Paul Appleby’s engagements of the 2012–13 season include a return to the Metropolitan Opera as the Chevalier de la Force in Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites conducted by Louis Langrée and as Hylas in Les Troyens conducted by Fabio Luisi (seen in 64 countries as part of the Met’s Live in HD series), as well as debuts with Santa Fe Opera as Fritz in Offenbach’s La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein conducted by Frédéric Chaslin and with Boston Lyric Opera as Ferrando in Così fan tutte directed by Thomas Allen. Symphonic appearances include performances of the Mozart Requiem with Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony, in Pittsburgh and on tour to Vienna, and Beethoven’s Mass in C with Maestro Langrée and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra. This fall Appleby will appear as Brian in the Met premiere of Nico Muhly’s Two Boys.
 
A recent graduate of the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and the recipient of a 2012 Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Performing and Visual Arts, Appleby has been recognized with the 2012 Top Prize by the Gerda Lissner Foundation, the 2012 Martin E. Segal Award from Lincoln Center, the 2011 Richard Tucker Career Grant and George London Foundation Award. He was a National Winner of the 2009 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.