Argentine-American bass-baritone Lorenzo Zapata most recently received a vocal fellowship at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara performing in the west coast premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s “Cold Mountain” directed by James Darrah. His other recent performances include soloing in Bernstein’s MASS under Marin Alsop and working with composer Jake Heggie in a re-premiere of his opera Out of Darkness: Two Remain. Other recent performances include as Homecoming Soldier in The Falling and the Rising and Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore. Mr. Zapata made his solo orchestral debut last Fall under Ed Polochik in Haydn’s Harmoniemesse, and also won first prize in the annual Peabody Song Competition last Spring where he also received his undergraduate degree in May 2019. Mr. Zapata is thrilled to be joining Herb Dimmock and Bach in Baltimore to make his Messiah debut.