Kenneth Tarver - tenor
"Kenneth Tarver possesses a lyric tenor voice of great beauty and extensive range, ideally suited to bel canto." (Joseph Newsome- Voix des Arts)
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, cultivating an impressive repertoire of
both well-known and seldom-performed masterpieces from baroque through the
classical, bel canto and contemporary repertoire. 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 Il Barbiere di
Siviglia in Genoa and Padua;
Bach’s Magnificat with Il Giardino Armonico and
Giovanni Antonini in Wroclaw; Hasse's Leucippo in Koln.
Amongst his
future plans it is worth mentioning La
Cenerentola in Beaune under J-C
Spinosi; Salome (Narraboth) in Sassari; Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Opera Australia in Sydney.
As a
favoured recording artist Mr. Tarver has an impressive recording catalogue and
he holds two Grammy’s.
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