Taiwanese tenor Joseph Hu made his San Diego Opera debut as Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor in 1995. His many performances here include Goro in Madama Butterfly, Spoletta in Tosca, the Steersman in The Flying Dutchman, Roderigo in Otello, Pong in Turandot, Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet, Count Lerma in Don Carlo, the Messenger in Samson and Delilah, Ruiz and the Messenger in Il trovatore, Don Curzio in The Marriage of Figaro, Spoletta in Tosca, Borsa in Rigoletto, Abdallo in Nabucco and Gaston in La traviata. Among other companies with which he has sung are The Dallas Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Kentucky Opera, Nashville Opera, Tulsa Opera, Fort Worth Opera and Dayton Opera and his International debut with Israeli Opera.