American Brian Jagde is quickly emerging as one of the top new lyric tenors to watch.
This season, Mr. Jagde appears as Cavaradossi in
Tosca at both the San Francisco Opera and the Deutche Oper Berlin and makes his role debut as the title role in L
es Contes d’Hoffmann at the NCPA in Beijing. He also appears as Rodolfo in concert performances of
La bohéme with Lorin Maazel and the Münchner Philharmoniker.
Now in his third year as an Adler Fellow at the San Francisco Opera, Mr. Jagde’s mainstage appearances have included Joe in
La Fanciulla del West, Janek in
The Makropulos Case and Vitellozzo in
Lucrezia Borgia. He has also covered Pinkerton in
Madama Butterfly, Froh in
Das Rheingold, Don José in
Carmen, and Dan Hill in the world premiere of Christopher Theofanidis’
Heart of a Soldier. ...
read full bioAmerican Brian Jagde is quickly emerging as one of the top new lyric tenors to watch.
This season, Mr. Jagde appears as Cavaradossi in Tosca at both the San Francisco Opera and the Deutche Oper Berlin and makes his role debut as the title role in Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the NCPA in Beijing. He also appears as Rodolfo in concert performances of La bohéme with Lorin Maazel and the Münchner Philharmoniker.
Now in his third year as an Adler Fellow at the San Francisco Opera, Mr. Jagde’s mainstage appearances have included Joe in La Fanciulla del West, Janek in The Makropulos Case and Vitellozzo in Lucrezia Borgia. He has also covered Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Froh in Das Rheingold, Don José in Carmen, and Dan Hill in the world premiere of Christopher Theofanidis’ Heart of a Soldier.
Other recent engagements have included his debut at the Santa Fe Opera as Cavaradossi, Pinkerton at the Virginia Opera and Minnesota Opera, Rodolfo at Lorin Maazel’s Castleton Festival and Syracuse Opera, and his European debut as the title role in Werther at the Teatr Wielki Opera Poznan in Poland. He has also made appearances at Opera New Jersey, Chautauqua Opera, Opera Company of the Highlands, and Des Moines Metro Opera.
Mr. Jagde holds Bachelor and Master of Music Degrees in Voice and Opera Studies from The Purchase College-Conservatory of Music. The second-prize winner at the 2012 Operalia Competition with Placido Domingo, Mr. Jagde won accolades for his interpretations of Wagner-Strauss repertoire with the Birgit Nilsson Prize.
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