Michael Mayes

Mayes is known for his portrayals in other contemporary operas including Older Thompson in Glory Denied with Nashville Opera, Opera Memphis, and Fort Worth Opera, Lawrence in The Wreckers with Bard SummerScape, Adam in The Canticle of the Black Madonna with Anima Mundi Productions, Kinesias in Mark Adamo’s Lysistrata with Fort Worth Opera, Adam in Baden-Baden 1927 with Gotham Chamber Opera, and Edward Gaines in Margaret Garner opposite mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves with the Opera Company of Philadelphia and Opera Carolina.

Engagements for the 2016-2017 season included Dead Man Walking with Washington National Opera and Pensacola Opera, Soldier Songs with Des Moines Metro Opera, and his return to Dallas Opera as Doug in Everest and Central City Opera as Escamillo in Carmen. Mayes moves into more dramatic repertoire in the 2017-2018 season, including Conte di Luna in Il trovatore with Central City Opera. Additionally, he joins Teatro Real in Madrid and the Barbican in London for Dead Man Walking, Beth Morrison Projects for REV23, Lyric Opera of Kansas City as Doug in Everest, Pittsburgh Opera as Starbuck in Moby Dick, and Atlanta Opera as Sweeney Todd.

2017-18 season / 338 words. Not to be altered without permission.