During his fourth year as a resident artist, Michael Dailey performs the roles Beppe (Pagliacci), Alfredo (La traviata) and the title role in Faust. Last season, Mr. Dailey appeared as Konstantin Levin (Anna Karenina) and Count Almaviva (The Barber of Seville), and has also performed the roles of Des Grieux (Manon), Don Ramiro (La Cenerentola), Prunier (La rondine), Lensky (Eugene Onegin), Nemorino (The Elixir of Love), Ferrando (Così fan tutte) and Don José (Carmen).

Roles performed with other companies include Rodolfo (La bohème) with Portland Opera to Go and Sportin’ Life (Porgy and Bess) with the New York Harlem Production company. For Tri-Cities Opera, he has performed the role of Romeo (Roméo et Juliette), Camille (The Merry Widow) and Parpignol (La bohème); for Virginia Opera, he has performed the roles of Don Basilio (Le nozze di Figaro), Benvolio (Roméo et Juliette), and Melot (Tristan und Isolde).