Wayne Tigges

(Dubuque, Iowa)

2022–23 Season: Barak's One-Armed Brother, Die Frau ohne Schatten

San Francisco Opera Highlights: Zuniga in Carmen; Sam and Wesley in Heart of a Soldier; Ariodates in Xerxes; Joe St. George in Dolores Claiborne; Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd; Mr. Flint in Billy Budd

Recent and Upcoming: Wotan in Die Walküre (Opera Santa Barbara); Scarpia in Tosca (Santa Barbara); Jochanaan in Salome (Tulsa Opera); Howie Albert in Terence Blanchard's Champion (Boston Lyric Opera); Owen Hart in Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking (Lyric Opera of Chicago, Atlanta Opera); Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd (Des Moines Metro Opera); Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Michigan Opera Theatre); Baron Douphol in La Traviata (LA Opera); Frank in Die Fledermaus (Palm Beach Opera); John Proctor in Robert Ward's The Crucible (Santa Barbara)