Opera San José - J. Raymond Meyers

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J. Raymond Meyers,
Tenor

A favorite with Opera San José audiences, J. Raymond Meyers returns this season to sing the role of Prunier in the company premiere of La rondine. Most recently, Mr. Meyers appeared as Giles Corey in OSJ's The Crucible (2005 - 2006) and Alfred in Die Fledermaus (2003 - 2004).

The versatile West Coast tenor has sung roles ranging from Verdi to Weill with many other stops along the way. Over the past five years, Mr. Meyers has turned his attention to the leading roles of the lyric stage, appearing as The Duke (Rigoletto,) Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly,) Ferrando (Così fan tutte,) Rodolfo (La bohème,) Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann,) Ernesto (Don Pasquale,) Camille (The Merry Widow,) Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi) and Alfred in (Die Fledermaus).

Mr. Meyers has been a frequent performer with many of America’s premiere opera companies, performing leading and supporting roles with Anchorage Opera, Utah Festival Opera, Portland Opera, Opera Tampa, Opera Grand Rapids, Opera Santa Barbara, Sacramento Opera, San Francisco Lyric Opera, West Bay Opera, Rogue Opera, Stockton Opera, Bear Valley Music Festival, Mendocino Music Festival, Pacific Repertory Opera, Festival Opera, Pocket Opera and many others. He has also had the privilege to understudy several roles at San Francisco Opera.

In the past few seasons he has sung the 4th Jew (Salome) at Toledo Opera as well as Rodolfo (La bohème) at Rogue Opera in Ashland, Oregon. In January 2010 he sang Andres in Wozzeck with Ensemble Parallèle at Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco and will reprise the role with the Astoria Music Festival this summer. Other recent appearances include Trin (La Fancuilla del West) with Opera Tampa, Goro (Madama Butterfly) with Opera Grand Rapids, and Beppe (I Pagliacci) with Opera Santa Barbara.

On the concert stage, Mr. Meyers has appeared as the tenor soloist in San Francisco Ballet's West Side Story Suite, Frederick in Daryl Gray's The Pirates of Penzance with Ballet San Jose as well as touring with them to China as their tenor soloist in Carmina Burana.

In 2009, Mr. Meyers made his motion picture debut as the opera singer in the opera house scene in Sean Penn's Oscar winning movie "Milk."

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