Praised by the Huffington Post for his “ringing high notes,” Texas-born tenor Bille Bruley has garnered attention for his strength and versatility in operatic repertoire from baroque to contemporary.

Highlights of Bruley’s 2025-26 season include a recording of Salome with Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería, a return to Lyric Opera of Chicago for Salome, a return to Lyric Opera of Kansas City for Of Mice and Men, and a debut in A Streetcar Named Desire with Opera Theatre of St. Louis.

Bruley’s 2024–25 season saw a debut with Houston Symphony for Salome, a return to Utah Opera for Sweeney Todd, and his highly anticipated Metropolitan Opera debut for Claus Guth’s new production of Salome under the baton of music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Previous season highlights include Der fliegende Holländer (Santa Fe Opera), The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (San Francisco Opera), Jenůfa (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Die Walküre (Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra), Ariadne auf Naxos (Arizona Opera), and a critically acclaimed run as Steve Wozniak in Tomer Zvulun’s new production of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs with Atlanta Opera, Austin Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and Utah Opera, where he was described as “flawless – His voice crisp and sweet as a Braeburn dusted with cane sugar” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution).

Bruley’s students have been named as finalists and winners of several competitions, including the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Eastern Region Competition where his studio had five 2025 Finalist Winners. They also have been accepted to many Young Artist Training Programs including Central City Opera, Seagle Music Colony, Taos Opera Institute, Prague Summer Nights, and more. Dr. Bruley also serves on the Voice Faculty at Opera in the Ozarks Young Artist Training Program, and on the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Eastern Region Executive Board.

Bruley is an alumnus of the Arizona Opera Marion Roose Pullin Studio, as well as the young artist programs at Santa Fe Opera, The Glimmerglass Festival, and Central City Opera. He has taken home prizes from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions as a winner of the Gulf Coast Regional Finals and named a 2018–19 winner of The William Matheus Sullivan Musical Foundation Award and Career Grant. He is represented worldwide by Opus 3 Artists.