Mr. Tarver is considered
to be one of the outstanding Bel canto 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. Kenneth Tarver 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 Semperopern, 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 collaborated with conductors such as: Claudio Abbado, Frans
Brüggen, Ricardo Chailly, James Levine, Bobby McFerrin, Carlo
Rizzi, Alberto Zedda.
Mr. Tarver recently
performed Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Berlin and
Sydney; Bach’s Magnificat with Il
Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini in Wroclaw; Hasse’s Leucippo
in Cologne; Le roi David by Honegger in Stuttgart
where he also sang Arbace in Idomeneo at the
Musikfest; Don Giovanni in Bergen;
Berlioz’ Roméo et Juliette in
Seattle; Bianca e Falliero at the Rossini Festival
in Bad Wildbad; Handel’s Messiah in
Dresden with the Dresdner Philarmonie; La Cenerentola
in Tel Aviv; Johannes-Passion in Katovice, with
the Internationale Bachakademie
Mr. Tarver just gained
great success singing Così Fan Tutte and
Don Giovanni (recorded by Sony) in
Dortmund and St. Petersburg with the ensemble MusicaAeterna (Perm State
Opera & Ballet Theatre) under Teodor Currentzis.
Amongst his future
plans it is worth mentioning: Sigismondo at the Rossini Festival in Bad Wildbad; Berlioz’ Roméo et Juliette at the Edinburgh International Festival; Die Zauberflöte in Antwerp; Lucio Silla
in Madrid and series of concerts with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra
and at the Festival de la Porta Ferrada in Sant Feliu de Guixols.
As a favored recording artist, Mr. Tarver has an impressive recording
catalogue and he holds two Grammy’s.