Tanner Knight, from Keeseville, NY specializes in the early Bel Canto repertoire of Rossini and Donizetti. He negotiates the tricky tessitura in roles such as Rossini's Don Ramiro, Almaviva, Lindoro, and Donizetti's Tonio and Ernesto with ease and grace. As a Studio Artist with the Utah Opera, Tanner has recently performed the role of Spoletta in Puccini's Tosca, and coverer Don Ramiro in Rossini's La Cenerentola, the tenor solo in Orff's Carmina Burana, and Don Ottavio in Mozarts Don Giovanni. Tanner has been a Young Artist with the Central City Opera for three summers, performing roles in The Ballade of Baby Doe, by Moore, L'Incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi, The Face on the Barroom Floor by Mollicone, and Don Ottavio in a family performance of Don Giovanni. Other recent engagements include Giuseppe in Loesser's The Most Happy Fella and A-rab in Bernstein's West Side Story.

This season, Tanner made his debut with the Palm Beach Opera singing Borsa in Rigoletto. He has also debuted with Opera San José singing Ramiro in La Cenerentola.