In recent seasons, BARITONE JUSTIN RYAN has achieved success across the United States with his interpretations of new works by American composers, including his debut with New York City Opera as the painter Edward Hopper in Stewart Wallace’s Hopper’s Wife, and as Walt Disney in the American Premier of Philip Glass’s new grand opera, The Perfect American, with Long Beach Opera and Chicago Opera Theater. Most recently at Chicago Opera Theater, he appeared opposite Patricia Racette in Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Consul. Previously at Connecticut Lyric Opera, Justin appeared as Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, and he can be seen later this winter as Starbuck in Moby Dick with Opera San Jose in California.