American bass-baritone John Del Carlo has established himself as a leading artist with the finest opera houses and symphony orchestras throughout the world.
Mr. Del Carlo has enjoyed an important relationship with the Metropolitan Opera since 1993. Since his debut as Kothner in
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, he has appeared as the title role in
Don Pasquale, Dr Bartolo in
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (in a performance that was broadcast in HD in movie theaters around the world), Swallow in
Peter Grimes, Quince in
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mathieu in
Andrea Chenier, Colonel Frank in
Die Fledermaus, Baron Zeta in
The Merry Widow, and Alfieri in the company’s premiere of Bolcom’s
A View from the Bridge ... read full bioAmerican bass-baritone John Del Carlo has established himself as a leading artist with the finest opera houses and symphony orchestras throughout the world.
Mr. Del Carlo has enjoyed an important relationship with the Metropolitan Opera since 1993. Since his debut as Kothner in
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, he has appeared as the title role in
Don Pasquale, Dr Bartolo in
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (in a performance that was broadcast in HD in movie theaters around the world), Swallow in
Peter Grimes, Quince in
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mathieu in
Andrea Chenier, Colonel Frank in
Die Fledermaus, Baron Zeta in
The Merry Widow, and Alfieri in the company’s premiere of Bolcom’s
A View from the Bridge.Mr. Del Carlo has also established important ties with the San Francisco Opera. His numerous appearances there have included the title role in
Falstaff, Bartolo, Baron Zeta, Kothner, Dulcamara in
L’Elisir d’amore, Alidoro in
La Cenerentola, and General Boom in
La Grand Duchesse de Gerolstein. Other opera houses in which he has appeared include the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Seattle Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Washington National Opera, San Diego Opera, the Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), Opera National de Paris, the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi in Trieste, the Cologne Opera, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Vlaamse Opera, and the Opernhaus Zurich.
On the concert platform, Mr. Del Carlo has also appeared with leading symphony orchestras throughout North America, including the San Francisco Symphony, the National Symphony Orchestra, and the Minnesota Orchestra. He has performed with many of the world’s finest conductors including Dennis Russell Davies, Sir Andrew Davis, Daniele Gatti, James Levine, Seiji Ozawa, Donald Runnicles, Patrick Summers, and Jeffery Tate.
Mr. Del Carlo appeared in national PBS telecasts of
Il Barbiere di Siviglia and
Don Pasquale with the Metropolitan Opera,
Madama Butterfly with the Lyric Opera of Chicago,
La Gioconda with the San Francisco Opera, and
La Boheme with the Opera Company of Philadelphia. He also appeared in Cologne’s production of
La Cambiale de matrimonio, which was televised in Europe and recorded for video disc and tape by the Teldec/NVC label, and in Salieri’s
Falstaff with Schwetzinger Festspiele which was released on DVD by the Arthaus Musik label. His numerous recordings include the
L’Italiana in Algeri (Teldec Classics);
La Cenerentola with Neville Marriner (Philips Classics); Zuane in
La Gioconda (London/Decca); and Olivio in Donizetti’s
Olivo e Pasquale (Bongiovanni).
This season, Mr. Del Carlo, a returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Dr. Bartolo and the to the San Diego Opera as Don Pasquale.
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