Joshua Sanders

In the 2025-26 season at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Joshua Sanders debuts as Alfredo in La traviata and also sings Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, Guglielmo in Viva la Mamma, Cosimo in Alles Liebe!, and headlines as Pretty Lamé in a cabaret titled "Alles Pretty," which is also featured at the Internationale Maifestspiele. He debuts at the Münchener Biennale and returns to the Internationale Maifestspiele in the world premiere of Isithunsi by Monthati Masebe and Shanice Ndlovu.

In his first season with Wiesbaden, Sanders was seen in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Der fliegende Holländer, Tosca, The Magic Flute, and Fantasio. He returned to the Metropolitan Opera to cover the role of Sam Clay in the world premiere of Mason Bates' new opera, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, and made role and house debuts across Germany, including Deutsche Oper am Rhein and Stadttheater Fürth.

Sanders made his international debut in 2017 at Teatro Regio Torino in Tristan und Isolde, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. During his year-long tenure at Teatro Regio, he sang roles in Turandot, Salome, Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, Le nozze di Figaro, and Verdi's I Lombardi alla prima crociata. In that same season, he also debuted at Deutsche Oper Berlin in Un ballo in maschera conducted by Donald Runnicles.

In concert, Sanders made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2019 as a soloist in Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music. He has appeared as a guest soloist with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra as the titular character in Berlioz's Lélio and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Lee Mingwei's Sonic Blossom exhibit, featuring the music of Schubert. He has also performed at the Public Theater in a cabaret curated by Justin Vivian Bond for New York State's NY PopsUp concert series. Additional concert credits include tenor soloist in Handel's Messiah, Bach's St. John Passion, and Vaughan Williams' Pilgrim's Journey.

Past seasons include performances with Heartbeat Opera, Berkshire Opera Festival, and Madison Opera. Sanders trained at Wolf Trap Opera as a studio artist, and was a young artist at Bel Canto at Caramoor.

Sanders was a finalist in the 2023 Belvedere Competition and was awarded a study grant from the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in 2021, after being named a national semifinalist in 2020. Sanders holds a master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music and a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.