Lebanese-American tenor Karim Sulayman has garnered international attention as a sophisticated and versatile artist, praised for his “lucid, velvety tenor and pop-star charisma” (BBC Music Magazine). He earns widespread acclaim for his innovative programming and recording projects while performing on the world’s stages in opera, orchestral concerts, recital and chamber music.
Recent engagements have included his solo recital debut at Carnegie Hall, Royal Opera House, Spoleto Festival USA, Opera Philadelphia, Wigmore Hall, Park Avenue Armory, Aldeburgh Festival, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, Stockholm’s Drottningholms Slottsteater, Houston Grand Opera, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, the Chicago, New World, National and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras, and the Ravinia and Schleswig Holstein Musik Festivals. Next season he makes his debut at La Monnaie, and reprises his celebrated portrayal of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo in Houston.
Mr. Sulayman won the 2019 GRAMMY® Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album for his debut solo disc, Songs of Orpheus (Avie Records). His second album, Where Only Stars Can Hear Us (Avie Records) with fortepianist Yi-heng Yang, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Traditional Classical Chart and was included in the New York Times’ Best Classical Music of 2020. His third solo album, Broken Branches (Pentatone), with guitarist Sean Shibe, debuted at #1 on the UK Classical Chart and was recently nominated for the 2024 GRAMMY® Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album and was named one of the Best Classical Albums of 2023 by the New York Times