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Tenor Demetrious Sampson, Jr., is a multifaceted operatic artist from Albany, Georgia. He finished his undergraduate studies at Georgia State University’s School of Music in May of 2023, after which, he joined the Sarah and Ernest Butler Studio at the Houston Grand Opera. During his two seasons there, he has received invaluable on-stage training in shows like Parsifal, Il Trovatore, and La bohème. This season, he returned to his home state as Malcolm in Atlanta Opera's production of Verdi's Macbeth. For the 2025-2026 season, Demetrious will conclude his time in the Studio by singing the principal roles, Sportin’ Life in Porgy and Bess, Lennie in Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men, and The Witch in Hänsel und Gretel. Additionally, he will make his role and company debut as Rodolfo in La bohème with Austin Opera.
Demetrious has trained at the most prestigious summer young artist programs in the past three years. In 2022, he was an apprentice artist at Des Moines Metro Opera, where he prepared several scenes; covered Robbins and performed the role of Crab Man in their production of Porgy and Bess. For the summer of 2023, he joined the highly acclaimed Merola Opera Program where he performed in their highly reviewed song recital, scenes program, and the Merola Grand Finale on the War Memorial Stage at San Francisco Opera. The summer of 2024, Mr. Sampson made company and role debuts with Cincinnati Opera as Gastone in La traviata, and Wolf Trap Opera as a Filene Artist portraying the Kronprinz in Silent Night by Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell.
In 2023, he made his Kennedy Center debut with the Washington Chorus. On this concert, which commemorated the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, he sang the tenor in Undine Smith Moore’s challenging yet poignant Scenes from the Life of a Martyr, a work for which he was fortunate to create the first commercially available recording with the Eugene Concert Choir and Orchestra. In 2024, Demetrious made his company and role debut as the tenor in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Savannah Philharmonic. He then returned to Eugene and the Eugene Concert Choir and Orchestra to make his debut in Händel’s Messiah. Demetrious also performed concerts with the Evansville Philharmonic, the Des Moines Metro Opera Orchestra, and The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
An avid competitor, Demetrious has been the recipient of several national and international honors. In 2023, he was the Second Place and Audience Choice winner in Houston Grand Opera’s 35th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition, a Georgia District Winner of The Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition, the Second Prize winner at the Opera Ebony Competition, Second Prize at the Opera Grand Rapids Vander Laan Prize, a Grand Finalist for the Schmidt Vocal Arts Undergraduate Awards. Winning First Place in the Southeast Region, Demetrious went on to become one of 10 Grand Finalists in The Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition for the 2023-2024 competition.
