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.
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Willy Falk has performed in many Broadway shows and appeared on operatic stages throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. He is a graduate of Harvard University and The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Willy received a Tony© Award nomination for his portrayal of “Chris” in the original Broadway production of Miss Saigon.
Whether in concert or on stage in an opera, tenor Philip Webb receives rave reviews for being one the most remarkable new voices in classical music today.
Wagnerian tenor, Adam Laurence Herskowitz, returns to the Metropolitan Opera for the second consecutive season in 2010-2011. Adam will sing the FIRST ARMED MAN and cover the role of FROH. Adam will also be seen in Fanciulla, Boccanegra and Ariadne. He has been asked to join the MET on tour in Japan.
New York tenor, Brian Jagde, is an Adler fellow at the San Francisco Opera in the 2009-2010 season. Also in the 2009-2010 season, he sang the title role of WERTHER in Poznan, Poland and MACDUFF in Macbeth. Brian was recently awarded a grant from the prestigious Singer’s Development Foundation.
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.
Born in Lamezia Terme, Italy, Leonardo Caimi is well suited to the Italian lyric tenor repertoire. An Italian critic recently wrote of Mr.Caimi, “..the quality of his voice is noteworthy for the beauty of timbre, elegance in phrasing and his musicality…” after his performance as Errico Settebellizze from the worldwide revival of Nino Rota’s Napoli Millionaria at the 2010 Festival della Valle D’Itria.
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.
American Tenor Simeon Esper has quickly established himself as a sought-after artist in both the United States and Europe. In the 2010/11 season he will appear with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein as Pedrillo in DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL and returns to Seattle Opera as ein Junge Seemann/Ein Hirt in TRISTAN UND ISOLDE and as Walther von der Vogelweide in TANNHÄUSER.
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.
Internationally acclaimed tenor, Jesus Garcia, has performed on major stages all over the world. Specializing in the romantic roles of the Italian and French repertoire, his dynamic stage presence and soaring vocalism have made him one of opera’s most sought-after young rising stars.