New York tenor, Brian Jagde, just finished his first season at the San Francisco Opera’s prestigious Merola program. During his year at Merola, he sang the role of RODOLFO, a role he repeated this year with the Syracuse Opera. Mr. Jagde will return to the San Francisco Opera as an Adler Fellow for the 2009-2010 season.
Tenors at Encompass Arts
2009, has proved to be a fruitful year for Lyric tenor Brad Wisk winning the Nicholas Loren Competition, second place in The Santa Barbara Performing Arts Foundation Competition and an additional scholarship from the L.A Opera Buffs.
Character tenor, Jamin Flabiano, began his musical studies with the trumpet. After attending college on an instrumental performance scholarship at Texas Christian University, he realized his passion was opera. He transferred to Oklahoma City University where he completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in vocal performance.
Internationally acclaimed tenor, Jesus Garcia, has become one of opera’s opera’s most sought-after young rising stars. His dynamic stage presence and presence and soaring vocalism make him ideal for the romantic roles of the Italian of the Italian and French repertoire.
American Tenor Simeon Esper is quickly establishing himself as a sought-after artist in both the United States and Europe. In the 2009/10 season he will appear with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein as Der Steuermann DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER and returns to the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris for Kurt Weill’s THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS.
TONY nominee, Willy Falk, has appeared in operas and operatic concerts with The Lyrique-en-Mer Festival, The Hawaii Opera Theatre, The Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea, The Di Capo Opera Theatre, The Shreveport Opera, The Augusta Opera, Opera New Hampshire, The Chatham Opera, The Colorado Symphony, The National Orchestra of Lyon, and The Opera at Florham.
Wagnerian tenor, Adam Laurence Herskowitz, makes his Metropolitan Opera debut in the 2009- 2010 season. The Livingston New Jersey native recently switched from baritone to tenor under the guidance of his teacher and mentor, MET artist, Anthony Laciura.
Marcello Giordani has been hailed by the international press as one of the most important tenors on the opera stage today. In demand by the world’s major opera houses, Giordani has appeared repeatedly at the Metropolitan Opera of New York, the Teatro alla Scala of Milan, the Royal Opera House of London, the Vienna Staatsoper, the Deutsche Oper of Berlin, the Opéra National of Paris, the Opernhaus Zürich, the Arena di Verona, the Teatro Real of Madrid, the Gran Teatre del Liceu di Barcelona, the Teatro Massimo Bellini of Catania, and many others. His exceptional versatility and vocal extension have allowed him to encompass a vast repertory, running the gamut from the Bel Canto operas of Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini and the lyricism of the French operatic repertoire, to the more dramatic roles of Verdi and Puccini. More recently, he has also undertaken the great vocal works of Berlioz, such as La damnation de Faust and Les Troyens.
Hailed by San Francisco Classical voice as possessing the “kind of tenor that pours forth powerfully, effortlessly, seemingly for any length of time,” tenor Wesley Rogers is making his mark on both operatic and concert stages throughout the United States. Wes will make his Semperoper debut in Dresden as BELMONTE in the 2010-2011 season.