During the 2020-2021 season, Aceto was scheduled to perform the roles of Zuniga in Carmen, Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni, and Warden George Benton in a new production of Dead Man Walking, all at the Metropolitan Opera Leporello in Don Giovanni and The Fairy King in Wagner’s Die Feen at the Glimmerglass Festival and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Cleveland Orchestra. On the concert stage, he returns to the Cleveland Orchestra in May as Lodovico in Verdi’s Otello. He returns to the Metropolitan Opera stage throughout the season for performances of the Bonze in Madama Butterfly and Gremin in Eugene Onegin. In November he returns to the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Captain in Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas, directed by Francesca Zambello. It’s his smiling ease that confirms how dangerous he is.” Recent highlights include performances of the Bonze in Madama Butterfly and Nourabad in Les Pêcheur de Perles at the Metropolitan Opera and Méphistophélès in Gounod’s Faust at Washington National Opera.Īceto’s 2021-2022 season began with his return to Wolf Trap as soloist for their 50 th Anniversary Celebration Gala, followed by his return to Seattle Opera as Hunding for a special Welcome Back performance of Die Walküre under conductor Ludovic Morlot. Commanding in voice and presence, implacable in his lust for Tosca, he is nonetheless subtle in his calculations. Of his performance as Baron Scarpia, The Houston Chronicle hailed, “Raymond Aceto oozes suave villainy as the evil Baron Scarpia, his voice a dark rumble of menace and lust as he plots to destroy Cavaradossi and conquer Tosca…intelligent characterization distinguishes Aceto’s Scarpia as more than a cartoon villain. His performances continue to gather both popular and critical acclaim. American bass Raymond Aceto has established an important presence among the world’s leading opera companies and symphony orchestras.
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