American bass-baritone Kristopher Irmiter made his San Diego Opera debut last season as Ned Keene in Peter Grimes. The 2007 Grammy nominee, has performed over 90 roles with more than 45 opera companies and recently made his Lyric Opera of Chicago debut as Scarpia in Tosca. Other recent credits include Rucker Lattimore in Cold Sassy Tree with Utah Opera and Atlanta Opera, the title role of Don Giovanni with Opera Carolina, Escamillo in Carmen with San Francisco Opera, Capulet in Romeo and Juliet with Atlanta Opera,T.J. Rigg in the world premiere of Elmer Gantry with Nashville Opera, Mr. Redburn in Billy Budd with Pittsburgh Opera, Gremin in Eugene Onegin with the Todi Music Festival, and The Four Villains in Les Contes d'Hoffmann with Opera Lyra in Ottawa. Upcoming engagements for Mr. Irmiter include return engagements to Opera Carolina as Escamillo opposite Denyce Graves in Carmen, Lyric Opera of Chicago as Scarpia (cover) in Tosca, and Cleveland Opera, where he will debut yet another new role, Raimondo in Lucia di Lammoor. He will also debut with the Greater Bridgeport Symphony singing Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.