American baritone Wayne Tigges made his San Diego Opera debut as Zuniga in Carmen in 2006. Notable appearances include his Met debut as Achilla in Giulio Cesare, Jochanaan in Salome with Arizona Opera, Donner in Das Rheingold in The Ring Cycle and Zuniga and Escamillo in Carmen for Los Angeles Opera, the Vicar in Albert Herring and Hercules in Alceste for Santa Fe Opera and his Opera National de Paris debut as Kolenaty in The Makropulos Case. Other appearances include the title roles in Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Figaro with Austin Lyric Opera, the Bonze in Madama Butterfly with Los Angeles Opera, the Speaker in The Magic Flute, the Doctor in Pelleas et Melisande and the Second Soldier in Salome for Cincinnati Opera and Sacerdote in Nabucco for Gran Teatro del Liceu. His many appearances with Lyric Opera of Chicago include Basilio in The Barber of Seville, Snook in the world premiere of A Wedding, Angelotti in Tosca, Sam in A Masked Ball, Bonze in Madama Butterfly and Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, among others.