American tenor Clifton Forbis made his San Diego Opera debut as Samson in Samson and Delilah in 2007. Notable engagements in his career include Tristan in Tristan und Isolde at The Dallas Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opéra National de Paris, Staatsoper Unter der Linden in Berlin, Grand Théâtre de Genève, and Seattle Opera, the title role of Otello at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Philadelphia Opera, The Dallas Opera, Dresden’s Semperoper, Teatro alla Scala, The Ravinia Festival, Opéra de Monte-Carlo and the Canadian Opera Company, Siegmund in Die Walkure for Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, The Dallas Opera and the Canadian Opera Company, Florestan in Fidelio for Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and Teatro Real in Madrid, Samson for San Francisco Opera, The Metropolitan Opera, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova and in Bilbao, Dimitri in Boris Godunov at Vienna State Opera, the title role of Oedipus Rex and the Painter in Lulu at The Metropolitan Opera, and Don José in Carmen for Teatro alla Scala and Palm Beach Opera and l'Opéra National de Bordeaux.