
Kenneth Tarver - tenor
Kenneth Tarver is considered to be one of the outstanding belcanto
tenore-di-grazia of his generation, acknowledged for his beauty of tone,
virtuosic technique, extensive and even vocal range, coupled with an attractive
and elegant stage presence. He has appeared in prestigious opera houses,
including the Royal Opera House-Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper
Berlin, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Bayerische Staatsoper, Dresden Semperoper,
Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Opéra Comique in Paris, Theatre de La
Monnaie in Brussels, Metropolitan Opera in New York, Teatro San Carlo in Naples
and the Festival in Aix-en-Provence. Mr. Tarver regularly collaborates with
conductors such as: Claudio Abbado, James Levine, Alberto Zedda, Ricardo
Chailly, Carlo Rizzi, Bobby McFerrin, Frans Bruggen. Mr. Tarver recently
performed: Terradellas’s Sesostri (Amasi)
recently released by Harmonia Mundi; Berlioz’s Te Deum in Oslo; a concert and recording for
Opera Rara of Rossini’s Aureliano
in Palmira (title role) with
Maurizo Benini at the Royal Festival Hall in London; Mozart’s
Coronation Mass
in Rome;
Roméo et Juliette
in Valencia;
Entfuhrung aus dem Serail
(Belmonte) and Graun's Montezuma
in Berlin;
Petite Messe Solennelle
in Cagliari and Marseille opposite
Sara Mingardo, Paolo Arrivabeni conducting; Les
Indes Galantes in Toulouse;
Die Zauberfloete in San Lorenzo
de Escorial and in San Sebastian; La
Cenerentola in Buenos Aires;
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
in Aalborg and Santoiago de Chile;
Messiah
in New York with the New York
Philharmonic Orchestra.
Future
plans: L’Italiana in Algeri in
Paris (Opéra); Il Barbiere di
Siviglia at the Staatsoper in
Berlin; Handel’s Joshua
at the Händel-Festspiele in
Goettingen; and Bach’s Magnificat
with Giardino Armonico and Giovanni
Antonini in Munich and Wroklaw.
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