Michael McCown joined the ensemble in 2001 after appearing here as a guest. During the 2012/13 season he will be performing in the new production of La Fanciulla del West and revivals of Chowanschtschina, L’Étoile, Le nozze di Figaro and Un ballo in maschera. One of the hightlights in recent seasons was Prior Walter in a new production of Eötvös’ Angels in America in the Bockenheimer Depot in 2008/09. Other roles have included the Duke of Cornwall (Reimann’s Lear, available on CD/Oehms Classics, revival 2011/12), Normanno (Lucia di Lammermoor), Don Anchise (La finta giardiniera) and Antonio in the first performances in Germany of Adès’ The Tempest. He studied in Boston and, whilst still a student, appeared at the Aldeburgh Festival and Utah Opera. Recent guest engagements have included performances of Wanda Golonka’s India Song at Schauspiel Frankfurt and Walther von der Vogelweide (Tannhäuser) in Minden and in Hans Neuenfels’ production at the Aalto Theater in Essen.