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Brandon JOVANOVICH |
Tenor, Brandon Jovanovich continues to prove himself as one of the most accomplished singing/actors of his generation. "Brandon Jovanovich seems to possess true star potential. He managed the role with a winning combination of lyricism and dramatic intensity.” (Opera News ~ On the Beat, Brian Kellow).
Mr. Jovanovich begins his 2005-06 season with his return to New York City Opera as B.F. Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly. He continues the season with his return to Dallas Opera singing his first Turridu in Cavalleria Rusticana. Mr. Jovanovich’s debut with Austin Lyric Opera will see him singing his first Segei in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. Making his German debut, he will portray B.F. Pinkerton in a new production of Madama Butterfly at the Staatstheater Stuttgart. Mr. Jovanovich will round out the 05-06 season in the title role in Werther with Opera de Lille.
Mr. Jovanovich began the 2004-05 season with his critically acclaimed debut at the Teatro alla Scala in the title role of Les Contes d’Hoffmann, “A revelation…perfect diction, healthy singing and elegance of line, timbre of a true tenor…a Phoenix.” (Corriere della Sera ~ Paolo Isotta) He continued the season with his debut at De Vlaamse Opera as Don Jose in Calixto Bieto’s Carmen. He debuted with the Philadelphia Orchestra in a New Years Eve Gala Concert. His return to the Opera National de Bordeaux saw him singing his first Cavaradossi in Tosca, immediately followed by Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Aquitaine National Orchestra. Mr. Jovanovich's debut with Lyric Opera of Boston saw him reprise his critically acclaimed role as Bill in Jonathan Dove's Flight. He concluded the season with his return to the Opera Theatre of St. Louis where he sang Robert Devereux in Benjamin Britten's Gloriana in the new Colin Graham production.
Future seasons will see Mr. Jovanovich returning to De Vlaamse Opera to sing Cavaradossi in Tosca; the title role in Candide with Teatro di San Carlo in Naples; Levin in the world premiere of Anna Karenina with Florida Grand Opera; Steva in Jenufa Angers/Nantes Opera; Des Grieux in Manon Lescaux at Glimmerglass Opera, and Don Jose in Carmen at Glyndebourne.
An accomplished musician and actor, Mr. Jovanovich has had successes in repertoire both standard and contemporary. Some of these include: Pollione in Norma, Boconnion in The Mines of Sulphur (CD available on Chandos), Macduff in Macbeth, BF Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, Alfredo in La Traviata, Prologue/Peter Quint in The Turn of the Screw, Narraboth in Salome, Baron Lummar in Strauss’ Intermezzo, Luigi in Il Tabarro, Sam in Susannah, Jean Gaussin in Massenet’s Sapho (CD available on Opera Rara), Ladislov in Smetena’s Two Widows, the American premiere of Lowell Lieberman’s The Picture of Dorian Gray as Lord Geoffery, the title role in the world premiere of Craig Bohmler’s The Tale of the Nutcracker, Don Jose in Peter Brook’s La Tragedie de Carmen, Sam Kaplan in Kurt Weil’s Street Scene, Bill in the American premiere of Jonathan Dove’s Flight, Paris in the Laurent Pelly production of La Belle Helene and Phillippe l’Entendu in Rohmberg’s The New Moon (CD available on Ghostlight Records).
A native of Billings, Montana, he received his training at Northern Arizona University and at the Manhattan School of Music. He was twice a New York City district winner in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition. He was a founding member of the Seattle Young Artists program in 1998, and was a member of the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice program in 1996/97 where he was given the Anna Mackay Case Award. He won the Crawley Award from the Young Patronesses of the Opera/Florida Grand Opera Voice Competition and in 2004 he was given the prestigious ARIA Award.