BRIAN JAGDE

American tenor, he is acclaimed for the power and tonal beauty of his voice. In his career so far he has performed in prestigious opera houses and festivals worldwide including the Bavarian State Opera (Munich), Vienna State Opera, Metropolitan Opera in New York, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Arena di Verona, Teatro San Carlo (Naples), Berlin State Opera, Royal Opera House (Covent Garden, London), Teatro Real (Madrid), Dutch National Opera (Amsterdam), San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, in such roles as Canio (Pagliacci), Mario Cavaradossi (Tosca), Samson (Samson et Dalila), Turiddu (Cavalleria rusticana), Maurizio (Adriana Lecouvreur), Enzo Grimaldo (La Gioconda), Don Alvaro (La forza del destino). He has performed the role of Calaf, among others, to rave reviews at La Scala in Milan, San Francisco, Paris, Rome, Munich, and in the revival of Andrei Șerban’s famous production on tour with the Royal Opera House in Tokyo.