In the current season Arnold Rawls sings Radames in Aida with Opera Omaha and Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Cavaradossi in Tosca with Florida Grand Opera, Sam in Susannah with Opera Pacific and covers the role of Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut with The Metropolitan Opera. He will be heard in the role of San-Lui in Franco Leoni's L'Oracolo with the Teatro Grattacielo in New York City's Avery Fisher Hall, and he will participate in a gala concert with the Abilene Symphony as well as the Beethoven 9th Symphony with the Southwest Florida Symphony. In addition, he offers several solo recitals throughout the United States, including Illinois, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. Future seasons find Mr. Rawls returning to the Bregenzer Festival as Radames in Aida, as well as singing Manrico in Il Trovatore with the Seattle Opera, Ismaele in Nabucco with Florida Grand Opera, Riccardo in Un Ballo in Maschera with the Des Moines Metro Opera, and both Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana and Canio in I Pagliacci with Lyric Opera of Chicago.

During the 2006 - 2007 season Mr. Rawls portrayed Radames in Aida for his debut with the Florida Grand Opera, which was their first production in their new theater, the leading role of Standing Bear in the World Premiere of Anthony Davis' Wakonda's Dream with Opera Omaha, and Manrico in Il Trovatore at the Bregenzer Festspiele in Austria. He sang Turridu in Cavalleria Rusticana with Granite State Opera, and also covered the role of Calaf in Turandot with Lyric Opera of Chicago. Concert performances include the role of Cavaradossi in Tosca with the Bridgeport Symphony under Gustav Meier, and a Gala concert with Opera Omaha. He is a 2006 recipient of a major grant from the Olga Forrai Foundation.

In the previous three seasons Mr. Rawls sang Manrico in Il Trovatore with the Bregenzer Festival and Teatro Lirico, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with the Granite State Opera, Calaf in Turandot with Opera Omaha, Nevada Opera and Mobile Opera, and Alfred in Die Fledermaus with the Nashville Opera. He also portrayed Don Jose in Carmen with the Madison Opera and the Dona Ana Lyric Opera in New Mexico, the Duke in Rigoletto with Teatro Lirico, and Canio in Pagliacci with the Opera Theatre of Highland Park. He covered the roles of Calaf in Turandot with the Santa Fe Opera and the role of Des Grieux in Manon Lescaut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. In concert he sang the role of Radames and Calaf both with the Arkansas Symphony, participated in Gala concerts with Opera Omaha and the Mobile Opera, and offered a vocal recital tour featuring tenor, harp and horn.

Additional career highlights include Dick Johnson in La fanciulla del West with the Utah Festival Opera, Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos with the Arizona Opera, and Calaf in Turandot with the Des Moines Metro Opera, Pensacola Opera, and Opera Southwest. He sang Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana with the Pine Mountain Music Festival, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Opera Southwest and Opera Theatre of Highland Park, Manrico in Il Trovatore with Opera Southwest, and Alfredo in La Traviata with the Natchez Opera Festival.

On the concert stage he sang the roles of Manrico in Il Trovatore with the Elmhurst Symphony, Don Jose in Carmen with the DuPage Symphony, and Calaf in Turandot with the Beloit Janesville Symphony. He was a soloist in Verdi's Requiem with both the Lake Charles Symphony and Southwest Missouri State University, in Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in San Ramon, California and in St. Charles, Illinois. His concert repertoire also includes Mozart's Requiem, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, Handel's Messiah, Rossini's Stabat Mater, Schumann's Requiem, and Puccini's Messa di Gloria.

Mr. Rawls is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the University of Oklahoma where he earned the Doctorate of Musical Arts. He serves as Artist in Residence/Professor at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago where he lives with his wife Julie Rawls, Ph.D. They have two children, Graham and Madison.