Bass Ron Dukes, praised by the Chicago Tribune for his “bountiful, arresting voice,” is emerging as a major contender on the international operatic stage. A recent graduate of Lyric Opera of Chicago’s prestigious Ryan Opera Center, this season he makes a return to Pensacola Opera to portray Jud Fry in Oklahoma, joins Kentucky Opera as the Commentator in Scalia/Ginsburg, and attends Cincinnati Opera’s summer festival to cover Titan in Lalovavi and sing the Fifth Jew in Salome. Future engagements include a return to Cincinnati Opera to create the role of Jim Forman in the world premiere of Good Trouble, a new opera by Maria Thompson Corley and Diana Solomon-Glover, a debut with Lyric Opera of Kansas City as Ramfis in Aida, and a role debut of Dr. Grenvil in La traviata with Indianapolis Opera.