San Diego Opera debut. Cornish baritone Alan Opie has a long association with English National Opera where he has sung the title roles of Falstaff, The Barber of Seville and Doktor Faustus as well as Eisenstein and Falke in Die Fledermaus, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, Der Spielmann in Die Königskinder, Papageno in The Magic Flute, Malatesta in Don Pasquale and Sancho Panza in Don Quixote. Recent appearances include Dr. Kolenty in The Makropulos Case at La Scala, Milan, Charles Frieth in the world premiere of For You at the Linbury Theatre, Covent Garden, the title role of Falstaff at Washington National Opera and l’Opéra du Rhin, and Sharpless, Germont, Paolo in Simon Boccanegra and Faninal in Der Rosenkavalier with the Royal Opera Covent Garden. He has performed Captain Balstrode in Peter Grimes, Sharpless, Fieramosca in Benvenuto Cellini and Faninal with the Metropolitan Opera and Beckmesser in Die Meistersinger, Sharpless and Paolo for the Bayersiche Staatsoper in Munich.