"I'm not sure how it happens, but somehow in the midst of conducting a performance, the conductor can feel it in the back of his neck if the public is really enjoying the singer. It relaxes everybody and takes the whole performance to a higher level. When Dan Mobbs is in the cast, that good feeling is guaranteed. Not only does he sing well, but other people seem to sing better around him."

— Will Crutchfield, Director of Opera, Caramoor

American baritone Daniel Mobbs has won praise on both sides of the Atlantic, performing roles with major opera companies all over the world. A native of Louisville, Kentucky, and a graduate of the Academy of Vocal Arts, his awards include first place in both the College Division of the MacAllister Awards and the Mario Lanza Scholarship. He is a winner of the Sullivan Foundation Award and also a recipient of a grant from the Puccini Foundation.

Mr. Mobbs has enjoyed a long relationship with the Caramoor International Music Festival, and will be seen there as Ferrando in 2007's "Il Trovatore," and as the soloist in Rossini's "Petite Messe do Solenelle." Other upcoming engagements include the Spoleto Festival (Togod in "Faustus"), New York City Opera (Leporello in "Don Giovanni" and in "King Arthur"), Florida Grand Opera (Don Alfonso in "Così fan tutte"), and Baltimore Opera (Mercutio in "Roméo et Juliette"). In 2008, New York City Opera awarded him the Kolozsvar Award, recognizing his "memorable performance of multiple roles [in the Mark Morris production of Purcell's] King Arthur."