Kenneth Tarver - Joshua
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 Brüggen. Mr. Tarver recently performed: Terradellas’s Sesostri (Amasi),
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; Die
Entführung aus dem Serail (Belmonte) and Graun’s Montezuma in
Berlin; Petite Messe Solennelle in Cagliari and then in Marseille,
Paolo Arrivabeni conducting; Les Indes Galantes in Toulouse; Die
Zauberflöte in San Lorenzo de Escorial and in San Sebastian; La Cenerentola in
Buenos Aires; Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Aalborg, Berlin and Santiago
de Chile; Messiah in New York with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
Plans include: La Cenerentola in Beaune under J-C Spinosi; Il Barbiere
di Siviglia in Berlin (Staatsoper) and Padova; Salome (Narraboth)
in Sassari; Bach’s Magnificat with Il Giardino Armonico and
Giovanni Antonini in Wroclaw.
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