Opera News hails Mayes' "Rigoletto" with Houston Grand Opera
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"In his role debut as Rigoletto, baritone Michael Mayes expressed by turns raging power, gentle lyricism, and bleak pleading. Limping about with a hunchback and withered arm, his physical dexterity captured the look of Rigoletto’s damaged character with a chilling vividness."
-Opera News