On January 30 and February 1, Matthew Polenzani returns to The Kennedy Center, joining the National Symphony Orchestra for Samuel Barber’s haunting Vanessa. Presented in concert, the story follows Vanessa’s long wait for her lover Anatol, only to confront the complex emotional repercussions of their {...}
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Matthew Polenzani returns to The Metropolitan Opera on January 11, 15, 18, 22, and 25 for Puccini’s romantic masterpiece, La bohème. A familiar face to Met audiences, Polenzani previously bowed as Rodolfo in 2023 and 2019, and has sung the role to great acclaim elsewhere, including the Gran Teatre del {...}
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Matthew Polenzani makes his greatly anticipated debut as Jean in Massenet’s Hérodiade at Deutsche Oper Berlin on June 15 & 18. Enrique Mazzola conducts a concert version of this rare masterwork and a star-studded group of soloists, including Etienne Dupuis as Hérode, Clémentine Margaine as the {...}
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Matthew Polenzani returns to Staatsoper Hamburg in the titular role of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann this spring. Daniele Finzi Pasca’s masterful production, which inaugurated Hamburg’s 2021-22 season, garnered high praise from Gramophone, who hailed it as “as handsomely staged a Hoffmann as {...}
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