Recognized for his “consistent vocal ease and dramatic flair,” baritone RON LOYD began 2010 concertizing with The Collegiate Chorale and The American Symphony Orchestra as baritone soloist in Handel’s ISRAEL IN EGYPT under the baton of James Bagwell (featuring Brian Asawa, Sari Gruber, and Rufus Müller) where he earned praise from Opera News for his “solid baritone,” and with The Choral Society in New York City as the baritone soloist in Brahms’ EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM. For the summer festival season, Mr. Loyd portrayed FRED in Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate and BUNTHORNE in Gilbert & Sullivan’s Patience for his fifth season at Light Opera Oklahoma before finishing the summer with concerts in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New York. 2010 also brought Mr. Loyd’s role debut of DULCAMARA in L’Elisir d’Amore for Salt Marsh Opera where he “dominated the theater with his double-takes, his asides and tack-sharp comic timing that made a simple raised eyebrow speak volumes” (Connecticut’s The Day) and a personal invitation to be a part of the Metropolitan Opera Guild Lecture series in NYC for a Masterclass on Light Opera and a concert of excerpts from Don Pasquale. Ron sang the role of MARCELLO in La Bohème for his company debut with Baltimore Concert Opera and will return in 2011 to sing SHARPLESS in Madama Butterfly. Also in 2011, Mr. Loyd looks forward to returning to Nevada Opera as FIGARO in Le Nozze di Figaro, Mobile Opera as MAX VON MAYERLING in Sunset Blvd., and continuing his relationship with the MET Opera Guild in a concert of excerpts from Rossini’s Le Comte Ory

Mr. Loyd’s many portrayals also include PETER in Hansel and Gretel with Nevada Opera; SHARPLESS in Madama Butterfly with El Paso Opera, Mobile Opera, Opera Southwest, and the Holder’s Festival in Barbados, West Indies; PING in Turandot with Mobile Opera and Pensacola Opera, FALKE in Die Fledermaus with Salt Marsh Opera; MARCELLO in La Bohème and FIGARO in Le Nozze di Figaro with Opera Southwest;  SCHAUNARD in La Bohème with Des Moines Metro Opera, Pensacola Opera and National Lyric Opera; PAPAGENO in Die Zauberflöte with Pensacola Opera and Opera Southwest; MONTERONE in Rigoletto with Pensacola Opera; and GERMONT in La Traviata with Bronx Opera and the New Operafestival di Roma Symphony in Rome, Italy. He created the role of GUIDO in the world stage premiere of Un Racconto Fiorentino (Louis Gioia) with New Jersey Verismo Opera and has appeared with the Natchez Festival of Music as POOH-BAH in The Mikado and BARON ZETA in The Merry Widow; and Pensacola Opera and Opera Southwest as DON BARTOLO in Il Barbiere di Siviglia.

A house favorite for his thoughtful portrayals and versatility, Mr. Loyd has enjoyed a long relationship with Light Opera Oklahoma. After a critically acclaimed debut as EMILE DEBEQUE in South Pacific garnering “a remarkable performance – his voice warm, resonant, and powerful” from The Tulsa World, Mr. Loyd was immediately invited back to take on Stephen Sondheim's demon barber SWEENEY TODD where The Tulsa World subsequently wrote that Mr. Loyd's performance was “electrifying in its intensity” and "stunning in its ferocity" and voted the show as Tulsa’s “Best Night of Theatre” in 2007. Mr. Loyd has since been seen in Tulsa as THE PIRATE KING in Pirates of Penzance; CAPTAIN in Candide; THE BAKER in Sondheim’s Into the Woods where “his warm baritone offered one of the production’s greatest musical pleasures” (The Sondheim Review); and as FREDRIK in A Little Night Music, where The Sondheim Review again praised his “opulent baritone and nuanced phrasing.” Conquering the Shaw-inspired dialogue, Mr. Loyd’s HENRY HIGGINS in My Fair Lady earned “his gorgeous, booming voice was accentuated by fine acting. His portrayal of Higgins as a cantankerous but lovable bachelor was spot-on” from Urban Tulsa.

In concert, Mr. Loyd has appeared as baritone soloist in Beethoven’s NINTH SYMPHONY with the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra; VIVA VERDI! with the Chautauqua Symphony under the baton of Joseph Colaneri; Palm Beach Opera’s Music for the Mind concert series; Holiday Pops concerts with the Charlotte Symphony (FL) and the Gulf Coast Symphony (FL); and WEST SIDE STORY in Concert with the Fort Worth Symphony. Mr. Loyd has also joined The Dessoff Choirs in New York City for an exploration of 19th to 20th Century American Works and has appeared with the Berkshire Bach Society as the bass soloist in Bach's WEIHNACHTS-ORATORIUM and with The Stonington Choral Society as the baritone soloist Handel’s MESSIAH.

After a professional operatic debut as HORACE TABOR in The Ballad of Baby Doe with Amarillo Opera upon graduating from West Texas A&M University, Mr. Loyd moved directly to New York City where he spent two seasons touring with Opera Iowa as BELCORE in L’Elisir d’Amore and as FIGARO in Il Barbiere di Siviglia in the US and China before going on to apprentice with Chautauqua Opera, Sarasota Opera, and Lake George Opera performing mainstage roles and cover assignments that included GERMONT and BARON DOUPHOL in La Traviata, FALSTAFF in Falstaff, MORALES in Carmen, PETER in Hansel and Gretel, and MILLER in Verdi’s Luisa Miller.

The youngest of five boys, Ron was born in Tennessee to an Italian mother and a Welsh father, raised in Texas, and currently makes his home in New York City.