Gregory Carroll (July 9, 1977,Des Moines, Washington — July 2, 2013,Seattle) was an Americantenor who had an active international career inoperas and concerts during the early 21st century. In 2009 he won both second place and the Wagner Prize in the Irene Dalis International Vocal Competition. That same year he was awarded theMetropolitan Opera's Zimmerman Career Grant. In 2010 he was the recipient of William O. Cord Memorial Grant from the Wagner Society of Northern California.[1][2]
Carroll earned a Bachelor of Music degree fromWestern Washington University and Master of Music degree in vocal performance from theUniversity of Washington. He then trained at theSan Francisco Opera'sMerola Opera Program. He made his professional opera debut in 2010 as Canio inPagliacci with theSpokane Opera. Later that year he appeared as Bacchus in Strauss'Ariadne auf Naxos with theSeattle Opera, Rodolfo in Verdi'sLuisa Miller with thePuget Sound Opera, and sang Canio again for his debut withOpera Cleveland.[1]
In 2011 Carroll sang Rodolfo again for his debut withChautauqua Opera, performed Canio withOpera Lyra Ottawa, and gave his first performance outside the United States as the First Armed Man inThe Magic Flute with theCanadian Opera Company. In 2012 he made his debut at theLyric Opera of Chicago as Radamès in Verdi'sAida and sang the same role for his European debut at theNorwegian National Opera. He also returned that year to the Chautauqua Opera as Edgardo in Donizetti'sLucia di Lammermoor and made his debut at thePortland Opera as Alfred inDie Fledermaus.[1]
Carroll died suddenly and unexpectedly of a heart attack at the age of 35 in Seattle.Opera News magazine described him "as an extremely promising heldentenor".[1]