He also sang the role of Brigadier General Edward Porter Alexander in the world premiere of Philip Glass's Appomattox at the San Francisco Opera (2007).
That same year he played the roles of Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance, the Second Composer in The Great Waltz and the Second Waiter in Giuditta with Ohio Light Opera.
[3][4] In 1995 he sang the role of Dino in the world premiere of George Chadwick's The Padrone with the Waterbury Symphony at the Thomaston Opera House.
[6] That same year he was awarded a Richard F. Gold Career Grant by the Shoshana Foundation[7] and became a member of the Young Artist Program at the Central City Opera where he debuted in the role of Hayes in Carlisle Floyd's Susannah.
[10] He joined the Wolf Trap Opera Company's Young Artist Program for the Summer of 1999, performing there in the roles of Tom Rakewell in The Rake's Progress, the High priest of Neptune in Idomeneo, and Monostatos in The Magic Flute.
[15] During his first season with the company he portrayed Count Elemer in Richard Strauss's Arabella with Renée Fleming in the title role,[16] and he was a last minute replacement of an ailing Peter Kazaras as Captain Vere in Billy Budd.
[17] He also notably portrayed Laurie in the world premiere of Mark Adamo's Little Women alongside Stephanie Novacek as Jo and Joyce DiDonato as Meg.
Other notable roles with the company include Pinkerton in Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly (1999),[15] both Nereo and Wagner in Boito's Mefistofele (1999),[15] Nemorino in Gaetano Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore (2000),[17] Ferrando in Mozart's Così fan tutte (2001),[21] Arcadio in Daniel Catán's Florencia en el Amazonas (2001),[22] Janek in Leoš Janáček's The Makropolous Case (2002),[23] Camille de Rosillon in Franz Lehár's The Merry Widow (2003),[24] Tamino in Mozart's The Magic Flute (2004),[25] and Don Jose in Georges Bizet's Carmen (2006).
1 in Tod Machover's Resurrection (1999),[27] Ulises in Catán's Salsipuedes: a Tale of Love, War and Anchovies (2004)[28] and Nico in Adamo's Lysistrata (2005).
[33] In 2000 he made his debut with Portland Opera as Cassio in Verdi's Otello,[34][35] where he later returned to sing the role of Belmonte in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail (2005).
[56] He debuted at the San Francisco Opera on October 5, 2007 as Brigadier General Edward Alexander in the world premiere of Philip Glass's Appomattox.
He has been particularly active with the Minnesota Orchestra with whom he has made a number of recordings on the Reference label, including Dominick Argento's Le Tombeau d'Edgar Poe (1999) and Ottorino Respighi's Balkis, Queen of Sheba Suite (2001), the latter of which garnered a Grammy Award nomination.