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 Louisiana-born artist Charles Williams has won international acclaim since his opera debut at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy. He has performed in theaters and opera houses, and for radio and television in Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Zurich and Vienna. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Sportin' Life in "Porgy and Bess." He has also performed at Carnegie Hall, The Barns at Wolf Trap, The Smithsonian Institute, and The Kennedy Center. In the summer of 2004 he toured Europe as a cast member and vocal coach of "The Temptation of St. Anthony" directed by Robert Wilson with music and book by Bernice Johnson Reagon. The production performed at the Paris Opera (l'Opera Garnier) in Nov-Dec 2005. He is currently developing a one-man cabaret show with composer / lyricist Dan Sticco. Mr. Williams is on the faculty of the Levine School of Music in Washington, DC where he teaches voice and music theater. He serves as vocal consultant for Sweet Honey In The Rock and was a vocal panelist for the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts for three years. He has taught vocal and musical theater workshops in Salzburg, Austria, and was Guest Instructor at the Hochschule der Küenste in Berlin. He has also conducted workshops in Music Theater, voice and opera at the Muse Machine in Dayton, Ohio. He has released a CD of Spirituals and selections from the American Musical Theater.
Word-Beat is available for concerts, workshops, and master classes in vocal technique and global-fusion percussion techniques.
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"Williams blended tone and diction to perfection."
- Pamela Sommers, The Washington Post
"Williams has a rich, resonant voice... He is an expressive reader who can put forth the shout of a Baptist preacher and the whisper of a lullaby with equal conviction."
- Peggy Latkovitch, Dirty Linen
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