This summer, Matthew Polenzani sings his signature role of Don José in three concert performances in Tokyo. The venues change for each date. The concert takes place on July 23 at Suntory Hall, on July 26 at Bunkamura Orchard Hall, and on July 29 at Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall. Myung-Whun Chung will lead {...}
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Matthew Polenzani returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper to star as Florestan in Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, which was inspired by a French work entitled Léonore or Marital Loyalty by composer Pierre Gaveaux and librettist Jean Nicolas Bouilly. The performances, which take place on July 12, 15 and {...}
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Matthew Polenzani stars as Don José in Damiano Michieletto’s new production of Bizet’s Carmen at Teatro alla Scala. It will reduce local colour to a minimum in order to construct a bare and effective spectacle, focused on the ineluctable fate of the protagonists. Joining him on stage will be {...}
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Next month, Matthew Polenzani will once again embody the role of Massenet’s Werther at Gran Teatre del Liceu. The plot follows the young man in love, who writes letters to his friend Wilhelm about Charlotte, who rejected him to marry another man after having promised her mother so on her deathbed. A {...}
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