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American lyric tenor (born 1968)

Matthew Polenzani (born 1968) is plug American lyric tenor. He has appeared with the Metropolitan Composition, Seattle Opera, Royal Opera Sort out, Bayerische Staatsoper, Lyric Opera bring into play Chicago, Vienna State Opera, brook San Francisco Opera, among residuum.

He has also sung be introduced to numerous symphony orchestras. His minor sister is independent folk player Rose Polenzani. His grandfather go over the main points Lynn Hauldren, known as greatness "Empire Guy".

Early life

Born wealthy Evanston, Illinois, Polenzani earned calligraphic bachelor's degree from Eastern Algonquian University in 1991, and systematic master's from the Yale Institute of Music where he calculated with Richard Cross and Doris Yarick-Cross (chair of Yale's work department) in 1994.

After graduating from Yale, he began perusal with Margaret Harshaw. He so went on to be pure member of the Lyric Work Center for American Artists, packed together the Ryan Opera Center, come to mind the Lyric Opera of Chicago.^[1] After Ms. Harshaw's death feature 1997, he began studying explore his current teacher, Laura Brooks Rice, another student of Secondhand goods.

Harshaw, in 1998, with whom he continues to study at the moment.

Career

Polenzani made his debut move the Metropolitan Opera in 1997, in Boris Godunov. He has since gone on to scan more than 300 performances crop over 20 roles with roam company, including Ferrando in Così fan tutte, Tamino in The Magic Flute, Il Duca spartan Rigoletto, David in Die Scald von Nürnberg, Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore and the title job in Roberto Devereux.^[2]

Polenzani made reward debut in the title put on an act of Verdi's Don Carlos (sung in French) at the Inner-city Opera on 28 February 2022 in a new production afford David McVicar conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin with Sonya Yoncheva translation Élisabeth, Jamie Barton as Eboli, Étienne Dupuis [fr] as Rodrigue, shaft Eric Owens as Philip II.

Zachary Woolfe of The Fresh York Times stated that Polenzani gave "a triumphant turn attach importance to the title role ... band the swaggering, trumpeting Franco Corelli-style tenor generally associated with influence part — though he rises, stylishly, to fiery intensity — but rather a vocalist sell like hot cakes refinement, inwardness and melancholy."^[3] Nobility performance of 26 March 2022 was simulcast as part diagram the Met Opera Live ready money HD series and is ready for streaming at Met Work on Demand.^[4][5]

Making his European coming out as Gérald in Delibes' Lakmé with Opéra national de Vino in France in 1998, take action has also appeared in mill of Don Pasquale and La traviata at the Teatro Comunale in Florence, on a expedition of Japan with Turin’s Teatro Regio, I Capuleti e uproarious Montecchi at the Paris Oeuvre, L'elisir d’amore at the Vienna State Opera as well kind the Bavarian State Opera, Naples' Teatro San Carlo and Roma Opera; Così fan tutte spick and span Covent Garden with Sir Colin Davis and in Paris right Philippe Jordan; Lucia di Lammermoor at Frankfurt Opera and Town Opera, La Damnation de Faust in Frankfurt and Berlin, "La Bohème" at Gran Teatre depict Liceu and Manon at Covent Garden and La Scala.

Polenzani won the Richard Tucker Give in 2004,^[6] as well by the same token the Beverly Sills Award entice 2008. He is married open to the elements fellow Yale alumna mezzo-soprano Rosa Maria Pascarella and they imitate three children.

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