STEVEN HARRISON

Tenor

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Steven Harrison is considered to be a brilliant specialist of the French repertoire and one of the best Werthers of the moment. He made his debut in Europe at the Théatre La Monnaie, Bruxelles, in Dallapiccola’s Il Prigioniero under the baton of M° Pappano.

Performed operas:

2003-2004: Norma (Pollione), Carmen (Don José), Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu), debut in Eugene Onegin (Lenski) – Düsseldorf, Deutsche Oper-am-Rhein. Carmen, Traviata (Alfredo), Werther in Krefeld/ Moenchengladbach.

2004-2005: apart from his activity in Germany, Harrison sang Un ballo in maschera (Riccardo) in Miami, Florida Grand Opera, La Bohème (Rodolfo), Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton), Norma (Pollione) - Taipei, Taiwan with the National Symphony.

Verdi’s Requiem – New York, LincolnCenter’s Avery Fisher Hall. La Bohème (Rodolfo), Der Rosenkavalier (an Italian singer) – New York City Opera. Un Ballo in maschera (Riccardo) –Washington Oper. Ernani, La battaglia di Legnano (Arrigo) – New York, Carnegie Hall, with Eve Queler and the NY Orchestra. Aida (Radames), Tosca (Cavaradossi), Susannah (Sam Polk), Salomé (Narraboth), The Rape of Lucretia (The Male Chorus), Der fliegende Hollaender (Steuermann), Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo), Boito’s Mefistofele (Faust), Gounod’s Faust, Pagliacci (Canio), Carmen (Don Josè).

2006: La Wally (Hagenbach) – Duesseldorf, Deutsche Oper am Rhein; La Bohème (Rodolfo) –Buenos Aires, Teatro Colon, - Baltimore;

Gounod’s Faust (Faust) – Duesseldorf, Deutsche Oper am Rhein; Berlioz’ Les Troyens (Eneas), Deutsche Oper am Rhein in a production by John Fiore directed by Christoph Loy. Carmen (Don José); Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu); Sanson et Dalila (Samson) – Prague debut;

2007: Faust, Enée in Les Troyens, Pollione in Norma, Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana, Don Jose in Carmen with the Deutsche Opera am Rhein in Düsseldorf; IX of Beethoven in Moscow; Cavalleria Rusticana in Vancouver.

2008: Beethoven Ninth Symphony at Accademia di Santa Cecilia - Rome; Werther - Città del Capo, Fidelio – Düsseldorf; Concert by Puccini – Praga.

2009: Les Troyens – Düsseldorf; Rigoletto (Duca di Mantova) - Brisbane.

He also sang at the Santa Fe Opera, in Palma de Mallorca, at the Estonian National Opera, at the Hong Kong Opera, at the Opera of Santa Barbara, at the Calgary Opera, in Ottawa, Ontario and Syracuse.