Dutch-American, Seattle-native baritone Galen Dole finished his vocal studies at Conservatorium Maastricht under the coaching of Frans Kokkelmans. He made his opera debut with Opera Zuid in 2018 with the role of the family doctor "Doc" in Bernstein's A Quiet Place—a perhaps prophetic role considering that he completed his Bachelor in Medicine the following spring. Since then Galen has collaborated regularly with Opera Zuid and other Dutch companies. He has sung the roles of  Belcore (L'elisir d'amore), Dancairo (Carmen), and Starveling (A Midsummer Night's Dream) among others, and premiered the role of Moses in Jan-Peter de Graaff's Het Gouden Kalf. In 2023 Galen played Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro, Prince Gremin in Opera Spanga's Eugene Onegin, and Don Quixote in Boven Water Muziek Theater's production of Don Quichot en Sacha Pancha. 

Next to opera and oratorio, Galen makes up 1/4 of The Diamond Baritones (www.diamondbaritones.com). Galen is the lead musical arranger for this group, creating arrangements and mashups crossing every conceivable genre. When he's not singing, can be found in his natural habitat climbing, bouldering, hiking, gaming, and baking sourdough. 

Before he began singing classically, Galen sang a cappella with the University of Rochester YellowJackets, with whom he appeared on NBC's The Sing-Off alongside Pentatonix. During this time Galen completed his first Bachelor of Arts in Music with minors in Mathematics and Psychology. In 2014 he received  awards for outstanding arrangements and choreography from the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella.