John Osborn
Tenor
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John Osborn's back in Frankfurt, where he appeared for the first time in 2014 singing Werther (role debut), returning for his first Arturos in new production of Bellini's I puritani, to sing Éléazar (a role he recently sang for the first time at the Grand Théâtre in Geneva, after singing Léopold in the same opera at places including the Opéra in Paris) in our new production of Halévy's La Juive and give a recital. This American tenor has enjoyed great success singing many belcanto roles at leading opera houses around the world, including Arnold in Rossini's Guillaume Tell at Covent Garden, the Teater an der Wien, the Met in New York, the Nationale Opera in Amsterdam and in the Carnegie Hall, Donizetti's Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Rossini's Otello and Bellini's Pollione (Norma), Nadir Les pêcheurs de perles, the title role in The Tales of Hoffmann, Gounod's Faust and daunting roles including Raoul in Les Huguenots, Jean de Leyden (Le prophète) and Henri de Montfort in Verdi's Les vêpres siciliennes. He also enjoys singing the Duke in Rigoletto and Alfredo in La traviata. He started his career as a member of the Metropolitan Opera's Young Artist’s Development Program. His impressive list of recordings (CD and DVDs) includes Rossini's Otello and Norma, with Cecilia Bartoli, Guillaume Tell under Antonio Pappano, Benvenuto Cellini under Sir Mark Elder and a solo album: A Tribute to Gilbert Duprez. A recording of Donizetti's La fille du régiment with John Osborn as Toni, was awarded the 2022 Premio Franco Abbiati – an award he received for his interpretations of the title role in Meyerbeer's Robert le diable and Fernand in Donizetti's La favorite.