Raymond Very

The American tenor Raymond Very has made guest appearances at the Metropolitan Opera New York, San Francisco Opera, ROH Covent Garden, the Bavarian State Opera Munich, Vienna State Opera, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Salzburg Festival and elsewhere. In 2011 he made his debut in Düsseldorf as Captain Vere in Billy Budd and returned to the Salzburg Festival as Albert Gregor in The Makropulos Case. His repertoire includes Tamino Die Zamberflöte, Rodolfo La bohème, Il Duca di Mantova Rigoletto, Des Grieux Manon, Matteo Arabella, Faust La damnation de Faust, Don José Carmen, Stolzing Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Laca and Števa Jenůfa, Lensky Yevgeny Onyegin, Tom Rakewell The Rake’s Progress, Boris Kát’a Kabanová, Alwa Lulu, Andres Wozzeck and Hans The Bartered Bride. Upcoming engagements are title role Der Zwerg (Düsseldorf), Il carceriere/Il grande inquisitore Il prigioniero (Lyons) and the title role in Otello (Copenhagen).