A regular collaborator with leading symphony orchestras, he has recently been seen as a soloist for Verdi’s Requiem with the Oregon and Grand Rapids Symphonies, Bruckner’s Te Deum with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Mozart’s Requiem with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra under Music Director Ward Stare, and Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer with the St. In 2015 he traveled to Japan with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as Banquo in Macbeth and Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni with Sir Antonio Pappano conducting. He also appeared with the Cleveland Orchestra on tour to Vienna’s Musikverein as Harasta in The Cunning Little Vixen under the baton of Music Director Franz Welser-Most and directed by Yuval Sharon. Recent seasons for the veteran bass include performances at Washington National Opera and the San Francisco Opera in Francesca Zambello’s RING Cycle Méphistophélès in Gounod’s Faust at Washington National Opera Rocco in Fidelio at the Opéra de Montréal under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin New Orleans Opera as the Archbishop in Thcaikovsky’s Joan of Arc and at the Metropolitan Opera for performances of Pique Dame, Les Pêcheurs de Perles, Carmen, and Madama Butterfly.Ī frequent presence on the world’s international stages, Aceto performed in a new production of Nabucco for the 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Shanghai Grand Theater, conducted by Daniel Oren. During the 2020-2021 season, Aceto was scheduled to perform the roles of Zuniga in Carmen, Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni, and Warden George Benton in a new production of Dead Man Walking, all at the Metropolitan Opera Leporello in Don Giovanni and The Fairy King in Wagner’s Die Feen at the Glimmerglass Festival and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Cleveland Orchestra. On the concert stage, he returns to the Cleveland Orchestra in May as Lodovico in Verdi’s Otello. He returns to the Metropolitan Opera stage throughout the season for performances of the Bonze in Madama Butterfly and Gremin in Eugene Onegin. In November he returns to the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Captain in Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas, directed by Francesca Zambello. It’s his smiling ease that confirms how dangerous he is.”Īceto’s 2021-2022 season began with his return to Wolf Trap as soloist for their 50 th Anniversary Celebration Gala, followed by his return to Seattle Opera as Hunding for a special Welcome Back performance of Die Walküre under conductor Ludovic Morlot. Commanding in voice and presence, implacable in his lust for Tosca, he is nonetheless subtle in his calculations.
Of his performance as Baron Scarpia, The Houston Chronicle hailed, “Raymond Aceto oozes suave villainy as the evil Baron Scarpia, his voice a dark rumble of menace and lust as he plots to destroy Cavaradossi and conquer Tosca…intelligent characterization distinguishes Aceto’s Scarpia as more than a cartoon villain. His performances continue to gather both popular and critical acclaim.
American bass Raymond Aceto has established an important presence among the world’s leading opera companies and symphony orchestras.