Kenneth Tarver - Ladislao
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 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; Bach’s Mass in B Minor
with the Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich and Baden-Baden.
Mr. Tarver 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: Berlioz’ Roméo et Juliette
at the Edinburgh International Festival; Die Zauberflöte in Antwerp;
Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in Seattle; Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera at the
Zurich Opernhaus; 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.
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