Recent appearances in operas have included Beppe in I Pagliacci and Basilio/Curzio in Le Nozze di Figaro with Santa Barbara Opera. He'll return there this fall as Goro in Madama Butterfly. After being spotted at Opera San Jose singing the role of the drunken yet lovable Bardolfo in last season's Falstaff, Mr. Meyers was invited to audition for San Francisco Opera‘s Falstaff which resulted in covering Bardolfo and also lead to subsequent covers of two more roles during their 2002 season. Mr. Meyers will return to Opera San Jose this spring to sing Alfred in Die Fledermaus. As one of many appearances in the role of Alfred his most recent Stockton Opera Association performance garnered this review, " as Alfred, the stereotypical Italian tenor, J. Raymond Meyers showed a flair for comedy. The role also gave him a chance for the interpolation of snatches of several operatic arias that exploited his vocal abilities."

This season, Mr. Meyers debuted with the Stockton Symphony as tenor soloist in Orff's, Carmina Burana. A favorite at Sacramento Opera, the tenor will return there this fall to sing the Witch in Hansel and Gretel, as well as Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet in the spring of 2004. Previous assignments there have included Goro, Bardolfo and the Four Macabres in Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann. In the summer of 2002, Mr. Meyers sang his first concert with the Tahoe Music Festival showcasing his ability to sing some of the more lyric repertoire. He was featured singing arias and duets from Madama Butterfly and La Boheme. He also performed in a benefit concert for Opera Santa Barbara last spring singing arias and duets from La Boheme. The Santa Barbara News Press hailed, "Mr. Meyers is well known in San Francisco Opera circles, and both voices brought shouts of bravo, bravo with everyone on their feet applauding." Mr. Meyers returned to Anchorage Opera this winter to sing Pang in their first ever production of Turandot. He made his debut there in 1996 and has been seen there as Remendado, Borsa and as Mercury in Orpheus in the Underworld. This season also marked Mr. Meyers' debut with the Portland Opera, singing the role of Tony in the west coast premiere of Bolcolm's, A View from the Bridge.

A resident of San Francisco, he has sung numerous leading roles with several bay area companies. He made his debut at Davies Symphony Hall in 1999 singing the Shepherd in Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex. The tenor recently sang Carmina Burana with the Santa Cruz Symphony, "Tenor J. Raymond Meyers performed with power and surety." He will make his Diablo Symphony debut in the same role this June. Mr. Meyers' most recent CD is entitled: Heinrich Schutz: A Musical Portrait. Recorded with the Santa Cruz Bach Festival under the direction of Nicole Paiement, it has been released under the Helicon Records label.

Upcoming performances include Trin in La Fanciulla del West with Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Pang in Turandot with Anchorage Opera, Alfred in Die Fledermaus with Stockton Symphony Association, Tony in the west coast premiere of A View from the Bridge with Portland Opera and the Witch in Hänsel and Gretel at Sacramento Opera.