Jonathan Tetelman

Praised by Opera News for his “galvanizing presence”, this season tenor Jonathan Tetelman makes his New Orleans Opera debut as Marco in Chadwick and Barnet’s Tobasco. He also joins both the Berkshire Opera Festival and Gulf Shore Opera for Duca in Rigoletto, the Metropolitan Opera’s roster for their production of Norma, Pittsburgh Festival Opera for Rodolfo in La bohème, a gala performance of Don Jose in Carmen at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C.. Upcoming engagements include several role and company debuts, which include Rodolfo in La bohème with English National Opera, the title role of Werther with Opera del Teatro Solís in Uruguay, Cavaradossi in Tosca with Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, and Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Virginia Opera. Last season, Mr. Tetelman sang his first performances of Rodolfo in La bohème with the Fujian Grand Theatre in China, joined the Milan Festival Orchestra in Lake Como, Italy for Verdi’s Requiem, the Orchestra Now for Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius, and made his Carnegie Hall debut with the New England Symphonic Ensemble for Mozart’s Coronation Mass. Additionally, he joined St. George’s Choral Society for Dvořák’s Stabat Mater, Gulf Shore Opera for concert performances including selections of Alfredo in La Traviata, Rodolfo in La bohème, Duca in Rigoletto, and was a finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions New York District. Recently awarded First Prize in the 2016 New York Lyric Opera Competition, from which Mr. Tetelman performed concerts at both Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall singing selections of Don Jose in Carmen, Alfredo in La Traviata, and Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly. The tenor was also a 2016 prize-winning finalist in the Mildred Miller (Opera Theater of Pittsburgh) Competition, and a semi-finalist in both the Giulio Gari International Vocal Competition and the Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition.