Kenneth Tarver - Arbace
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; Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Berlin; Le roi David by
Honegger in Stuttgart; Don Giovanni in Bergen; Berlioz’ Roméo et Juliette
in Seattle; Bianca e Falliero at the Rossini Festival in Bad Wildbad.
Amongst
his future plans it is worth mentioning: Messiah in Dresden
with the Dresdner Philharmonie; and Johannes-Passion in Dresden; Il Barbiere
di Siviglia at the Opera Australia in Sydney; Mass in B minor at
the Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich; Lucio Silla in Madrid. As a favored recording
artist Mr. Tarver has an impressive recording catalogue and he holds two Grammy’s.
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