Recently, Iowa-native Dan Richardson made his main stage début with Des Moines Metro Opera in Le Nozze di Figaro and Macbeth. He also appeared at DMMO as Kilian in Der Freischütz, Angelotti in Tosca, and Sir Walter Raleigh in Britten's Gloriana.

He has also performed with Sarasota Opera and Chamber Opera Chicago, and is currently singing the role of Don Bartolo in the Lyric Opera of Chicago's "Opera in the Neighborhoods" production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville. He makes his company début with Opera Omaha Spring 2011 as Prince Yamadori in Puccini's Madama Butterfly.

Operatic roles include Don Basilio in The Barber of Seville, Dr. John Milholland/Rep. Garner in Michael Patterson's A Dream Fulfilled: The Saga of George Washington Carver, Balthazar (Amahl and the Night Visitors), Simone (Gianni Schicchi), Rev. John Hale (The Crucible), Sorin (The Seagull), Snug (A Midsummer Night's Dream) and Sir Walter Raleigh, A Blind Ballad Singer and the Recorder of Norwich (Gloriana).

He has also performed scene work as John Claggart in Billy Budd, Giorgio in I Puritani, Tom in Un Ballo in Maschera, Leporello, Colline, Pistola, Méphistophélès, Don Magnifico (La Cenerentola), Simone (Gianni Schicchi), Talbot (Maria Stuarda), Hans Sachs, Nick Shadow in The Rake's Progress, Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte, Collatinus in The Rape of Lucretia and Antony in Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra.

A versatile performer, Mr. Richardson has performed in various operettas and musical theater works including Die Fledermaus, Carousel and The Merry Widow.

Dan Richardson is an alumnus of Simpson College where he studied with Dr. Robert Larsen.