San Diego Opera debut. American bass Raymond Aceto has sung many roles for Lyric Opera of Chicago including Comte des Grieux in Manon, the High Priest in Nabucco, Banquo in Macbeth, Basilio in The Barber of Seville, Fafner in Das Rheingold, the Old Hebrew in Samson and Delilah, Nourabad in The Pearl Fishers, Alaska Wolf Joe in Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and Ramfis in Aida. Other performances include Sparafucile in Rigoletto, the Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Zaccaria in Nabucco, the King in Aida for Metropolitan Opera, Escamillo in Carmen for Los Angeles Opera, Monterone in Rigoletto, Banquo in Macbeth and the King in Aida for San Francisco Opera, Escamillo in Carmen and Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor for Deutsche Oper Berlin, Fiesco in Simon Boccanegra, Pimen in Boris Godunov, Seneca in L’incoronazione di Poppea, Sarastro in The Magic Flute for Houston Grand Opera, Don Basilio in The Barber of Seville, Sparafucile in Rigoletto and Ferrando in Il trovatore for Covent Garden, the role of Ramfis in Aida for Vienna Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper Berlin and Arena di Verona, and Ferrando with Madrid’s Teatro Real. Aceto was awarded the Richard Tucker Foundation Career Grants and a Sullivan Foundation Award and can be heard in the role of Capellio in Teldec's recording of I Capuleti e i Montecchi.