American baritone Richard Paul Fink made his San Diego Opera debut as Pritschitsch in The Merry Widow in 1985, returning for Zaretski in Eugene Onegin in 1985 and Escamillo in Carmen in 1992. Notable engagements in his international career include, Klingsor in Parsifal, Kurwenal in Tristan und Isolde, George Wilson in The Great Gatsby and Edward Teller in Doctor Atomic at The Metropolitan Opera, Alberich in the Ring Cycle for The Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin and San Francisco Opera, Amonasro in Aida, Jochanaan in Salome and Don Pizarro in Fidelio for Seattle Opera, Telramund in Lohengrin for Houston Grand Opera and the Water Sprite in Rusalka for Canadian Opera Company. He has appeared with Paris Opéra Bastille, Berlin Staatsoper, the Salzburg Fesitval, Teatro Real in Madrid, Teatro Municipal in Chile, Washington National Opera, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Sydney Opera and New York City Opera in roles as varied as Nabucco, Macbeth, Rigoletto, the four villans in The Tales of Hoffmann, Iago in Otello, Scarpia in Tosca, Gerard in Andrea Chenier and Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress.