegie Hall, South Pacific at Charlottesville Opera, The Secret Garden at Baltimore Center Stage and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Dreyfus Affair at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Thou Swell with New York City Ballet, Bernstein’s Mass with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and numerous productions with New York City Center Encores!, including Brigadoon, Me and My Girl, The New Yorkers, Call Me Madam, and Lady, Be Good!. His performance in Bernstein’s Mass at the Ravinia Festival was later broadcast nationally on PBS Great Performances, and he also appeared in season two of Apple TV+’s Dickinson.
His recordings include Bernstein’s Mass on Deutsche Grammophon, Brigadoon and Lady, Be Good! on Ghostlight Records, and Roberta on New World Records.
A graduate of The Juilliard School, Timothy was recognized early in his career as a New York District Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, recipient of the Lys Symonette Prize at the Lotte Lenya Competition, and a finalist in Competizione dell’Opera at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
An active educator and mentor, Timothy serves on the Vocal Arts Faculties of Manhattan School of Music and Bard College and maintains a private studio in New York and Los Angeles. He has also served as a competition judge and coach, including judging the Miss America Organization competition that crowned Miss New York 2023, Amelia Collins, and coaching Miss New York 2024 Abigail Quammen and Miss America 2026 Cassie Donegan.