Eric Owens most recently appeared with LA Opera creating the title role in Grendel. In 2010 he made his role debut as Alberich in Das Rheingold at the Metropolitan Opera, a role which he later reprised in Siegfried and Götterdämmerung. Engagements for the 2011/12 season include complete Ring cycles at the Met, a recital tour, Beethoven's Missa solemnis with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, and Jochanaan in Salome with the Cleveland Orchestra, in both Cleveland and at Carnegie Hall. (www.eric-owens.com)