Charles Robert Austin * (First Soldier)
Bass-baritone – Lincoln, Nebraska

Highlights: King Mark in Tristan und Isolde (San Juan, Virginia Opera, Tokyo Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra); Pogner and Hermann in Die Meistersinger (Cincinnati Symphony, Spoleto Festival); the Mayor in Jenufa (Washington Opera); King Hrothgar in Grendel (L.A. Opera); Daland in Der fliegende Höllander (Opera Pacific); Klingsor in Parsifal and King Henry in Lohengrin (Cincinnati); Wotan in Die Walküre (Washington Opera, Pittsburgh, Metropolitan Opera cover); Duke Bluebeard in Bluebeard’s Castle (Chicago Opera Theatre, Seattle Symphony, Baltimore Symphony cover) Sparafucile and Monterone in Rigoletto and Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor (Puerto Rico). This fall, Capt. Jacqeau in War and Peace (Metropolitan Opera cover).

After Salome: Roméo et Juliette (Louisville Orchestra); Bach’s B-Minor Mass (Seattle Symphony); Belshazzar’s Feast (Canton Symphony); Verdi’s Requiem (Dayton Philharmonic).