Vinson Cole has appeared with many leading orchestras and under the direction of conductors including Herbert von Karajan, Georg Solti, Simon Rattle, Kurt Masur and James Levine. He has performed major roles at the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Opéra national de Paris, La Scala, and at opera houses in Berlin, Vienna and Hamburg. Cole is currently on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.