Mr. Mayes enjoys a celebrated operatic career in both traditional and contemporary roles with theaters throughout the United States and Europe. In the 2022/2023 season, Mayes returns to The Atlanta Opera as the title role in the US Premiere of Bluebeard’s Castle, makes his role and company debut as Mr. Potter in It’s a Wonderful Life at English National Opera, and sings the title role in Saint François d’Assise by Olivier Messiaen at Staatsoper Stuttgart. Mr. Mayes recently debuted the role of Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music and reprised his role as Daddy in Taking Up Serpents, both at The Glimmerglass Festival.
