Travis Wiley McGuire, bass-baritone, is devoted to bringing opera (and comedy!) to new audiences, inside and outside the opera house. He is in his ninth season in the Dallas Opera Chorus, having sung in Boris Godunov, Samson et Dalila, Show Boat, Moby-Dick, Norma and many other productions. He is in his seventh season performing with TDO’s Education and Outreach Programs, performing in the roles of Wolfgang Bigbad in The Three Little Pigs, Osmin in The Billy Goats Gruff, The Trouble Man/Giant in Jack and the Beanstalk, and Dr. Dulcamara in The Elixir of Love. McGuire also performs traditional storytelling and Scottish music as the Bard of Lower Greenville.
McGuire studied at Abilene Christian, SMU, and UNT.