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He made his debut at the Salzburg Festival as Belmonte in Entfuerung.
In the summer of 2005 Castronovo sang his first Nadir in Les pêcheurs de perles at the San Francisco Opera, and has also also sung Nadir in Washington and San Diego. as Belmonte in Die Entfuehrung aus dem Serail with the Colorado Opera, and as Elvino in LaSonnambula for the Michigan Opera Theater.
He debuted as Tamino in Die Zauberfloete and Fenton in Falstaff in Pittsburgh, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni and Ernesto in Don Pasquale in Boston, Ferrando in Cosi Fan Tutte and Nemorino in Portland. Other significant debuts included Alfredo at the Hamburg State Opera and at the Megaron in Athens, Fenton at the Theatre Royale Monnaie in Brussels .
He attended California State University, Fullerton, for undergraduate studies in classical voice. In the summer of 1998, he participated in the prestigious Merola Opera Program at the San Francisco Opera. Vous!Popularity: Opera: ManonComposer: MassenetAct: 3.26Type: duetVoice: S TLanguage: FrenchRoles: Manon/Chevalier
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Charles Castronovo
| American tenor Date of Birth: 19.06.1975 Country: USA |
Content:
- Biography of Charles Castronovo
- Wide Repertoire and Notable Roles
- Early Life and Career
- European Success and Concert Performances
Biography of Charles Castronovo
Charles Castronovo is an American tenor of international acclaim.
Among his other engagements in the past season were La Traviata in Aix en Provence and Vienna opposite Nathalie Dessay, Romeo in Romeo et Juliette at the Los Angeles Opera in November of 2011, and Cosi fan Tutte the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. During his time at the university, his talent came to the attention of William Vendice, the chorusmaster of the Los Angeles Opera, who promptly hired him as a chorister.
He began his professional career as a resident artist with the Los Angeles Opera.
Engagements for 2025/26 include Roméo in Roméo et Juliette in Berlin and his role debut as Werther in Tokyo.
Charles Castronovo - Biography
Acclaimed internationally as one of the finest lyric tenors of his generation, Castronovo has also sung at most of the world’s leading opera houses such as the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Vienna State Opera, Berlin State Opera, Paris Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Theatre Royale de la Monnaie, Brussels, and many others including at the Salzburg and Aix en Provence Festivals.
Several other new roles entered his repertoire in recent seasons; the title role in LaClemenza di Tito at the Bayerische Rundfunk in Munich, Rodolfo in La Boheme for the Michigan Opera, the Duke in Rigoletto in Bordeaux, and Faust in Pittsburgh.
A regular guest at all these theaters, Castronovo has since been heard as Alfredo in Vienna, London, Berlin and Aix en Provence, as Nemorino in Paris, Vienna, Nice and Berlin, as Belmonte in Munich and Rome, as Tamino in San Francisco, as Don Ottavio in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Munich. He will appear in several works in Munich; among them Die Zauberfloete, L’Elisir D’Amore, La Boheme, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in a new production of La Rondine, and as Lensky in Eugene Onegin and Nemorino in Vienna.
He went on to perform at the Berlin State Opera in the same role under the baton of Daniel Barenboim. The 2007/08 season marked the role debut of Tom Rakewell (The Rake's Progress) at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, and a return to Los Angeles Opera singing the role of Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni.
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After garnering much experience at the Metropolitan Opera, a series of significant role debuts soon followed such as Don Ottavio (Mozart's Don Giovanni), Ernesto (Donizetti's Don Pasquale), Fenton (Verdi's Falstaff), Ferrando in Mozart's Così fan tutte, Tamino (Mozart's Die Zauberflöte) and Alfredo in Verdi's La traviata.
He has sung at many of the world's leading opera houses such as: the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Berlin State Opera, Vienna State Opera, San Francisco Opera, Salzburg Festival and Santa Fe Opera.
The 2006/07 season marked a series of role debuts such as Rodolfo in La bohème, Nadir (Les pêcheurs de perles), the Duke in Verdi's Rigoletto, and Mylio in Édouard Lalo's Le roi d'Ys.
He was then invited to join the Lindemann Young Artists Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera, where he made his debut in the opening season as Beppe in I Pagliacci.
In the early years of his career, Castronovo worked on expanding his repertoire. Roles for The Royal Opera have included Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Alfredo, Ruggero (La rondine), Rodolfo (La bohème), Tom Rakewell (The Rake’s Progress), Tamino (The Magic Flute) and Ferrando (Così fan tutte).
He made his long awaited debut at the Chicago Lyric Opera as Tamino in December of 2011.
Castronovo has also participated in revivals of more rarely performed works. In the summer of 2008 he sang his first Tom Rakewell in a new production of The Rake’s Progress at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden; his debut as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor in followed in 2009 in Brussels.
Ferrando at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. He made his debut in La Traviata at the Minnesota Opera, Belmonte in Die Entfuhurung aus dem Serail at the Colorado Opera, and Elvino in La Sonnambula at the Michigan Opera Theater.
European Success and Concert Performances
In 2000, Castronovo made his European debut at the Savonlinna Festival in Don Giovanni.
Castronovo will appear at the Royal Opera Covent Garden in two productions during the current season: as Tamino in Die Zauberfloete and in his first performances of Ruggero in La Rondine opposite Angela Gheorghiu.